All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 27
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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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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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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.
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Analyst corner: Rollo on JDW
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley says he expects JDW to report like-for-like growth of around 1.5%
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JDW returns to Muswell Hill with £3m investment
JD Wetherspoon is making its return to Muswell Hill, in north London, 36 years after founder Tim Martin opened his first pub in the area.
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NewsOliver to take self-funded route with restaurants
Jamie Oliver has decided not to sell a stake in his restaurant business but continue its expansion through a self-funded model
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Ashford first council to ban selected operators from development
Ashford Borough Council, in Kent, has become the first local authority to ban specific bars and restaurants from securing sites at its expanded Designer Outlet centre.
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Breathalyser schemes across London to be extended
On-the-door breathalyser schemes in 12 boroughs across London are to be extended for an indefinite period.
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Analysis & InsightRapid growth for “new” fast food
Up and coming quick service operators are challenging established brands for market share as emerging brands see the greatest year on year turnover growth
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Chalk it up to youth experience
The social media phenomenon Snapchat is breaking ground in the US but operators in the UK appear to be slow at latching on to using what is a vital tool for 16 to 24-year-olds. Luke Mitchell explains why businesses this side of the Atlantic would be well advised to jump on board
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Collyer: First time no net increase in JDW estate size since FY07
On the back of JD Wetherspoon’s full-year update on Friday, leading analyst Geof Collyer has suggested that the group’s net openings figure for its current year could be zero
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NewsJDW: breakfast, Ireland, sales mix, people
On the back of its full year results this morning, John Hutson, chief executive of JD Wetherspoon talks about how the group’s breakfast sales, its performance in Ireland, staff retention, hotels pipeline, its investment on property and its changing sales mix
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NewsBarnfather: JDW stuck in a strategic vortex
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather at Panmure Gordon has said that JD Wetherspoon is stuck in a strategic vortex and that its value offer is “losing resonance in the current aspirational consumer climate”