What are the restaurant investment trends for 2019?
Our Managing Director James Hacon give his round up of the key points from day one at GRIF 2019.
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Mar 4, 20191 min
What are the recent investor trends and activity in the UK & European market?
Our partner Michael Ingemann delivers a GRIF & THINK Hospitality original research round-up at the Global Restaurant Investment Forum in...
James Hacon
Mar 4, 20191 min
How can you create a multi-concept restaurant portfolio?
Our Managing Director James Hacon in converstion with Yossi Eliyahoo, Founder & Co-Owner, The Entourage Group on creating convertible...
James Hacon
Mar 4, 20191 min
What are the key hospitality issues and trends in UK and Ireland?
Our Managing Director James Hacon in conversation with Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland and ...
James Hacon
Mar 1, 20191 min
How should restaurant groups handle NPD?
THINK Hospitality James Hacon talks to senior executives of Yo Sushi, Wagamama & Yummy Pubs about restaurant & pub new product development.
James Hacon
Feb 22, 20194 min
Can you be more than your label as an entrepreneur?
Being an “entrepreneur” is something of a buzzword. A whole ecosystem has developed around it, with incubators, clubs and god knows how...
James Hacon
Feb 13, 20197 min
What does a modern marketing team look like?
Our Managing Director, James Hacon provides a checklist of areas you should consider when building your sales and marketing team and...
James Hacon
Feb 1, 20194 min
How do you internationalise a restaurant brand?
Internationalising your brands sounds sexy. For the brand owner, you’ll land some easy money from franchising and enjoy a glamorous...
James Hacon
Feb 1, 20199 min
Is your hospitality brand innovating in all the right places?
The Restaurant Marketer & Innovator European Summit saw hundreds of leaders from 17 countries gather in London earlier this month for the...
James Hacon
Jan 31, 20191 min
What happened in the restaurant sector in 2018?
THINK Hospitality CEO, James Hacon round's up of the key restaurant and hospitality industry trends for 2018 and how this will impact...
James Hacon
Jan 11, 20197 min
Which cities are the best to visit for hospitality inspiration?
The world is an ever-closer place, that’s for sure. I have many personal stories that act as testament, including bumping into not one,...
James Hacon
Jan 4, 20195 min
How do we make hospitality sexy as a career?
Brexit is looming, recruitment is challenging – and it’s going to get worse. We need to get better at promoting hospitality as a career...
James Hacon
Nov 23, 20185 min
Are you maximizing restaurant renervations?
More than 60% of telephone calls to restaurant groups go unanswered – that’s an incredible statistic and one many companies don’t know or...
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Oct 12, 20184 min
Is it time chefs embrace the vegetable?
“To beef or not to beef – that is the question!” This was the battle cry of Italian butcher Dario Cecchini as he presented his bistecca...
James Hacon
Sep 28, 20183 min
Are Michelin stars relevant?
Michelin-star Monday is nearly upon us – the day we find out who has made the little red book that can make or break a restaurant. But...
James Hacon
Sep 24, 20189 min
What can hospitality leaders learn in New York City?
When looking for innovation and inspiration in the UK food and drink hospitality sector, it is to the USA we look first. The market is...
James Hacon
Sep 21, 20183 min
Why do food critics hate restaurant chains?
In a world of clickbait headlines and sensationalised news, it seems for some restaurant critics the way to join in the game is to review...
James Hacon
Aug 31, 20184 min
What is the role of restaurant marketing?
Last week John Upton wrote of how it’s the time for the rise of the operator. He ended the article talking of how many operators will...
James Hacon
Jul 13, 20186 min
Is the future of restaurants delivery?
Few trends can truly be said to have had a fundamental effect on the restaurant business model. The growth of delivery is one. When it...
James Hacon
Jul 6, 20181 min
Restaurant marketing podcast
Our Managing Director, James Hacon, in discussion with Mark McCulloch, Founder & Group CEO of WE ARE Spectacular.
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