All Operators articles – Page 42
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Stuart Inns to be liquidated
Stuart Inns, the Suffolk-based gastropub operator, is being liquidated, MCA understands.
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Giggling Squid eyes private equity for next stage of growth
Giggling Squid co-founder Andy Laurillard has confirmed the Thai restaurant group has appointed advisors to assess its next stage of growth, which is likely to involve finding a new private equity partner.
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Market Halls to shake up 'boring' shopping centres with Lakeside launch
Market Halls chief executive Andy Lewis-Pratt has told MCA he hopes new concept The Hall will shake up regional shopping centres by offering visitors a new dining experience.
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Firezza founder launches Estro Pizza
Firezza co-founder Ado Medjedovic has returned to the pizza restaurant industry with the launch of a new concept Estro in Tunbridge Wells, MCA has learnt.
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Usher to return to Kickstarter to plug £100k Kala shortfall
Gary Usher is preparing to return to Kickstarter to plug a £100,000 shortfall in the budget for his new Manchester restaurant Kala.
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Analysis & Insight
Heads up and take in the view
MCA’s contributing editor Peter Martin gives his view on the contradictions at the heart of the eating and drinking-out sector and discusses why he thinks competition should be the sector’s lifeblood, even if it makes life more challenging for incumbents
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Junkyard Golf lines up further London site
Junkyard Golf has lined up a further site in central London, MCA understands.
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Analysis & Insight
Sector lfls down 1.8% in January
Both the managed pub and restaurant segments saw like-for-like sales (lfls) dip in January, with the sector overall down 1.8% year-on-year.
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Just Eat delivers 500 millionth UK order
Just Eat has announced that it has achieved its 500 millionth UK order.
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Carluccio’s to trial ‘formal’ evening service
Carluccio’s is to use its Richmond restaurant as a test-bed for its £10m Fresca refurbishment, chief executive Mark Jones has told MCA’s sister title, Big Hospitality.
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Analysis & InsightDiversity is the solution, not the problem
The reality for many women who have made it to the top is that it’s a reflection of their own dogged perseverance and determination, than any real proactive measures in the industry to facilitate career progression for women. This needs to change, says Holly Addison, head of the hospitality, travel & leisure practice at executive recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson.
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Patisserie Holdings sale confirmed for £13m
Patisserie Holdings has confirmed the sale of Patisserie Valerie, to Dublin-based Causeway Capital, and its sandwich shop business Philpotts to retail, wholesale and distribution firm A.F Blakemore, for £13m.
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Whitbread outlines UK and international ambitions
Whitbread has used its Capital Markets Day to reiterate its belief in its “unique, vertically-integrated model” as a lever for growth and value creation.
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Loungers to open two more in Somerset
Loungers has applied to open two new sites in Somerset, in Street and Wells.
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Analysis & Insight
Diversity is the solution, not the problem
The reality for many women who have made it to the top is that it’s a reflection of their own dogged perseverance and determination, than any real proactive measures in the industry to facilitate career progression for women. This needs to change, says Holly Addison, head of the hospitality, travel & leisure practice at executive recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson.
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Five Guys to replace Côte in Camden
Five Guys has lined up a further opening at 32 Parkway in Camden – currently home to Côte Brasserie, according to Camden New Journal.
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Analysis & InsightBDO’s Top 10 predictions for 2019
Advisory firm BDO presents its Top 10 predictions for the restaurants and bars sector in 2019, suggesting this will be the year the power shift between tenants and landlords completes and that “value meals” will become the norm.
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NewsOodles Chinese opening in Bolton
Oodles Chinese, the Indo Chinese concept, is to open its first store in the North West, in Bolton.
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NewsBluegrass BBQ trials Hove Editions
Bluegrass BBQ Smokehouse, the regional restaurant group, has launched a virtual fried chicken brand Saucybird, MCA understands.
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NewsThe Alchemist to double up in Birmingham
The Alchemist, the Palatine-backed bar and restaurant concept, is to double up in Birmingham, MCA understands. The Simon Potts-led group has secured the former Le Monde site in the city’s Brindley Place. It joins the existing site in Colmore Row, which opened in August 2016. With that venue showing like-for-like ...