What are the strategic options for restaurant brands in supermarkets?
Supermarkets and, increasingly, convenience stores move aggressively to capture the UK lunch trade with their meal deals
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James Hacon
- Jul 9
- 3 min
What are the levers to strategically optimise restaurant performance to grow revenue?
It’s no secret that the combined impacts of COVID-19 and Brexit led to a notable brain drain, with experienced leaders and talent leaving...
James Hacon
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Growing a successful restaurant brand on a global stage
Think Hospitality Managing Partner, James Hacon takes to the Future Hospitality Investment Stage to chair a panel on growing a successful...
James Hacon
- Jan 16
- 1 min
How can hotel asset owners maximise returns with F&B joint ventures or leasing?
Think Hospitality Managing Partner, James Hacon takes to the Future Hospitality Investment Stage in Abu Dhabi to chair a panel on the...
James Hacon
- Dec 28, 2023
- 1 min
How will robotics & technology define the future of the restaurant?
James Hacon, Managing Partner at Think Hospitality presents a view on how robotics and technology will define the future of the...
James Hacon
- Dec 13, 2023
- 1 min
Expanding and localising restaurant brands into Saudi Arabia
Think Hospitality Managing Partner, James Hacon takes to the Future Hospitality Investment Stage to chair a panel on entering the Saudi...
James Hacon
- Sep 21, 2023
- 1 min
Exporting restaurant brands from the Middle East around the globe
Think Hospitality founder & managing partner, James Hacon interviews Sisban Managing Director, Tariq al Tuwaijry about the vision of...
James Hacon
- May 16, 2023
- 7 min
Restaurant diversification strategies - moving into retail
Restaurant brands are increasingly ripping up the rule book of just delivering traditional hospitality in-venue and at the table, to...
James Hacon
- Apr 24, 2023
- 7 min
Restaurant internationalisation: which British brands are making it overseas?
In the world of restaurants, the United States have long ruled at internationalisation. Many wrongly think McDonald’s was the first...
Heleri Rande
- Feb 27, 2023
- 3 min
What are the key challenges facing HoReCa in 2023?
Last week I chaired 25 sessions over 5 days at the HoReCa Academy, part of Ambiente, one of the largest consumer goods trade fairs in the...
James Hacon
- Feb 23, 2023
- 2 min
Unlocking the power of restaurant technology: what should your strategy be?
Adoption of customer-facing restaurant technology skyrocketed in during covid, as you’d expect given the unique circumstances. The legacy...
James Hacon
- Feb 20, 2023
- 5 min
Discover the future of restaurant marketing: is it time for a revolution?
It’s now a fortnight since we wrapped up the fifth edition of the Restaurant Marketer & Innovator (RMI) European Summit, which attracted...
James Hacon
- Feb 1, 2023
- 2 min
Can restaurant businesses unlock the power of purposeful profitability?
In economically challenging periods like today, it’s easy to cut corners and throw values out of the window in the name of survival. A...
James Hacon
- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
Will restaurants continue to be an attractive investment proposition?
James Hacon, Partner at THINK Hospitality moderates a panel at the Future Hospitality Invesment Summit in Dubai discussing whether...
James Hacon
- Mar 18, 2020
- 8 min
How are restaurants, pubs & bars adapting to the coronavirus outbreak?
Think Hospitality share what restaurant and hospitality operators are doing to adapt to the coronavirus.
James Hacon
- Mar 14, 2020
- 5 min
How can restaurants & bars survive the COVID-19 pandemic?
We are in unprecedented times with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the travel and hospitality sector. Public health organisations and...
James Hacon
- Mar 10, 2020
- 1 min
How are changing consumer preferences & behaviours influencing the restaurant sector?
THINK Hospitality founder, James Hacon chairs a panel of operators at the Global Restaurant Investment Forum considering how changing...
News Hound
- Mar 10, 2020
- 1 min
How are restaurants evolving their practices to become more sustainable?
THINK Hospitality partner, Heleri Rande chairs a panel at the Global Restaurant Investment Forum looking at how AI, robots and big data...
James Hacon
- Mar 10, 2020
- 1 min
What's important to restaurant investors in 2020?
THINK Hospitality founder, James Hacon wraps up the Global Restaurant Investment Forum 2020 looking at what's important to investors and...
James Hacon
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
What can F&B do for your hotel asset?
Heleri Rande and James Hacon from Think Hospitality were keynote speakers at the International Hospitality Conference 2020 held at the...
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