All Greggs articles – Page 24
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Opinion
Why did Whiteside jump ship?
When the Stock Exchange announcement flashed up about the resignation of Roger Whiteside…
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News
UK coffee shop growth set to continue
The total UK coffee shop market grew 7.5% in 2012 to reach £5.8bn in turnover, and it is expected to increase to 20,000 sites with a £8bn turnover by 2017.That’s according to an annual report on the sector from Allegra Strategies, which says the total number of outlets grew 4% ...
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Opinion
University challenge
Inside Track by Mark WingettYoung people are important. Not for the purposes of this article in a “we are the world, we are the future” kind of way, but on an economic level. They are key to numerous markets, whether that is fashion and technology or eating and drinking out.Without ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 3-4 November
Top storyDrinks industry refuses to swallow government line on alcohol pricingDespite general agreement that something must be done about Britain’s booze culture, opinions remain divided over plans to introduce a minimum unit price. By the end of this month, a new wave of alcohol promotions will be launched in supermarkets ...
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News
New restaurant quarter planned for Redditch
Capital & Regional is planning to create a new restaurant quarter for its one million sq ft Kingfisher Centre in Redditch, West Midlands. It has appointed Davis Coffer Lyons to secure operators for four new restaurant units from 3,200 to 7,500sq ft, available to let from 2013, located at main ...
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News
Operators call for 2013 business rates freeze
Leading food and grocery operator have united in a bid to urge the Government to freeze business rates in 2013.Martin Shuker, managing director of KFC, and Ken McMeikan, chief executive of Greggs, joined 12 leading retail operators in signing a letter, written by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) as part ...
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News
Food-on-the-go driving eating-out market
Quality food-on-the-go has become the key growth area in the UK’s eating out market with concepts consistently emerging in transport hubs and shopping centres as well as high streets locations, as consumers increasingly eat when they want, where they want, according to leading foodservice consultancy HorizonsThe group’s the latest Ones ...