All Greggs articles – Page 25
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News
Turnover up 5.6% across leading UK chains
The 100 leading UK restaurant chains experienced a 5.6% increase in combined turnover in 2011 an improvement on the 2.6% rise registered in the previous year, according to new research from Technomic, the foodservice consultancy firm.It found that the UK eating-out sector grew in terms of sites by 4.9% to ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 4-5 August
Turnover at Jamie’s Italian hits £72mJamie Oliver enjoyed a boom in trade at his restaurants last year but had to take a £6m hit on a foray into kitchenware house parties. Turnover at Jamie’s Italian soared more than 50% in 2011 to £72m while pre-tax profits at the restaurant chain ...
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Opinion
The changing of the guard
In a week that has seen Steve Easterbrook switch from leading Pizza Express to Wagamama, Jon Midmer, Head of Retail & Leisure at executive search firm MBS Group, looks at the UK eating and drinking-out market’s leadership landscape and how it has shifted over the past year. Tesco and ASDA; ...
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News
“Pasty tax” u-turn offers hope
The Government’s decision to abandon its controversial ‘pasty tax’ offers some hope for the wider industry of securing tax breaks because it shows ministers will listen to the strength of public opinion, Shepherd Neame chief executive Jonathan Neame has told M&C Report.The Budget in March said VAT would be charged ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 12-13 May
Please see below a round up of this weekend’s newspapers:Britons want to live near a pub, research findsA third of Britons believe that it is important to have a pub close to their home as it demonstrates that they are part of a community, according to new research. Mintel, the ...
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News
Survey highlights North-South price divide
A snapshot survey by the Daily Mail has found that high street chains, including those in the eating and drinking-out sector, are operating a north-south divide with prices in northern cities considerably cheaper.The newspaper said that Greggs, for example, charges 85p for a large sausage roll in Hammersmith, which is ...