All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 27
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News
Customer details stolen in JDW hack
JD Wetherspoon has announced that customer and staff details have been illegally accessed after it was hacked.
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Analysis & Insight
Sizzling Pubs sees sharp rise in consumer ratings
Mitchells & Butlers’ launch of two brand extensions under the Sizzling Pubs banner has boosted customer perception of the brand, new figures have shown.
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FSA praises food chains for hygiene scores
The Food Standards Agency has said 84% of outlets owned by the five biggest high street food chains had the top food hygiene rating.
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Analysis & InsightMRO will send tenanted estates ‘Back to the Future’
The Market Rent Only (MRO) legislation proposed by the government has already had a profound effect on the shape of the tenanted pub market, argues Peter Hansen, founder of leading advisory firm Sapient Corporate Finance
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JDW further adds to Dublin estate
JD Wetherspoon is to continue its expansion in Ireland after the purchase of a former church in Dublin for €1.47m, against a €400k guide price
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OpinionWho is winning the battle for consumer loyalty?
Consumers taking part in this month’s M&C Allegra Foodservice’s research programme, the Eating Out Panel, have rated Côte top for both quality and freshness. The results also show pubs and fast food operators challenging the restaurant sector in a number of areas. M&C director of insight, Steve Gotham, explains what the responses can tell us about the eating out market.
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Analyst corner: Rollo on JDW
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley outlines key questions that he thinks investors could focus on in regards to JD Wetherspoon
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NewsJDW places further 34-strong package on the market
JD Wetherspoon has placed a further 34-strong package of pubs on the market
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News Barnfather: JDW significantly exposed to labour inflation
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather at Panmure Gordon has said that JDW faces stiff competition from the surge in supply of casual dining chains
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NewsJDW Q1 lfls up 2.4%
JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 2.4% rise in like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to 25 October 2015, with total sales up 6.1%
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OpinionIt’s a manchise world
As more details emerge of how the pubs code will work in practice, pubcos are already responding with an increased focus on alternative agreements. From emerging companies to traditional family brewers, turnover related agreements or ‘manchises’ are becoming a key weapon in winning the war on talent. But with labour cost as the key concern for the operator, does the introduction of the National Living Wage present a barrier to success?
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NewsKornicis sold for c£10m
Kornicis Group, the London-based bar and restaurant operator, has been acquired in a deal thought to be valued at c£10m.
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NewsGK overtakes M&B on market cap
Greene King has replaced Mitchells & Butlers as the UK pub and restaurant company with the largest market cap after its acquisition of Spirit Pub Company.
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Analysis & InsightCommon ground for Tim Martin and Jamie Oliver
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin and Jamie Oliver are arguably the two most high-profile spokespeople for the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector. So it’s a pity their current views on a sugar tax on soft drinks differ, especially when it seems there is a more obvious target for them to come together to campaign against in the form of adding VAT to supermarket ready meals.
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News
Rollo: Blurring format boundaries an opportunity and threat
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley has said that the blurring of the boundaries between formats is an opportunity as well as a threat for Greene King
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NewsJamie's Italian tops child-friendly restaurants league table for second time
Jamie’s Italian has topped a league table ranking the health of children’s food in 21 of the UK’s restaurant chains for the second time.
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NewsTim Martin slams Oliver’s sugar tax plans
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin has said Jamie Oliver’s “showboating” over a sugar tax “will close pubs”.
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News
JDW drops plans to sell two pubs from package
JD Wetherspoon has taken two pubs off the market from a 20-strong package put up for sale in July, M&C understands.
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M&B completes Orchid integration, de Polo joins Enterprise
M&B has completed the integration of the 173-strong Orchid estate it acquired for £266m last June and said that following this Steve de Polo has decided to leave the company to join Enterprise Inns.