All Nando's articles – Page 4

  • HPL logo
    News

    Hospitality Leaders Poll: Operators vote against passing on price cuts

    2020-07-23T07:48:00Z

    Anyone calling for restaurants to pass the VAT cut onto customers is likely to be disappointed, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA/HIM. Despite big brands like Starbucks, Nando’s, KFC Pret and JD Wetherspoon saying they would be cutting prices, of the 265 respondents to the weekly poll, all of whom are board level positions or founders of restaurants, pubs and food to go operations, 85% said they would not be passing on the cut.

  • starbucks cup
    News

    Operators lower prices after VAT cut

    2020-07-15T16:22:00Z

    Starbucks, Nando’s, KFCm Pret and JD Wetherspoon have joined McDonald’s in saying they will pass some or all of the VAT cut to customers.

  • restaurant meal wine
    News

    Sector sees first week of dine-in reopenings

    2020-07-10T11:46:00Z

    KFC, Pizza Hut, Nando’s and Costa are among the latest operators to reopen some sites for eat-in this week. Whilst in pubs and bars, Brewhouse & Kitchen, Inception Group and The New World Trading Company all announced reopening plans.

  • we are open sign
    News

    Sector sees next wave of reopenings

    2020-05-29T11:55:00Z

    McDonald’s, Greggs and Pret have all announced substantial reopenings this week as they continue to pursue a phased recovery of their large-scale estates. In casual dining, Nando’s, Pizza Express, Tonkotso and Thaikun have opened further sites.

  • nandos sauces
    News

    Nando’s reopens a further 40 sites

    2020-05-27T07:05:00Z

    Nando’s has announced it will reopen a further 40 sites for delivery and collection this week, taking its total open estate to 94.

  • GettyImages-1174473466
    News

    Sector sees another week of reopenings

    2020-05-22T11:55:00Z

    MCA rounds up the latest reopenings in the hospitality sector. 

  • Nando's exterior
    News

    Nando’s to trial public delivery

    2020-04-28T06:39:00Z

    Nando’s has announced it will offer delivery from its seven open stores on a trial basis, with the possibility of opening more sites when it is safe to do so. 

  • nandos sauces
    News

    Nando’s reopens seven sites for NHS initiative

    2020-04-23T07:43:00Z

    Nando’s has reopened seven restaurants to provide meals to NHS key workers and charities in major cities.

  • Restaurant
    News

    Editor’s Opinion: Hang tight and plan your return

    2020-04-20T07:25:00Z

    The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc. It’s claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world and numbers continue to rise. As dreadful as that is, the long term socio-economic impact is more disturbing. The virus has created a level of disruption to health, society, and the economy that’s never happened before, outside of wartime. And while there is plenty of speculation on how life in general may get back to normal post-lockdown, with vaguely optimistic or pessimistic dates floating around, there is no clarity on how or when this might end.

  • restaurant cafe table
    News

    Timeline: How the coronavirus crisis unfolded

    2020-04-20T07:22:00Z

    Here are just some of the twists and turns over the last few weeks. If you want to read all the MCA coverage of the coronavirus crisis click here.

  • GettyImages-eating out
    Analysis & Insight

    One in three will eat out less post-lockdown

    2020-04-01T14:05:00Z

    Almost a third of consumers have said they will eat out less frequently than they did pre-coronavirus when the lockdown period ends, new research by CGA has revealed.

  • GettyImages-1210333449
    News

    Why are big brands abandoning takeaway and delivery?

    2020-03-23T18:30:00Z

    Takeaway and delivery last week emerged as a possible silver lining to the biblical storm clouds posing an existential threat to the restaurant and bar industry.

  • subway
    News

    Subway, Tortilla, Pure and Wahaca to shut down entirely

    2020-03-23T15:09:00Z

    Subway and Tortilla will close all of their restaurants for delivery, takeaway and collection today.

  • mcdonalds2_35351
    News

    McDonalds, Nando’s and Pret among brands to close entire estate

    2020-03-23T08:46:00Z

    McDonalds, Nando’s and Starbucks are among a list of operators that have announced estate-wide closures following Friday’s Government announcement.

  • BO4A5101
    News

    Zim Braai aims for five in five

    2020-03-10T08:50:00Z

    With its second opening lined up in Bournemouth next month, African dining concept Zim Braai is looking to reach five restaurants in five years, founder Andy Lennox has told MCA.

  • Nandos restaurant
    News

    Andrew Lynch replaced as Nando’s chairman by Graham Allan

    2020-03-06T13:56:00Z

    Nando’s non-executive chairman Andrew Lynch has stepped down from the business after six years to be replaced by Graham Allan, MCA can reveal. Lynch originally joined the peri-peri specialist in 2014 as its first group CEO, before deciding to withdraw from executive life in 2018. He moved into a role as non-executive chairman and was succeeded as group CEO by Rob Papps in November 2018.

  • Pret
    Analysis & Insight

    Steve Gotham: The devil in the detail on outlet growth

    2020-02-28T08:35:00Z

    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.

  • Nando's exterior
    News

    Nando’s denies unpaid work claim

    2020-02-27T08:35:00Z

    Nando’s has come under fire over reports which claim staff are cleaning its restaurants without pay.

  • Miller & Carter exterior
    News

    Are chains offering enough Low and No?

    2020-02-27T08:35:00Z

    Miller & Carter rightly wins plaudits for the impressiveness of its food and the quality of its customer service, but it also beats any leading restaurant chain competitor with its choice of Low and No alcohol beers. The steakhouse offers four, including a low alcohol beer, and a no alcohol beer, ale and cider. Across the UK’s 25 largest restaurant brands chains, four have two options, 16 have just one and four list none.

  • cdawards20-winners-2
    News

    Azzurri crowned at Casual Dining Awards second year running

    2020-02-21T08:33:00Z

    Azzurri Group, Wagamama and The Ivy Collection were amongst those named as the UK’s best pub, bar and restaurant operators at the Casual Dining Awards yesterday.