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M&B launches Sizzling Pizza, Pub & Carvery

21-Apr-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to launch a new concept this week which will be a combined and evolved version of its Crown Carveries and Sizzling Pub formats called Sizzling Pizza, Pub & Carvery, M&C Report has learnt.

PEOPLE NEWS

Property director steps down from M&B

20-Apr-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Paul Kotrys has stepped down as property director at Orchid, which is part of Mitchells & Butlers, to take up a role at property agency James A Baker, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report understands.

M&B opens first Orchid conversion

08-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has opened the first of its pubs converted from the 173-strong Orchid estate it bought earlier this year for £266m.

M&B reveals growth ambitions for brands

04-Dec-2014 By James Wallin and Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers’ leading brands — Harvester, Toby Carvery, All Bar One and Miller & Carter — have the potential to grow from a combined 455 to 1,200, the company has said.

M&B faces fine after Christmas Day food poisoning prosecution

26-Nov-2014 By Mike Berry

Managed pub operator Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has insisted food safety is the company’s “highest priority” following its conviction of a food hygiene offence which led to the death of a customer.

Full-year sales and revenue up at M&B

25-Nov-2014 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported a 0.6% increase in like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks to 27 September 2014, while total revenue climbed 4% to £1.97bn.

M&B gift cards now available in big four supermarkets

10-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Mitchells & Butlers has rolled out its Dining Out gift card scheme to more than 2,000 supermarkets across the UK.

Flaming Grill on search for worst football team

28-Oct-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Spirit Pub Company brand Flaming Grill is on the hunt for football teams that are “more Sunday League zero than Premiership hero” as it aims to crown the UK’s worst football teams.

Phil Urban appointed M&B chief operating officer

13-Oct-2014 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appointed Phil Urban, outgoing managing director of Grosvenor Casinos, as its new chief operating officer.

Mitchells & Butlers cools growth plans

01-Oct-2014 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to significantly “temper” its organic expansion as it focuses on converting the former Orchid estate.

M&B bemoans 'difficult' August

25-Sep-2014 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed operator, has reported a 0.1% rise in like-for-like sales in the nine weeks to 20 September following “difficult” trading conditions in the pub sector in August.

M&B and Whitbread employees shortlisted for Women 1st Shine Awards

08-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

A Mitchells & Butlers manager and two Whitbread employees have been shortlisted in this year’s Women 1st Shine Awards.

M&B boss remains confident in strategy despite flat sales

24-Jul-2014 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers has reported flat like-for-like sales in its third quarter (14 weeks to 19 July) – with a 0.6% rise in food sales offset by a 0.5% decline in drinks.

M&B makes key appointments to oversee Orchid integration

16-Jul-2014 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has made two internal appointments to oversee the absorption of the 173 former Orchid Pub Company sites into its estate, the Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister title M&C Report has learnt.

Mitchells & Butlers buys 173 Orchid pubs

16-Jun-2014 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced that it has acquired the majority of Orchid’s estate, consisting of 173 sites, in addition to Orchid’s head office, for £266m.

M&B in exclusive talks to buy 175 Orchid pubs

29-May-2014 By James Wallin

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed that it has in exclusive talks to buy the majority of the Orchid estate – with the rest to be placed in administration.

Mitchells & Butlers sees sales hike in first half of year

22-May-2014 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported a 1.1% increase in like-for-like sales for the 28 weeks to 12 April 2014 and said that its performance had been underpinned by a turnaround in volume performance.

Mitchells & Butlers pledges 1,000 new apprenticeships over next two years

03-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub operator, has pledged it will recruit 1,000 new skills-based apprentices over the next two years, to work across its market-leading brands, including All Bar One, Browns, Harvester, Miller & Carter, Toby Carvery...

Toby Carvery drives M&B growth

05-Feb-2014 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Alistair Darby has told M&C Report he’s pleased with the progress of the group’s core growth brands, amid claims that Toby Carvery is “going like a train”.

M&B to 'push the envelope' with Harvester brand

04-Dec-2013 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) says it is ready to push the envelope when it comes to the development of Harvester.

M&B reports small rise in full-year sales

26-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed operator, has reported a 0.4% rise in like-for-like sales in the year to 28 September as pre-tax profit grew from £82m to £150m.

Squatters hope for Mitchells & Butlers pub deal

11-Nov-2013 By Noli Dinkovski

Squatters occupying a popular north London pub remain hopeful of striking an amicable deal with leaseholder Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) after a judge adjourned eviction proceedings for two weeks.

M&B signs pub technology deal with Zonal

11-Nov-2013 By Mike Berry

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has signed a deal with Zonal to supply its pubs and restaurants with its hospitality technology solutions.

M&B spends £13.3m acquiring four pubs

23-Oct-2013 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to spend more than £13.3m buying four sites from Convivial London Pubs, including the Mitre Hotel in Greenwich, south-east London, which had a guide price of £6m.

