All Research articles – Page 21
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Analysis & Insight
Gender pay gap reporting: A sector overview
Gender pay gap reporting has been dominating the headlines this week. With the deadline now passed, what were the numbers reported by some of the biggest players in the eating and drinking out market? MCA takes a look
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Pubs and late-night venues see turnover boost in Q1 2018
The pub and late-night bar sector has seen substantial growth in turnover figures in the first quarter of 2018, according to the latest UK leisure sector update from Fleurets.
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Pret reports median pay gap of -0.2%
Pret a Manger has reported a median gender pay gap of -0.2%, and a mean pay gap of less than 5%, compared to 17.4% on average for all UK businesses.
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Middle Eastern cuisine expected to grow 10% in 2018
The value of the branded Middle Eastern cuisine market is expected to grow by 10% in 2018, to £143 million, according to a new report by MCA.
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Poll highlights rise of ‘ethical consumers’
A survey has shown that nine in 10 respondents identified themselves as ‘ethical consumers’, with a further 67% saying they would boycott brands lacking an ethical conscience.
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Restaurant financial distress up 8%
Subdued consumer spending and fierce promotional activity in the restaurant sector has left 11,091 restaurant sites in ‘significant’ financial distress’, Begbies Traynor’s warns.
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OpinionFocus on: AlixPartners Growth Company Index
The AlixPartners Growth Company Index 2018, announced earlier this month, highlights the fastest growing operators in the sector but there are still a number of the brightest talents in the industry who did not make the list. Here we profile a few to watch for next year’s index.
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Collective like-for-like sales up 0.2%, reports CGA tracker
Closures and cold weather failed to put consumers off eating and drinking out in February, with collective like-for-like sales for pubs, bars and restaurants, up 0.2% nationally, compared with the same month last year, according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
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Northern independents grow at double national average
The independent restaurant and bar scenes in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds are growing at rates more than double those of London, CGA’s Outlet Index reveals.
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Tenant/pubco relations show further improvement
Tenant/pub company relations have improved over the past year, according to MCA’s authoritative Tenant Track survey.
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Analysis & InsightFewer bakery purchases in H2 2017
The number of bakery purchases fell in the second half of the year, from 1.43bn in Q1 2017, to 1.35bn in Q4, according to new data from MCA’s Bakery and Sandwich Tracker (Q4 2017).
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Consumer spending poor - but restaurants and bars resilient
Consumer spending had the weakest start to the year since 2012 – though restaurants and bars experienced a strong month, according to Visa’s UK Consumer Spending Index.
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Nutritional information influences four in 10 consumers' meal choice
The inclusion of nutritional information on food menus influences four in 10 consumers’ out-of-home meal choice, according to the third edition of CGA and UKHospitality’s Future Shock report.
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Looking back to the future
How will the food and beverage sector change over five years’ time? It’s a question MCA’s Top of Mind survey has been putting to sector leaders for the past nine years. MCA’s Yemeng Hu looks at what the answers can tell us about the past, present and future.
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Tenant understanding of Pubs Code low - survey
A survey commissioned by the Pubs Code Adjudicator has revealed that 72% of tied pub tenants are aware of the Pubs Code after 18 months - but their level of understanding of it is low.
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Foodservice inflation at 2.5% in January
Foodservice price inflation was at 2.5% in January – the lowest point for almost a year.
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Apprenticeships most beneficial as a recruitment tool
Hospitality businesses are finding the apprenticeships are most useful as a recruitment tool, according to a new survey from People 1st.
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On the go breakfasts up 2%
Consumers are buying breakfast on the go more often, rising by 2% in 2017 year on year, though 90% of breakfasts are still eaten at home, Kantar’s Worldpanel reveals.
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Service sector overtakes manufacturing
The UK service sector picked up in February after the weakest start to the year in almost a decade, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers’ index (PMI).
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Analysis & InsightPrices up for 55% of same-line dishes
The price of same-line dishes have increased in more than half (55%) of cases, compared to the same period last year, according to MCA’s autumn/winter 2017 Menu Tracker, as operators look to boost margins.