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EventsHow Honi Poke is using AI to predict customers’ orders
The Hawaiian-inspired brand is betting on AI to boost sales, using real-time data to personalise menu recommendations based on weather conditions and customer habits
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EventsSustainability now a business imperative for sector leaders
Sustainability is no longer a nice-to-have – it’s now a critical factor in investment decisions, brand positioning, and long-term business resilience, leading operators told Planet Peach’s Sustainability Summit
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EventsHow loyalty apps drive sales and customer engagement
Leaders from Ole & Steen, Knoops, and Honi Poke explore how loyalty apps are transforming customer engagement and driving repeat business, at MCA’s Food To Go Conference 2025
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Event NewsGDK eyes 300 UK sites and £400m sales by 2028
The fast-growing kebab chain is targeting 300 UK sites by 2028, with new formats such as a small ‘hole-in-the-wall’ takeaway model for densely populated areas being explored, CEO Simon Wallis told the MCA Food to Go Conference
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Event NewsPolarisation and premiumisation: Food to go in 2025
Speaking at MCA’s Food to Go Conference, Lumina Intelligence’s Flora Zwolinski highlights the challenges and opportunities shaping the sector this year
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NewsWildfarmed’s George Lamb: ‘Great tasting food starts with great farming’
Speaking at the Peach 20/20 Sustainability Summit 2025, Lamb shared the company’s unconventional origin story – one that began with a mid-life crisis, a summer in Ibiza, and a DJ with a failing farm
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InterviewsMoto’s Rising Star ‘is always developing herself and her team’
Catering director Vicki Appleton is visionary in her thinking and capable of a more substantial role, Moto’s people director Louise Hughes tells MCA in the last of our Rising Star finalist profiles, ahead of the MCA Hospitality Awards
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InterviewsPizza Pilgrims’ Rising Star has ability ‘to go anywhere in hospitality’
Co-founder Thom Elliott praises managing partner Clive Watkins’ energy, attitude and the respect he has from his colleagues, in the latest of our Rising Star finalist profiles, ahead of the MCA Hospitality Awards
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InterviewsRare Restaurants’ Rising Star is ‘the heartbeat of the marketing department’
Social media manager Poppy Midgley’s creative campaigns have achieved significant ROI, marketing director Mark Sansom tells MCA, in the latest in a series of profiles on the Rising Star award finalists at the MCA Hospitality Awards
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NewsIn pictures: MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2024
The Restaurant Conference featured speakers from KFC, Popeyes, Fulham Shore, Jeremy King, Five Guys, JKS Restaurants, Wahaca, Wingstop and many more
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NewsTikTok to share recipe for standout social content at Hostech
Rameez Al Aghbar,QSR lead at the rapidly growing social media platform, will share his thoughts on how marketers can win on social at the conference next month
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NewsKFC MD Meg Farren to speak at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
Farren will share her vision for the business as it nears £2bn in annual sales, including why the acquisition of more than 200 restaurants from EG Group represents a major opportunity
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EventsLess than one week to MCA’s Restaurant Conference
Dynamic multi-site operators Rosa’s Thai, Leon, Tonkotsu and Harts Group are among the speakers set to take the stage
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NewsSector stars join Restaurant Conference line-up
Caravan chair Jane O’ Riordan and Fulham Shore founder David Page will deliver keynote sessions at this year’s Restaurant Conference in just over two weeks’ time
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NewsIn pictures: MCA’s Pub Conference 2023
JD Wetherspoon’s chairman Tim Martin, Nightcap CEO Sarah Willingham and Oakman Group CEO Peter Borg-Neal were among those who took to the stage at the Pub Conference last week
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NewsItsu’s Ganan Kanagathurai to present at new Omnichannel Foodservice Conference
The business’ UK CEO will give an exclusive presentation detailing Itsu’s expansion into different channels at the event on 9 November
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NewsMcDonald’s, Pret, Itsu and KFC join Hostech
With less than one week to go, the tech conference returns to the Ham Yard Hotel on 27 April, featuring commentary from Tortilla, Corbin & King, Fridays, Pho, Turtle Bay and Pizza Pilgrims
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InterviewsWahaca: ‘Sustainability is in our DNA’
In the latest in a series profiling the nominees of our new Sustainability category at the Retailers’ Retailer Awards, MCA speaks to Wahaca about how it’s aiming to continually raise the bar on the environment
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NewsThe Estrella Damm National Restaurant awards launches Top 100 charity auction
The Estrella Damn National Restaurant Awards has launched a ‘Top 100’ charity auction, with all proceeds going to support the hospitality industry.
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ArticleTenanted Pub Company Summit key take outs
Progressive partnerships, big deals and pressing industry challenges were just some of the topics covered by speakers at MCA’s Tenanted Pub Company Summit last week. Here are some of the key take outs…