All articles by Shwetali Sapte – Page 23
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NewsCooks Coffee appoints Aiden Keegan as CEO
Keegan has worked with the Esquires owner since 2004, most recently as MD for the Esquires UK business
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NewsRedCat Pub Company to exit 24 sites
The Rooney Anand-led pub investment vehicle said it has undertaken a strategic review in context of sector-wide challenges, in addition to appointing a new executive team
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NewsButcombe Pubs & Inns reports record sales in March
The Liberation Group-owned business attributed strong sales to a bumper Mother’s Day weekend and the Cheltenham Festival
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NewsStarbucks to open further 100 UK stores
The coffee giant reported 22% year-on-year sales growth in the UK to £547.7m, with plans to grow its current estate of 340 drive-thrus
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Analysis & InsightMore than 13,000 night time businesses lost since 2020, new report finds
The Night Time Economy tracker from the Night Time Industries Association and CGA found 35% of independent nightclub businesses have shuttered since March 2020
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NewsFluffy Fluffy adds seven sites to pipeline
The souffle pancake concept has opened five sites since its launch in Manchester in 2022, and is set to more than double its estate
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NewsRevolution Bars ‘actively exploring’ all options
The pub and bar operator confirmed it is engaging with shareholders to fundraise, while exploring strategic options including a restructuring or partial or full sale
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InterviewsKeystone Brewing Group: ‘We fell in love with the beer sector’
Following the rebranding of Breal Group, Keystone Brewing CEO Mark Williams speaks to MCA about resuscitating ailing breweries while building an estate of pubs - all part of a plan to grow sales to £100m by 2028
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NewsFresh tube and rail strikes in April and May
Members of the Aslef union will stage strikes across 16 rail companies as well as two 24-hour strikes on the London Underground in April and May
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NewsUKHospitality cautions against above-inflation cost increases
The trade body welcomed the fall in inflation, but emphasised hospitality will bear the brunt of upcoming rises in business rates and wages
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NewsSan Carlo: ‘It’s an exciting market out there’
Like-for-likes are in double-digit growth as the Italian restaurant group prepares to open six restaurants in the next 18 months, according to MD Marcello Distefano
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Analysis & InsightShelley Sandzer: Manchester experiencing ’tremendous momentum’
The Northwest city has the fastest growing F&B scene in the UK and has been embraced by many London operators, Ted Schama tells the R200 conference
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InterviewsBP: Multi-mission, frictionless interactions top of mind
With increasing digitisation, longer dwell times and made-to-order food offers, BP’s forecourts are evolving, Jo Hayward tells MCA’s Food to Go conference
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NewsHush Collection shifts focus to Haché Brasserie concept
The sale of its smaller sites has allowed the group to focus on its “core activities, to repay certain shareholder loans and its overdraft facility in full, and to provide liquidity”
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NewsCrussh returns to expansion trail
The healthy food and juice bar chain is to open new sites in London’s Kensington and Fulham, after being bought out of administration in January 2023
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NewsNightcap remains optimistic for future outlook
Despite revenue growth of 42%, the late night operator reported like-for-likes down 10% but expects a gradual recovery later this year as the financial outlook for its customer base improves
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NewsMembership waitlist at all-time high, reports Soho House
The members club group has reported losses of $118m (£92.5m) for 2023, and said it had undertaken an independent review of its accounting practices to ”counter misleading claims”
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NewsMcDonald’s trialling bigger burgers
The fast food giant sees significant opportunity to roll out ‘more satiating’ burgers to its menu, according to CFO Ian Borden
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NewsNew operations director at Craft Union
Lucy Barker joins Stonegate’s operator-led business from her role as ops director for Punch Pubs & Co
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NewsBig Fang Collective to launch new in-house concepts
In-house pizza joint Nothing Cheezy and gaming hub Big Fang Arcade will launch next week to enhance the offering at Golf Fang Sheffield