All Greggs articles – Page 8
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NewsPret spends £20m on allergy overhaul
Pret A Manger spent £20m last year on anti-allergy measures, including full ingredients labelling, as it overhauled safety measures after the deaths of two people who had eaten its products, The Financial Times reports.
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NewsGreggs: CEO Roger Whiteside predicts hundreds more stores
Greggs has no plans to slow its rapid expansion, despite opening a net total of 97 new stores last year. The business recently increased supply chain capacity to allow it to operate 2,500 outlets, but CEO Roger Whiteside told MCA he believes the total number of Greggs outlets could grow “well beyond” that figure in the future. “We know it’s well beyond 2,500,” he said. “Because we don’t know a final number we just release the next number when we come close to the last one we released. So at 1,500 we said 2,000, now we are at 2,000 we are saying 2,500. So pick a number, we just don’t know it.
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NewsGreggs marks record year but has uncertain 2020 outlook
Greggs has reported an “exceptional year of progress” in its preliminary results released today for the year ended 28 December 2019.
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NewsGreggs and Wingstop to share former Giraffe Bluewater site
Greggs has been lined up to share a former Giraffe unit with Wingstop in Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre.
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NewsPressure, power and positivity
Not to be overly optimistic, and perhaps it’s just the inevitable emergence from a lengthy and brutal period of rationalisation and consolidation, but things appear to be looking up. Admittedly the upticks predicted for 2020 are tiny, like 1% growth for casual dining and a 0.3% acceleration for food to go. But after the carnage of the last couple of years, positive news, however slight, will come as welcome news for the operators that skilfully navigated their way through it.
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NewsSteve Gotham: Recovering confidence and and accelerating growth in 2020
Encouragingly for most, MCA predicts that 2020 will see stronger net physical increases in store portfolios across the majority of leading operators.MCA’s Operator Data Index includes over 350 branded operators with five or more outlets at December 2019. These stretch across the full spectrum of the market and account for close to 27,000 outlets which claimed modest overall year on year growth of just under 1% in 2019. We are expecting this growth rate to double to 2% in December 2020, with over 500 net new outlets to open, equating to 11 per week.
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NewsGreggs launches in-store Asda concession trial
Greggs is set to open its first trial supermarket concessions this year, launching in five Asda stores across the Midlands and North of England.
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NewsPlanting the right seeds for sustained growth
Veganism has been labelled the megatrend of the next decade and the statistics back up this claim. Last month, more than 400,000 people signed up to this year’s Veganuary campaign, a 60% increase on last year, fuelled by shows such as Netflix’ recent “Game Changers” documentary. Whilst uptake of pure vegans has increased markedly, there’s also a very large market out there for people that simply want to reduce their meat intake, whether that is for environmental or perceived health reasons, rather than just animal welfare reasons. Sainsbury’s recent Future of Food report, which looks ahead to 2025, predicts 25% of adults will be either be vegan or vegetarian by then, with the proportion of ‘flexitarians’ set to rise to 50%.
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Analysis & InsightTop 10 F2G brands grow market share
The top 10 Food To Go brands grew sales by 3.4% in 2019 to a market share of 33.6%, outperforming the wider Food to Go (FTG) market, MCA Insight reveals.
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Analysis & InsightA stock-take on physical expansion
A stock-take on physical expansion – Review of 2019 risers and fallers
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NewsBreakfast day part continues yearlong growth streak
The breakfast day part has continued its yearlong growth streak with an increase of 12% in eating out frequency on last year, MCA Insight’s latest quarterly Eating Out Panel report has found.
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NewsRetailers’ Retailer full nominees list revealed
The finalists for MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer Awards 2020 have been announced, with the cohort reflecting a diverse and vibrant range of eating and drinking out operators.
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NewsJust Eat to become second partner to McDonald’s
Just Eat has agreed to become a nationwide with McDonald’s in the UK and Ireland.
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NewsGreggs voted top fast food brand by YouGov
Greggs has been ranked ‘top’ and ‘most improved’ brand in the fast food and pubs sector of YouGov’s 2019 BrandIndex Buzz survey.
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NewsPret most admired brand for eleventh consecutive year
Pret has been crowned the ‘most admired brand’ by leading industry professionals for the eleventh consecutive year.
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NewsJanuary 2020
Happy new year! January might be a quiet time for the industry but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot going on in the background. The political situation may be relatively steady, but Peter Martin urges the government to do more for hospitality. We also have interviews with the Brasserie Bar Co, Peter Marks at Deltic, Roger Whiteside at Greggs and a profile of Padella.
Meanwhile Steve Gotham reveals who comes out on top when it comes to value, service and price, David Read investigates sustainability in the supply chain, Graeme Smith looks at what’s ahead for M&A and we examine all the work going on in casual dining to jump on the vegan trend. As ever there is also a round-up of the latest news, new openings and people moves. -
NewsNew year, new prospects ahead
Dom Walsh looks at the prospects for hospitality in the year ahead.
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NewsGreggs confirms Just Eat rollout, with Bristol and Birmingham next
Greggs has confirmed Just Eat as its exclusive delivery partner as it rolls out the service nationwide.
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Analysis & Insight2019 Consumer award winners Part 2: Spotlight on NPS and RI
After last week’s focus on the best in class quality, value for money and friendly service award winners, this follow-up analysis shines a spotlight on those out-performing operators topping the league tables at Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Revisit Intention (RI).
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Analysis & InsightUK coffee shop numbers shrink by 0.9%
The UK coffee shop market has shrunk by 0.9% in terms of outlet numbers, following restrained investment in the context of Brexit uncertainty and tough high street trading, Allegra World Coffee Portal reveals.