Restaurant and pub group Mitchells & Butlers has hired specialist digital strategy agency Underwired to develop its customer engagement and data strategy.
The UK's biggest restaurant and pub group, which owns the All Bar One, Toby Carvery, Harvester and O'Neill's chains, has annual sales close to £2 billion, and serves 435 million drinks and 125 million meals each year across the group's 1,600 businesses.
Paul Madden, head of digital at Mitchells & Butlers, said: "The digital channel continues to grow in importance to our customers, and we are constantly looking at new ways to improve our online services and the levels of personalisation we can provide.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Thursday, June 16, 2011
UK Pub Sales News: Travelodge to target former pubs for sale
Budget hotel chain Travelodge will be seeking former pubs for sale in order to expand its operations by 100 new small hotels.
The company unveiled plans to develop Metro accommodation, which would see smaller sites containing between 20 and 40 rooms each being launched in prime locations.
Office space in London is one area Travelodge is looking to develop into hotels, along with old pubs, derelict cinemas and theatres, disused business parks and retail outlets.
Guy Parsons, chief executive of the chain, commented that a pilot scheme in Edinburgh showed how successful the Metro model could be.
"Downsizing our hotel building requirements will open hundreds of development opportunities for us. This will enable us to expand quickly and meet the growing demands from consumers who want low cost and good quality accommodation in prime locations," he added.
Meanwhile, Travelodge has also announced plans to link up with pub companies, including Greene King, Mitchells & Butlers and JD Wetherspoon, as part of a £100 million expansion project.
UK Pub Sales News
Monday, June 13, 2011
Primrose Hill Pub Fights Mitchells ans Butler Take Over
The Morning Advertiser reports that a number of celebrities have thrown their weight behind the licensees of a popular Primrose Hill pub, after Mitchells & Butlers announced it would be taking back the premises as a managed house.
The Engineer was taken over in 1994 by Tamsin Olivier and Abigail Osborne, who invested £70,000 to refurbish the premises and transform it into a popular London gastropub. The pub is now taking in excess of £30,000 a week, up from £2,000 a week when the licensees took over.
However, the future of the pub has now been thrown into doubt as landlord Mitchells & Butlers served notice with intent to take occupation and possession in October, at the end of the lease.
Comedian and Engineer regular Harry Enfield has joined forces with local businesswoman Jane Robbins, along with other locals and celebrities including comedians Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong, to launch the campaign ‘Engineered Out’.
Robbins told the Publican’s Morning Advertiser: “Primrose Hill is about free-thinking individual businesses and we managed to keep Starbucks out, so hopefully we can do the same to Mitchells & Butlers.”
The Engineer was taken over in 1994 by Tamsin Olivier and Abigail Osborne, who invested £70,000 to refurbish the premises and transform it into a popular London gastropub. The pub is now taking in excess of £30,000 a week, up from £2,000 a week when the licensees took over.
However, the future of the pub has now been thrown into doubt as landlord Mitchells & Butlers served notice with intent to take occupation and possession in October, at the end of the lease.
Comedian and Engineer regular Harry Enfield has joined forces with local businesswoman Jane Robbins, along with other locals and celebrities including comedians Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong, to launch the campaign ‘Engineered Out’.
Robbins told the Publican’s Morning Advertiser: “Primrose Hill is about free-thinking individual businesses and we managed to keep Starbucks out, so hopefully we can do the same to Mitchells & Butlers.”
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Pubco News; M & B Report Food Sales Overtaking Beer Sales
Pubs and restaurants group Mitchells & Butlers said food sales have overtaken drink for the first time on the back of a strong performance at Harvester and the disposal of 333 pubs which were focused on drink.
But the group warned that soaring food and energy prices will squeeze the business into next year.
M&B, which also owns the All Bar One, Toby Carvery and the Sizzling Pub Co chains, said rising inflation and the uncertainty around household spending in the UK will both pose a challenge
But the group warned that soaring food and energy prices will squeeze the business into next year.
M&B, which also owns the All Bar One, Toby Carvery and the Sizzling Pub Co chains, said rising inflation and the uncertainty around household spending in the UK will both pose a challenge
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Pubcos Struggle
Britain's biggest pubs group, said it would not pay a dividend in the current year and expected trading conditions to remain challenging, sending its shares down 11 percent on Tuesday.
The company stopped paying dividends in May 2009 to help reduce crippling debt of nearly £4 billion . Enterprise Inns disposed of 579 pubs during its fiscal year, raising 166 million pounds and generated proceeds of £114 million through a sale and leaseback programme. This helped it reduce net debt by £374 million to £3.3 billion.
Its estate now stands at 6,820 pubs valued at £5bn. Punch sold off 43 pubs during its year and has an estate of around 6,500. Both said that they intend to continue disposing of non-core pubs in the near-term.
Another rival, Mitchells & Butlers, announced yesterday that it has completed the sale of 330 "drinks-led" pubs to Stonegate Pub Co.
The company stopped paying dividends in May 2009 to help reduce crippling debt of nearly £4 billion . Enterprise Inns disposed of 579 pubs during its fiscal year, raising 166 million pounds and generated proceeds of £114 million through a sale and leaseback programme. This helped it reduce net debt by £374 million to £3.3 billion.
Its estate now stands at 6,820 pubs valued at £5bn. Punch sold off 43 pubs during its year and has an estate of around 6,500. Both said that they intend to continue disposing of non-core pubs in the near-term.
Another rival, Mitchells & Butlers, announced yesterday that it has completed the sale of 330 "drinks-led" pubs to Stonegate Pub Co.
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