All Operators articles – Page 104

  • News

    Boxpark Shoreditch refreshes line-up for summer

    2017-05-25T08:29:00Z

    Boxpark Shoreditch has revealed new food operators for its revamped summer terrace including Coqfighter, Poptata, Nosteagia and Osteria Della Pasta.

  • News

    Hollywood Bowl food sales up 14% under new menu

    2017-05-24T08:36:26.077Z

    Hollywood Bowl Group has said its new-style Hollywood diner menus have driven food revenues by 14.4% in refurbished venues.

  • News

    The Alchemist invest £500k in refurbs

    2017-05-24T08:35:29.780Z

    The Alchemist, the Palatine Private Equity-backed cocktail bar and restaurant concept, is investing almost half a million pounds refurbishing Trinity Leeds and New York Street in Manchester.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Food to go 'key growth driver' in eating out market

    2017-05-24T08:35:22.150Z

    Food to go (FTG) has increased its share of total eating out visits by 1.4 percentage points (pp) to 42.3% compared to last year, MCA analysis reveals.

  • News

    The Oystermen secure first site in Covent Garden

    2017-05-24T08:35:00Z

    The Oystermen, the catering and pop-up business known for its residency at The Sampler wine merchants in South Kensington, is set to open its first permanent restaurant in Covent Garden.

  • Brewed + Pressed
    News

    Brewed + Pressed to open first UK store ahead of rollout

    2017-05-24T08:35:00Z

    Brewed + Pressed, the US-based plant food, raw cold pressed juice bar and coffee shop concept is to open its first store in the UK ahead of a planned nationwide rollout, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    Deliveroo Editions line-up in Hove confirmed

    2017-05-24T08:31:00Z

    Deliveroo has confirmed the launch of its delivery-only Editions initiative in Hove

  • News

    SME retailers forego £1.6bn on tech-savvy shoppers

    2017-05-23T08:19:46.680Z

    Tech-savvy Brits are adopting and becoming increasingly reliant upon new ways to pay, but small businesses are struggling to keep up

  • News

    Stringer leaves We Are Bar

    2017-05-23T08:19:16.983Z

    We Are Bar Group, formerly Kornicis, has announced the departure of chief executive Richard Stringer with immediate effect.

  • News

    City Pantry concentrating on £1bn London market

    2017-05-23T08:19:05Z

    City Pantry, the business-to-business food delivery company, is concentrating on building market-share in London before attempting to realise its ambitions of becoming a global brand, MCA has learnt.

  • Analysis & Insight

    How to tackle 2017’s ‘growth killers’

    2017-05-23T08:19:00Z

    While the headwinds facing operators in 2017 are well-known, there remain ‘pockets of potential’ open to agile operators. Steve Cordiner, Investment Director at mid-market private equity firm, Livingbridge, identifies five areas where operators can seek to beat the ‘growth killers’.

  • News

    Wild Beer preps for £10m brewery project

    2017-05-23T08:18:56.527Z

    Wild Beer Co, the Somerset craft brewery and operator, has acquired a shipping container to boost its presence in other parts of the UK, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    Warrens plans 50 stores in five years

    2017-05-23T08:18:52.227Z

    Warrens, the Cornish bakery shop group, is looking to double its estate in the next five years as it ventures outside its West Country heartland for the first time.

  • News

    Abokado to trial weekend opening

    2017-05-19T16:10:49.150Z

    Abokado, the healthy eating Kings Park Capital backed chain, is taking a more cautious approach to expansion than previous years, though still hopes to open four or more new sites in London in 2017.

  • News

    Brook leaves Foodco UK

    2017-05-19T16:10:45.487Z

    The general manager of Foodco UK Lisa Brook, who has overseen the development of the Jamaica Blue and Muffin Break franchises, has left the business.

  • News

    CrepeAffaire lines up six for 2017

    2017-05-19T16:10:30.270Z

    CrepeAffaire, the crepe franchise concept, is lining up five or six more openings this year, including Chester and Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet in Ellesmere Port, MCA has learnt. Managing director Daniel Spinath said the three-four openings would be more London-centric, while the business would ramp up its UK expansion programme ...

  • News

    Hollywood Bowl heading to O2 Greenwich

    2017-05-19T08:35:37.510Z

    Hollywood Bowl Group is opening its 57th bowling alley at The O2 in Greenwich, London.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Decline in demand for London sites

    2017-05-19T08:35:28.300Z

    Demand for sites in Greater London fell from 36.9% of all UK requirements in 2016, to 33.7% in 2017.

  • News

    Clockjack weighs up delivery-only growth model

    2017-05-19T08:35:00Z

    Clockjack founder Jerry Goldberg is weighing up expansion strategies for his rotisserie chicken delivery business after closing his remaining restaurant site in Woolwich, MCA has learnt. Goldberg, who now delivers to a wide catchment area from a large delivery-only kitchen in Monument, is considering whether to repeat the model in ...

  • Analysis & Insight

    Bars on the rise in retail centres

    2017-05-19T08:35:00Z

    Bars & wine bars have seen the biggest growth of any food and beverage sub-sector in retail centres, Cushman & Wakefield’s UK Food & Beverage Market report has found.