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Operators call for 2013 business rates freeze
Leading food and grocery operator have united in a bid to urge the Government to freeze business rates in 2013.Martin Shuker, managing director of KFC, and Ken McMeikan, chief executive of Greggs, joined 12 leading retail operators in signing a letter, written by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) as part ...
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Informal eating out market to grow to £65bn
Turnover across the UK’s informal eating out market is set to grow by 3% to reach £52bn in 2012 and is forecast to rise to £65bn by 2017 with a CAGR of 4.9%, according to the latest research by Allegra.Allegra predicts that consumer spending will rise alongside increased average earnings ...
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Turnover up 5.6% across leading UK chains
The 100 leading UK restaurant chains experienced a 5.6% increase in combined turnover in 2011 an improvement on the 2.6% rise registered in the previous year, according to new research from Technomic, the foodservice consultancy firm.It found that the UK eating-out sector grew in terms of sites by 4.9% to ...
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Operators make new salt reduction pledges
McDonald’s, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), JD Wetherspoon and KFC are among the companies to make further salt reduction pledges today under the Responsibility Deal.The Department of Health has announced three new pledges to meet the Responsibility Deal’s target of delivering a 15% reduction in salt in foods by the end ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 2-5 June
Please see below a round up of this bank holiday weekend’s newspapers:Lloyds faces ‘significant’ losses on £112m Luminar debtsLloyds Banking Group and fellow lenders to Luminar, the nightclub operator that collapsed last year, have been warned to expect “significant” losses on £112m of outstanding debts. A trio of lenders, which ...
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Fast food operators dominate franchise growth
Fast-food operators, including McDonald’s, KFC and Subway, dominated the top 10 in terms of worldwide sales in the latest international franchises list produced by the Franchise Times.The 12th annual publication of the list placed McDonald’s first with $77.3bn worldwide sales, with KFC in 3rd with $19.4bn sales, Subway 4th ($15.2bn) ...