OCTOBER 2024 EDITION

MCA’s October edition features in-depth analysis and commentary on the eating and drinking out sector. Simon Brooke takes an in-depth look at the UK’s flourishing franchise sector in this month’s cover story. We assess the impact of a new generation of salad bar operators on the lunchtime market and bring you big interviews with the outgoing CEOs at Punch Pubs and Laine Pub Co: Clive Chesser and Gavin George, as well as Bill’s MD Tom James, Papa John’s MD Chris Phylactou and Inception Group co-founder Charlie Gilkes. The edition features insight from Lumina Intelligence on the data that suggests veganism may have lost its mojo, and the latest M&A outlook for the pub market from AlixPartners, while Eggs Soldiers’ Tom Gatehouse gives his take on the evolution of modern British cuisine. Regular industry commentators Peter Martin, Dominic Walsh and David Read share their views on sector issues, including why ministers need to be more upbeat in their messaging, the bustle of the Bristol eating and drinking out scene and why getting bigger by getting better is preferable to a laser focus on the P&L.

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