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NewsMinister Scully and AlixPartners to speak at MCA Restaurant Conference
Business minister Paul Scully and AlixPartners’ MD, hospitality and leisure, Graeme Smith have joined the line-up at MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2021.
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NewsFive Guys and Corbin & King to speak at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
MCA is excited to unveil the first of many big-name speakers at its 2021 Restaurant Conference, with Five Guys’ chief executive John Eckbert and Jeremy King, chief executive, Corbin & King, joining the line-up.
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Analysis & InsightDessert parlours and QSR chains to lead outlet expansion
While outlet numbers are forecast to decline for the second year running during 2021, there remain strong pockets of expansion, much of which is driven by the use of franchises. Dessert parlours and certain QSR chains in particular are growing rapidly.
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NewsFive Guys: ‘Delivery is here to stay’
Future demand for delivery may be hard to predict but the market is not going to go away, Five Guys UK chief executive John Eckert has told MCA.
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NewsSector hits back at ventilation claims
Pub and restaurant operators have fought back against claims from the British Medical Association (BMA) that the hospitality sector needs to do more to improve the ventilation in their venues in order to reduce the airborne risk of Covid-19 transmission.
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NewsFive Guys CEO says technology has aided survival
Five Guys UK CEO John Eckbert has said its ability to use technology in order to offer new sales channels to customers has helped ensure its survival during the pandemic.
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EventsFood to Go Conference - View Now
MCA’s annual Food to Go Conference streamed online on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, a must-see event for senior operators, suppliers, investors and other sector stakeholders.
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InterviewsJohn Eckbert: ‘Landlords can’t be immune from this pandemic’
Five Guys CEO John Eckbert has responded to reports that central London landlord Criterion Capital has filed a £1.5m county court claim against the business.
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NewsFive Guys to push on with expansion following strong lockdown trading
Five Guys will push on with its expansion plans despite the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, with at least three new openings set before the end of the year.
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Analysis & InsightBrandwatch: Five Guys
Long before the pandemic struck, Five Guys was one of the most aggressively expanding operators in the sector, snapping up prime real estate across the country.
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NewsBrewDog confirms Plymouth bar
BrewDog has confirmed it will be opening a 4,000 sq ft bar at The Barcode, the new leisure and entertainment development, located next to Drake Circus in Plymouth city centre.
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NewsFive Guys UK CEO John Eckbert: ‘The rent issue comes down to your own moral compass’
The existing rent model doesn’t accommodate for a period of forced closure, so dealing with accrued rental debt comes down to a question of morals, The Conversation has heard.
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NewsUK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls: ‘Mask rule about public perception, not science or logic’
The mandatory mask rule is primarily intended to “break down the taboo” of wearing them, and there are no plans to extend it beyond retail environments, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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InterviewsFive Guys UK CEO John Eckbert: Trading ‘really unpredictable and really different’
Five Guys UK CEO John Eckbert has described reopening the entire estate for dine-in as a “fairly modest, incremental step”, having remained open for takeaway for the majority of lockdown. Speaking on MCA’s The Conversation, Eckbert said keeping takeaway online meant the brand had already redesigned its store format to ...
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NewsSector sees another week of reopenings
MCA rounds up the latest reopenings in the hospitality sector.
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NewsDelivery relaunches continue to grow
Pret, Giggling Squid, Turtle Bay, Ping Pong Dim Sum and 7Bone Burger Co. are some of the latest operators to reopen sites this week for delivery and collection.
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NewsWhat does the future look like?
Once the lockdown is lifted, and consumers re-emerge to eat and drink, they will find a different environment to the one they left behind. No-one knows when that will be, the government is understandably non-committal, but it’s likely to be many months not weeks, and it may not be until there is a vaccine available that all restrictions vanish.
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NewsFive Guys reopens six sites
Five Guys has reopened a number of UK sites for delivery and click and collect.
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Analysis & InsightOne in three will eat out less post-lockdown
Almost a third of consumers have said they will eat out less frequently than they did pre-coronavirus when the lockdown period ends, new research by CGA has revealed.