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NewsShare of visits and average spend up at leading pub brands
The total share of pub visits and average spend increased at every day part in Q4 2019, MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor reveals.
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NewsGotham’s Christmas-ish Quiz!
It’s the week before Christmas and I hope many thresholds are being crossed, multiple tipples downed and that tills are ringing out! For my part, I have been thinking about what sort of Christmas present to get lucky readers – I have been racking my mind and the best I can do is the joy of a quiz!
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NewsStrong drink sales drive M&B’s 3.3% lfls growth
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has continued to outperform the market in the eight weeks to 21 September, with like-for-like sales growing by 3.3%.
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Analysis & InsightM&B – Much ado about branding
MCA market insight director Steve Gotham analyses data from MCA’s Eating Out Panel to pinpoint potential areas for improvement for some of Mitchells & Butlers’ key brands.
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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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News3Sixty Restaurants lines up 18th Ego site with more on the way
3Sixty Restaurants has lined up its 18th Ego restaurant and bar as part of its joint-venture (JV) with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) – a former M&B site, in Shadwell, West Yorkshire, MCA has learnt.
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NewsUrban: ‘New concept could be second string to our premium bow’
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to trial a new concept in Harpenden next month, which it believes could add a second string to its bow of premium offerings, MCA has learnt.
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NewsUrban: ‘We do the same things with 110 sites as we did with 30’
As part of the launch of the CGA Stone & River Brand Momentum report, Mitchells & Butlers’ chief executive Phil Urban talks about how the multi-branded operator has remained at the top spot despite the volatility of the market.
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OpinionGotham’s Easter quiz
With the Easter bank holiday weekend almost upon us, MCA’s market insight director Steve Gotham offers up a bit of a light-hearted break from the norm with a test of your knowledge of the eating and drinking out market.
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Analysis & InsightStudy claims restaurant and pub dishes unhealthier than fast food
A study by the British Medical Journal has suggested food served in pub and restaurant chains is unhealthier than that of fast-food chains.
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NewsEgo expands pub estate
3Sixty Restaurants, the James Horler-led group, has secured a further sites for its growing pub arm
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NewsWright & Bell lines up second site
Wright & Bell, the Imbiba-backed concept, is understood to have lined up a second site in central London
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Analysis & InsightContemporary operators challenging top brands
Five Guys is leading the pack of contemporary operators challenging the established casual dining brands, the latest MCA data has shown.
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NewsM&B: Growth formats; legacy brands; dark kitchens and discounting
Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Phil Urban talks to MCA following this morning’s full-year results announcement.
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Bond swaps Wright & Bell for Carluccio’s
Mark Bond has left his role as operations director for the Imbiba-backed Wright & Bell to join Carluccio’s, MCA understands.
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Analysis & Insight
Tuned in to the frequency
MCA’s Eating Out Panel looks at three key factors when analysing data – participation, frequency and average spend. Here, Steve Gotham takes a look at descending figures for the start of the year
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Wright & Bell MD Baker leaves
Wright & Bell managing director Jayne Baker has left the Imbiba-backed concept, MCA has learnt.
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Horler plots Ego acceleration
3Sixty Restaurants chief executive James Horler has told MCA he plans to open six Ego in a Pub sites this year.
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Ego takes on M&B site
3Sixty Restaurants, the James Horler-led group, has secured a 15th site for its Ego in a Pub format.
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M&B in transatlantic brewing collaboration
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has initiated a transatlantic brewing collaboration as part of its new spring seasonal range