All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 25
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NewsPavli to head up Punch’s Mercury Pubs arm
Punch has re-structured its turnaround division, which has been renamed Mercury Pubs and is now headed by Paul Pavli, MCA understands.
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City investors urge sector to curb antibiotic supply chain use
A group of senior City investors have written to leading eating and drinking out companies urging them to take immediate action to reduce antibiotic use in their meat and poultry supply chains.
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NewsMartin revises down JDW growth targets
Tim Martin has revised his target for the potential size of the JD Wetherspoon estate, now suggesting it could grow by fewer than 500 extra sites.
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NewsHawthorn launches managed division with 11 JDW pubs
Hawthorn Leisure, the Avenue Capital-backed pub operator, has acquired 11 pubs from JD Wetherspoon, which will be its first fully manged sites.
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Analysis & Insight
Operators criticised for Twitter response times
Restaurants and hotels have been criticised for taking too long to reply to Tweets sent by customers and giving a poor quality response when they do
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Analysis & InsightHad their fill?
Did the recovery in the wider economy mean that timing was always against Red Hot World Buffet emerging from the swathe of all-you-can-eat buffet operators that sprung up during the downturn? At the same time, Mark Wingett looks at the upcoming change at the top at Young’s and whether anyone will take up the challenge of unlocking the potential of Loch Fyne from Greene King.
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Moonshine Bars acquires Old Monk
Moonshine Bars has secured a third site in the capital for a new German-influenced Beerhaus format.
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Collyer: Will BEPS changes hit pubcos?
Leading analyst Geof Collyer, of Deutsche Bank, has highlighted a key area of the budget for pub groups.
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Collyer: JDW - few if any catalysts for near term performance
Leading analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank has said that JD Wetherspoon is still relatively expensive versus peer group
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OpinionPubco Galacticos know it’s all to play for
The pub sector is emerging from a period of significant transition with difficult decisions taken by some of the biggest players in the sector on the fundamental nature of their businesses. The work on the training ground has now been completed and it is time for the sector to deliver results. In June MCA introduces a brand new event – THE Pub Conference – in which these themes will be discussed by the Pubco Galacticos – Greene King’s Rooney Anand; Enterprise Inns’ Simon Townsend; Punch’s Duncan Garrood and Marston’s Ralph Findlay. Here MCA examines the opportunities and challenges facing each, and what it means for the eating and drinking out sector.
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JDW CEO: Estate could shrink this year
JD Wetherspoon’s chief executive John Hutson has said this financial year could be the first in which the company’s estate shrinks.
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JDW lfs up 3.7%
JD Wetherspoon has said like-for-like sales in the six weeks to 6 March were up 3.7%, following a 2.9% rise in the first half of the year.
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JDW says sugar-free drinks consumption on the rise
JD Wetherspoon has said sales of non-alcoholic sugar-free drinks are on the rise across its estate.
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Analysis & InsightAll Bar One gains lunch and dinner market share
All Bar One is the only Top 10 brand to increase its share of total pub restaurant visits at both lunch and dinner, MCA’s latest Pub Brand Monitor has shown.
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Goddards Brewery founder seeking buyers
Isle of Wight brewery Goddards has been put up for sale.
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Analysis & InsightWhat goes up…
So current rent levels are unsustainable but are we heading for a recalibration? According to the latest insight, our high street sandwiches and coffees are full of salt and sugar respectively, but does the sector wait for Government target setting on health issues or make the first move itself and why new M&B chief executive Phil Urban looks like he is getting to the heart of the matter
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Analysis & InsightJanuary sees coffee shops increase market share
January was a strong month for coffee shops with the channel cementing its number one spot at breakfast and gaining share of visits at both lunch and dinner, the latest data from M&C Allegra Foodservice has shown.
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OpinionTim Martin: Time for real debate on EU
JD Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin argues that laws and key decisions should be made by national parliaments and not by the “non-democratic EU”
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JDW outlines pipeline for first part of 2016
JD Wetherspoon has announced it will open 12 pubs – three of which will have hotels – between now and September.
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JDW awarded Top Employer status for 13th year
Wetherspoon has been certified as a Top Employer United Kingdom for the 13th year running.