All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 63
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News
Johnson: Industry needs to get behind call for VAT cut
Luke Johnson, the serial restaurant investor, has called on the whole hospitality industry to come together to campaign for a cut in the level of VAT.Speaking at M&C Report’s sister publication Restaurant Magazine’s R200 conference yesterday, Johnson, whose investments include Giraffe, Feng Sushi, Ego and Patiserrie Valerie, said that the ...
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Starbucks UK trials calories on menus
Starbucks UK is carrying out a trial of putting calories on menus as part of the “Responsibility Deal” struck with the Government by leading operators in March this year.The chain is understood to have put up calorie boards in 20 of its 717 sites in the UK, and will to ...
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Opinion
A franchise future
Paul Charity looks at how franchise-style agreements could help revive fortunes in the tenanted pub sector.Franchising is a development long overdue in the tenanted pub world. Here’s a universe of 20,000-plus pubs hugely reliant on a fairly narrow type of retail content - selling beer. Until the smoking ban of ...
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News
M&B: Acquisitions, breakfasts, margins and Blood
M&C Report takes a closer look at the half year results for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub and restaurant operator:BreakfastsM&B plans to roll out its breakfast concept across its Harvester, Toby and Crown Carvery brands, interim chief executive Jeremy Blood revealed. The company has been trialling breakfasts at ...
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News
Be at One seeks backing; LFLs up 8.5%
Be At One, the London-based cocktail bar operator, has appointed Zolfo Cooper to advise it on its investment options for future growth, as it looks to double to size of its 10-strong estate in London and eventually grow outside the capital.As revealed by M&C Report earlier this month, the group, ...