All Research articles – Page 7
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Analysis & InsightPub menus: Quantity over quality?
MCA market insight director Steve Gotham looks at whether the increases seen in pub menu counts are sustainable, particularly when extensive menu choice is not a particularly high-ranking consumer need.
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Analysis & InsightFive Guys set to bring up the UK century
Five Guys is bucking the wider market trend when it comes to expansion - but does closer analysis show there is room for improvement on food quality and value for money? MCA market insight director Steve Gotham delves into the data.
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NewsSpeciality coffee roasting ‘rapidly developing’
Speciality coffee roasting is a rapidly developing market, driven by strong wholesale demand from independent cafés and a growing consumer appetite for café roastery experiences, research from Allegra reveals.
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Analysis & InsightPink gin drives gin boom
Gin sales in the on-trade have rocketed by 56% by value in a year, driven by a doubling in the number of pink gin drinkers, new research from CGA reveals.
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NewsPubs being put under pressure at lunch
Pubs are being put under pressure during the lunch occasion, as food-to-go retailers steal a march on share of visits, according to the MCA Pub Market Report 2019.
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NewsRestaurant and pub sales see reversal of fortune this June
Managed restaurant groups enjoyed a collective 6.1% like-for-like sales boost in June, figures from the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker show.
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Analysis & InsightYoung flock to food-to-go specialists
Food-to-go specialists are stealing market share from convenience stores, driven by younger consumers, HIM and MCA’s Convenience Report reveals.
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UK-Chinese tourism up 133%
Chinese tourism to the UK is up 133% year on year, according to a study by TripAdvisor.
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Independents face uphill struggle against branded coffee shops
Branded coffee shops are growing at twice the rate of the independent coffee shop sector, research from Allegra reveals.
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Analysis & InsightEvolving before our eyes
The pace of change is speeding up and nowhere is this clearer than in the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector. Over the last five years, AlixPartners and CGA’s Market Growth Monitor has tracked some seismic changes across the industry – from the drinks-led renaissance to the burgeoning impact of delivery. There’s not been a dull moment, say AlixPartners’ Graeme Smith and Craig Rachel.
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NewsPub sector predicted to outperform wider market
Quality, experience and localisation are all key trends driving the growth of the pub sector, Gareth Nash, insights director at MCA told delegates at the Pub Conference.
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Analysis & InsightBeware second half weakness
At the halfway point of the year it seems appropriate to examine the wider economic picture
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NewsStonegate reports 69% Women’s World Cup sales boost
Stonegate has reported an overall sales uplift of 69% at its venues which screened the Women’s World Cup (WWC) semi-final, which saw England play the United States. The sales boost was based on the average run rate for Tuesday evening between 7-10pm for the previous six weeks. Stonegate said it ...
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Analysis & InsightAll aboard the vegan express
MCA market insight director Steve Gotham looks at the rise and rise of veganism and its impact on menu development over the past two years.
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Analysis & InsightWine glass half empty?
MCA market insight director Steve Gotham discusses why wine is losing out to other alcohol categories and suggests that lack of innovation may be to blame.
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Analysis & InsightDeltic Night Index reveals Gen Z/Millennial split on social preferences
A split has been identified in the social habits of Generation Z versus Millennials that could have major implications for how hospitality businesses attract customers in future, according to The Deltic Group’s latest Deltic Night Index.
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Analysis & InsightAuthenticity and quality key to spend says Marston’s in On Trade Beer Report
Authenticity and quality are key to increasing consumer spend at the bar, helping a venue stand out from the competition and ensuring customers return, says Marston’s in its latest On Trade Beer Report.
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Analysis & InsightKeeping it healthy – no guarantee to staying alive…
MCA’s market insight director Steve Gotham delves deeper in the problems faced by the likes of healthier eating chains Pod, Filmore & Union and Vital Ingredient, and discovers that it’s not all black and white when it comes to value for money.
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Analysis & InsightSnacking slumps leads to 2% decline in bakery items
A slump in snacking has been the number of bakery occasions fall by 2% year on year to 5.7bn, according to MCA research.
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Glasgow top city for gastro venture
Glasgow has come top in a league table of the best UK cities to launch a “gastronomic” business.