All Operators articles – Page 366
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News
Mitchells: beer volumes up; rebranding due
North Yorkshire-based pub operator Mitchells of Lancaster says weekly production volumes at York Brewery have increased 58% since it was taken over by Mitchells three years ago, writes Tony Halstead.Volumes at the York Brewery have risen from 85 barrels a week in 2008 up to the current level of 135 ...
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Opinion
A franchise future
Paul Charity looks at how franchise-style agreements could help revive fortunes in the tenanted pub sector.Franchising is a development long overdue in the tenanted pub world. Here’s a universe of 20,000-plus pubs hugely reliant on a fairly narrow type of retail content - selling beer. Until the smoking ban of ...
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News
Fuller’s: Acquisitions, franchises and free-of-tie
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results from Fuller’s, the London-based pub operator and brewer:Rival AcquisitionChairman Michael Turner told M&C Report that both Young’s and Greene King had both picked up very good businesses from their respective acquisitions of Geronimo’s Inns and Realpubs. He said: “These were ...
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News
Westfield Stratford operators unveiled
The majority of the food & beverage operators set to open at the new Westfield Stratford City development have been confirmed, with openings lined up for Franco Manca, Jamie’s Italian, YO! Sushi, Tortilla and Wagamama, amongst others.The shopping centre, which will open in 13 September, will feature in its Balcony ...