All MCA Insight articles in February 2019 – Page 4
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NewsTaco Bell makes senior hires amid aggressive UK expansion
Taco Bell has appointed Graham McGarvie, formerly of Yum Brands stablemate KFC, as European director of operations, MCA has learnt.
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NewsAntipodea goes into partnership with Jigsaw
Antipodea, the Australian-style all-day restaurant concept from the Wells group, is launching a collaboration with Jigsaw, with the debut café to open at the retailer’s Notting Hill shop in Westbourne Grove, MCA has learnt.
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Big Bao to launch second concept
The operators of Bristol-based Big Bao are opening a new Vietnamese concept, Sen Café.
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NewsMosaic takes on Antic site, wraps up two other deals
Mosaic Pub & Dining has taken on the Jam Circus in Brockley from Antic as well as acquiring The Admiral Hardy in Greenwich Market.
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OpinionMark’s Out of 10: Byron’s Jurassic Larks
In the first of a new regular series, Mark McCulloch – the brand and marketing guru behind Supersonic Inc – gives his take on a marketing campaign by a leading brand. Today, he takes a look at Byron’s interactive B-Rex re-launch, describing it as a “tactical jab rather than a knockout blow”, which highlights how far the brand has to go in re-discovering its position among the “Burgerati”
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WBB acquires City Pub site in Oxford
West Berkshire Brewery, the David Bruce-led group, has taken on its first wholly-owned pub, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & InsightFood to go diversifies away from London
The Food to Go sector is diversifying away from London at the same time as reacting to changing consumer needs – with food quality now just as important as speed and convenience, the latest MCA data shows.
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Opinion
Creating culture clubs
If people are the common denominator in achieving organisational success and retaining them is the difference between relative success or failure, then operators must continually explore elements of the people puzzle that ‘they’ can control, influence and change, argues Fourth’s Karina Coen
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NWTC named fifth best company to work for
The New World Trading Company has been named in the top 5 best companies to work for in the Sunday Times’ annual rankings.
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Opinion
Restaurants ‘waiting too long for hygiene rating re-inspections’
Just Eat’s UK managing director Graham Corfield has told MCA that the group is working with restaurants and Government to improve the hygiene inspection regime.
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OpinionThe art of the Deli
Monty’s Deli, the Jewish soul food concept, has just opened its third site and is considering its next steps. Co-owner Owen Barrett brings Finn Scott-Delany up to date on the journey so far
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OpinionSweet success
Tapping into consumer demand for value, indulgence and Instagram-friendly menus, dessert bars appear to have found a sweet spot in the market. Georgi Gyton takes a look at the growth of this area of the eating-out sector, much of which has been under the radar
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TRG appoints brand strategy director
The Restaurant Group has promoted Elise Ash to the role of strategy and brand director, MCA understands.
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NewsSelect Committee report urges business rates shake-up
Significant reform of business rates, a pause in extending permitted development rights and the scrapping of upward-only rent reviews are among the recommendations from a select committee inquiry into the future of our high streets and town centres.
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NewsAmber to focus on retail units for growth
Amber Taverns managing director James Baer has told MCA that the group’s main focus for expansion is now the acquisition of retail units.
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Uber Eats to cut fees and admit restaurants with own delivery function
Uber Eats has announced it will cap its fees at 30% of an order value – down from 35% - and said it will start to list restaurants that want to make their own deliveries.
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NewsAnalysts corner: HSBC on pubs
Analysts at HSBC have assessed the likely impact of radical changes to lease accounting, which came into force at the start of the year, on the pub sector. They say the introduction of IFRS may lead to reappraisals of valuation multiples and could increase concerns about debt levels.
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NewsAward-winning Turkish restaurant Kosebasi secures first UK site
Award-winning global restaurant brand Kosebasi is understood to have secured the former Valentina site at 75 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, for its first UK restaurant, MCA understands.
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NewsJamaica Blue to open concession in Next
Jamaica Blue is to open a concession site within clothing store Next, and hints there could be more to come, it has been reported.
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NewsAnalysts corner: Peel Hunt on TRG
Peel Hunt analysts Douglas Jack and Ivor Jones reflect on Andy McCue’s decision to step down from The Restaurant Group, and what it means for the company. They warn that “although restaurant supply has finally started to fall, declining in-store demand and rising costs point to years of correction”.