Restaurant entrepreneur and bar pioneer Tim Bacon died on Friday evening aged just 52 after a long fight with cancer. He was simply one of the greats of the UK eating and drinking-out industry, an inspirational innovator and a true sector icon.
Brands including Revolution Bars, Taco Bell, Chilango, TGI Friday’s, Papa John’s, MOD Pizza, Ed’s Easy Diner, Cottons, Turtle Bay, The Stable, Five Guys and Chimichanga are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Young leaders in the eating and drinking out sector are more optimistic about the future and better tuned in to the value of technology, CGA Peach data shows.
More than three quarters of the country’s bars now sell cocktails, with healthier and premium mixed drinks among the big trends driving the flourishing market, exclusive new research from CGA Strategy reveals.
Pre-order apps serve up an array of opportunities and can be tailored to suit individual business opportunities, writes Olivia FitzGerald, managing director of Zonal’s Marketing Technologies.
Customer loyalty is the pinnacle for any brand – everyone knows that selling more to existing customers is easier, and cheaper, than finding new ones, writes guest blogger Derek Eccleston, Chief Development Officer at eDigitalResearch (edr), part of MARU Group.
Brands including Drake & Morgan, Carluccio’s, Franco Manca, TGI Friday’s, Papa John’s, YO! Sushi, Piccolino, Wagamama, Turtle Bay, Bella Italia, Andina and Wahaca are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Marketing insights abounded at CGA Peach’s 2016 Consumer Insight and Marketing & Conference in London on Wednesday (20 April). Here are just 10 of the lessons we learned from the experts.
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant operators are experiencing a sales slowdown at the start of 2016, latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show. Collective like-for-like sales for March were up just 0.6% on the same month last year, and come on the back of zero growth in February.
Brands including Carluccio’s, Brew Dog, Papa John’s, Las Iguanas, Be At One, Harvester, Frankie & Benny’s, The Botanist, Solita and Belgo are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Younger consumers are becoming more interested in eating out than drinking out, according to the new Future Shock report from CGA Peach and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR).
Encouraging repeat visits is operators’ biggest marketing challenge at the moment, CGA Peach data suggests ahead of its Consumer Insight and Marketing conference next Wednesday (20 April).
BrewDog has become the latest bar brand to pursue a bigger share of the coffee market, with CGA Peach research confirming the scale of the crossover opportunity now.
Operators across the eating and drinking out markets have been adapting to the introduction of the new National Living Wage—and CGA Peach data suggests that consumers look more favourably on brands that pay their staff decent rates.
Brands including Bella Italia, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Loungers, Five Guys, Carluccio’s, Red’s True Barbecue, Chicken Shop, TGI Friday’s, KFC and Papa John’s are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
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