All Research articles – Page 8
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Analysis & InsightJDW top brand for awareness and usage
JD Wetherspoon was the top pub brand for awareness and usage, though visit share growth has plateaued at dinner time, while falling at breakfast and lunch, MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor reveals.
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Research recommends greater use of higher priced sugar-sweetened beverages in restaurants
More restaurants should implement higher pricing on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), in order to improve people’s health, a research review has suggested.
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Analysis & InsightPubs lose share at dinner, gain at breakfast
Pubs have lost share of dinners eaten out, by 0.5 percentage points (pp), but gained share during breakfast time, which was up 1pp, MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor reveals.
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Analysis & InsightBrewDog lures young back to the pub
The number of young people choosing to visit the pub has increased in the year ending April 2019, bucking the historical trend, according to NPD Group’s latest Pub Tracker data.
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Analysis & InsightInnovation drives FTG meal growth of 6.1%
The number of food to go (FTG) meals visits increased by 6.1% year-on-year in Q1 2019, and now accounts for a third of all meals eaten out, MCA research reveals.
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Analysis & InsightWe need to talk about lunch…
Is the lunch occasion losing some of its specialness? With the average number of lunches eaten out on the decline, MCA’s market insight director Steve Gotham delves into some of the data to see what trends could be impacting the numbers.
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Pub and restaurant growth flat-lines on back of tough comparables
Managed pub and restaurant group trading flat-lined last month, on the back of tough comparables from the previous year, the latest figures from Coffer Peach Business Tracker show.
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Analysis & InsightEmployment in foodservice and accommodation sector up on the high street
The extent to which foodservice has expanded on Great Britain’s high streets in the recent past has been revealed in a Government project to map the location of shopping streets.
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Analysis & InsightRetail cafés lose share of the eating market
Retail cafés’ share of the eating-out market has dropped back to levels last seen in 2016 as consumer preference moves towards food-to-go, new research from MCA has found.
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Analysis & InsightTaking back control
Customers seeking to have more autonomy over what they consume when eating has been one of the defining trends of the past few years. MCA market insight director Steve Gotham analyses what data from the authoritative Menu & Food Trends Report can tell us about the impact of rising responsibility on the sector.
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Analysis & InsightOperators making greater use of seafood and fish on menus
The use of seafood/fish as a core dish component has increased in the past year as more operators are incorporating it into starters, data from the latest MCA Menu Tracker has revealed.
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Analysis & InsightCounting the beans of our daily drug
Prestige Purchasing founder and chairman, David Read sounds some warning bells over future coffee supply.
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Analysis & InsightRemoving friction from the ordering process
Regina Borda, managing director at Pizza Hut Europe and UK, explains how the group analyses macro-trends to predict the future for many of the markets in which it operates.
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Analysis & InsightMastering menu design
MCA’s Menu & Food Trends report provides some valuable insight into emerging and established fashions in dish description. MCA market insight director Steve Gotham digs deeper and reveals the most commonly used phrases, the most popular indicators of provenance and also examines the latest movements in the psychology of pricing.
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Analysis & InsightA message to you Andy: What’s top of the in-tray for new TRG CEO?
MCA market insight director Steve Gotham looks at the key challenges and opportunities for incoming chief executive, Andy Hornby, at The Restaurant Group. This includes the continued ‘optimisation’ of the Leisure estate, with some green shoots visible at Chiquito in terms of resonance with consumers. He also examines the potential for leveraging the positive momentum at Wagamama through conversions across the wider portfolio.
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Analysis & InsightSpend-per-head rises but visits fall across sector in Q1
The latest data from MCA’s Eating Out Panel has shown average spend rises at all day-parts in Q1 2019 but a fall in frequency.
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Analysis & Insight'Only 7% of Gen Z regularly goes clubbing'
Just 7% of Generation Z (18-24-year-olds) regularly go to clubs, compared to 30% of millennials (25-34s), according to research by digital start-up BLACKBX. Meanwhile 46% of Generation Z consumers said they had a local pub, compared to 85% of millennials. The survey of 2,000 people found 38% only try new ...
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Analysis & InsightRate of decline for wet-led pubs slows
The long-term clear out of unsustainable wet-let pubs and bars appears to be nearing its end – in part reflecting the recent success of compelling premium drinks offers and getting the balance right with food, the latest market snapshot from CGA and AlixPartners indicates.
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Analysis & InsightMost consumers expect to reduce spend on eating out
Eating out is cited as one of the top three areas to spend less on by four of the six age brackets monitored by PwC’s latest consumer sentiment survey.
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Research reveals consumer confusion around allergen labelling
Almost half of consumers (48%) who actively looking for allergen information when eating out are not fully aware of the different labelling regulations around food freshly prepared and packaged in a food outlet for direct sale, and food pre-packed offsite, new research has revealed.