All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 8
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NewsJDW: Dutch approach in tune with ‘robust instincts of the nation’
Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin has described the government’s de facto lockdown as a “tactical error”, and called for it to adopt the Dutch position.
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NewsListed groups make heavy losses amid coronavirus bloodbath
Listed restaurant and pub suffered a day of carnage today as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on operators’ share prices.
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NewsJDW more affected by weather than health scare
J D Wetherspoon has reported like for like sales up by 3.2% in the six weeks to 8 March 2020, saying it had been more adversely affected by poor weather than by the coronavirus health scare.
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Analysis & InsightSteve Gotham: The devil in the detail on outlet growth
Outlet numbers are a critical metric we closely study within MCA’s Operator Data Index. Recently we rechecked December 2019 numbers, reassessed growth trends and reviewed outlook announcements from operators, ahead of producing our own forecasts of expansion/contraction across 250 leading casual dining brands.
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NewsTim Martin warns of EU boycott
Tim Martin has again blasted the EU and said the UK will not be “fooled by a deal that fails to achieve a real restoration of democracy”. And he suggested the public will boycott EU products if any deal ties the UK to EU laws, or fails to regain fishing rights. “If the public is tricked or cajoled it will have the power to drive imports from France and Germany down to zero, irrespective of any agreement,” said Martin.
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NewsShare of visits and average spend up at leading pub brands
The total share of pub visits and average spend increased at every day part in Q4 2019, MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor reveals.
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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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Analysis & InsightA stock-take on physical expansion
A stock-take on physical expansion – Review of 2019 risers and fallers
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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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NewsPaying Tribute
Having joined the company as an apprentice in 1980, St Austell Brewery’s CEO James Staughton officially bows out on 31 January after an impressive four decades at its helm. Here, he shares a slice of his Cornish past with Stuart Stone and chews over his hopes for the future
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NewsWetherspoon HY like-for-likes up 5%
J D Wetherspoon is in a “sound financial position,” according to its second quarter business update released today.
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Analysis & Insight
Goodbody on Coffer Peach
The Coffer Peach data for the key 6 week Christmas trading period was released this morning. Sector like for likes were up 2.5%. Both Pubs and Restaurants saw a good LFL trading performance with restaurants +2.3% and pubs +2.7%. Within this wet led pubs slightly outperformed food led. Total sales growth for the cohort was +5.4%. The tracker added a new data point for bars which saw strong growth of 3.9%. The director of Coffer Corp leisure noted that “there is a post election sense of optimism”.
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NewsHearing the voice of Wetherspoon man
What can business expect from Boris Johnson’s new administration, bolstered as it is by a solid majority and heading full tilt forwards Brexit?
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Analysis & InsightBeating the January blues
There is an easy logic behind the third Monday in January being the most depressing day of the year, despite the underpinning research coming under question.
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Analysis & InsightAnd the 2019 consumer award winners are…
While we are in the midst of the entertainment awards season it would be most neglectful not to extend this to the worlds of foodservice and hospitality.
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NewsGotham’s Christmas-ish Quiz!
It’s the week before Christmas and I hope many thresholds are being crossed, multiple tipples downed and that tills are ringing out! For my part, I have been thinking about what sort of Christmas present to get lucky readers – I have been racking my mind and the best I can do is the joy of a quiz!
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Analysis & InsightGoodbody on Coffer Peach and 2020; Peel Hunt on Just Eat
Goodbody says the UK restaurant sector is still facing the dual headwinds of chronic oversupply and cost inflation, while Peel Hunt say Prosus’ latest offer for Just Eat ”significantly increases deal certainty”.
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NewsWetherspoons makes £200m pre-election spending pledge
Wetherspoons has announced it will invest more than £200m into its pub estate over the next four years.
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OpinionAnalysts’ verdict: Berenberg on Mitchells & Butlers
Mitchells & Butlers shares are due a “pause for breath” believes analyst Berenberg.
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NewsLow price champions
Given the prevailing weak outlook for consumer confidence, it seems inevitable that more risk averse and belt-tightening behaviours will come to the fore.