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Why pubs are winning - informality and flexibility
3 February, 2011
The eating and drinking-out market continues to keep its head above water – just. As figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show, the out-of-home market remains more resilient than the retail sector, but a look behind the numbers reveals that growth is coming predominantly from the pub and pub restaurant market.
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Peach Network announces 2012 event dates
Peach Network's next event will be the annual Marketing & Insight Seminar to be held on 22 March at the Wellcome Foundation in London. Peach has also announced dates for its Finance Forum & Dinner in June and the Peach 2020 Conference and Hero & Icon Awards presentation in November.
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New openings: More for Living Ventures, Byron and Benito's Hat
1 February, 2012
Living Ventures is opening a second pub under its New World Pub Company umbrella. It joins a host of operators including Byron, Benito's Hat, SSP and Jamie's Italian in a bumper round of new openings revealed this week.
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Todd to leave M&B in marketing and insight shake-up
31 January, 2012
Long-serving Mitchells & Butlers director Kevin Todd, who took on the role of business development director in the last round of senior management changes at the company, is taking early retirement. At the same time, Ian Dunstall and Simon Cope are promoted in a shake-up of the marketing and insight functions.
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Missed this - Pizza Hut sale, Subway, students and buffets
30 January, 2012
Catch up on the pick from other media websites, including: Yum calls in PwC to sell Pizza Hut, Pubs ‘turning the corner’, ‘Heaving’ Za Za shows appeal of buffets, Pub brands swotting up on student market and Healthy eating and value to drive Subway on.more...
Jim Sullivan's Fundamentals. Buy his great new book now
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Jim Sullivan's new book, Fundamentals: 9 Ways to be brilliant at the basics of business, is out now and available in the UK direct from Peach Factory. To place your order call 01704 550383 or email christine@peach-factory.com
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Expanding Marston's gets 7% like-for-like boost
27 January, 2012
Marston's, the pub operator and brewer, saw like-for-like sales in its managed pubs grow 7%in the eight weeks to 21 January, with food up 8% and drink sales ahead 6.5%.
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Fuller's pubs see 5.1% like-for-like sales increase
Fuller Smith & Turner, the London-based pub and brewing business, saw like-for-like sales in its managed pubs and hotels grow 5.1% in the nine weeks to 21 January.
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M&B sees 6.5% like-for-like increase in current trading
26 January, 2012
Mitchells & Butlers, Britain's leading pub and restaurant operator, today reported like-for-like sales up 6.5% for the nine weeks to 21 January.
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New openings: Tragus lands at Heathrow
25 January, 2012
Tragus has today (25 January) opened a restaurant under its Oriel brasserie brand at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3. Others with openings to report this week include Brakspear, Hawksmoor and the Cinnamon Club.
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Missed this - the best bits from elsewhere
23 January, 2012
Catch up on the pick from other media websites, including: Wetherspoon faces furore on mixed grill, Euston redevelopment on hold, Fast food‘s reputation needs a rethink and ‘Wave and pay’ about to take off.
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December trading pushes sector like-for-likes up 9.9%
17 January, 2011
Britain’s pub and restaurant groups enjoyed a major sales boost over Christmas and New Year. Collective like-for-like sales for December were up 9.9% on the same period last year, with total sales ahead 13.7% on December 2010, according to latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker data.
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