Mitchells & Butlers Q4 like-for-likes down 1%

26-Sep-2013 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning announced a 1% decline in like-for-like sales for the nine weeks to 21 September, but said that it expected to deliver a full-year result in line with expectations.

Increased food sales drive M&B profit growth

23-May-2013 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reported a 0.3% rise in like-for-like sales for the 28 weeks to 13 April and set out what it described as its 'five-star' approach to the market.

Timothy Taylor appoints former Mitchells & Butlers MD to board

23-Apr-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Timothy Taylor, the Keighley based brewer, has appointed Mike Bramley to the company’s board of directors.

Ex-M&B chair John Lovering backs new Fireside Pubs & Restaurants group

25-Feb-2013 By Mark Wingett

John Lovering, the former chairman of Laurel Pub Company and Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), is backing a new food-led pub group called Fireside Pubs & Restaurants, which plans to expand to around 20 sites across the South of England over the next...

Mitchells and Butler extends premium food offer to third pub

13-Feb-2013 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has extended its premium food and drink offer into a third London-based pub in its Castle estate, a year after it was first launched.

Mitchells & Butlers reveals some Sizzling designs

13-Dec-2012 By M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed operator, has revealed some new design ideas for Sizzling Pubs at its Smithy’s Forge site at Walsall in the West Midlands.

Mitchells and Butlers reports like-for-like sales increase

27-Nov-2012 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed operator, has reported a 2.1% rise in like-for-like sales in the year to 29 September, a year in which the company said it has initiated "significant cultural change".

Hybrid O’Neill’s to be rolled out by Mitchells & Butlers

08-Nov-2012 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is rolling out “hybrid” O’Neill’s alongside selected conversions to its O’Neill’s Irish Pub & Kitchen format.

M&B chain Browns to spend £150,000 on new apprenticeship scheme

29-Oct-2012 By John Harrington

Browns, the Mitchells & Butlers-owned bar and restaurant brand, is to spend £150,000 initially on the launch of a catering and hospitality apprenticeship scheme.

Mitchells & Butlers opens in-house training academy

11-Oct-2012 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has opened its in-house training academy at its retail support centre in Birmingham.

Wingett: M&B gets there in the end with Alistair Darby's appointment

13-Sep-2012 By Mark Wingett

After 18 months of speculation, name-dropping and “progress” reports from chairman Bob Ivell, Mitchells & Butlers has finally found its new CEO in the shape of Marston’s chief operating officer Alistair Darby.

Mitchells and Butlers trials Cyclops Beer scheme across 20 pubs

20-Aug-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the UK's largest managed pub group, is trialling Cyclops Beer notes as part of its staff training and customer education in 20 of its Village Pub and Kitchen outlets.

Mitchells & Butlers pays employee £12k after judge rules "unfair dismissal"

10-Aug-2012

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the UK’s largest managed pub company, has had to pay one of its employees over £12,000 after a judge ruled he had been unfairly dismissed.

Mitchells and Butlers like-for-likes hit by bad weather

19-Jul-2012 By John Harrington, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has reported like-for-like sales growth of 0.4% in the 14 weeks to 14 July, with sales hit by the poor weather and Euro 2012 but mitigated by a strong performance over the Jubilee.

Greene King and Mitchells and Butlers roll out free Wi-Fi

22-May-2012 By Adam Pescod

Two of the UK’s largest pub chains have signed deals with Sky and O2 to roll out free Wi-Fi across their estates in the face of growing consumer demand.

M&B gives Elpida man role on board

29-Mar-2012 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator, has appointed a representative of Elpida, a significant shareholder in the group, to its board as non-executive director.

M&B community pubs get new name

14-Mar-2012 By John Harrington. M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has placed its c.130-strong Town Centre & Community pubs under one name Oak Tree Pubs.

M&B to roll out free wi-fi

13-Mar-2012 By John Harrington

Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub and restaurant operator, has announced a deal with O2 to rollout free Wi-Fi to all its 1,600 sites.

M&B opens landmark Toby/Harvester sites

22-Dec-2011 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has opened the first dual-branded and combined sites under its Harvester and Toby Carvery brands and is set to launch its first Toby Sandwich Express unit.

Lewis ups stake in M&B again

20-Dec-2011 By Mark Wingett

Joe Lewis, the largest shareholder in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), has upped his stake in the managed pub operator for the second time in a week, further fuelling speculation that he will mount a further bid for the company next year.

Lewis expected to launch new attack on M&B

22-Nov-2011

Millionaire Joe Lewis is expected to launch a fresh attack on the management of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) on the back of its full-year results.

Key operational figures leave Mitchells & Butlers

16-Nov-2011 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers has announced that three leading members of its operational team are to leave the company as part of plans to simplify its organisational structure under the leadership of Bob Ivell.

M&B confirms Ivell as chair; Blood steps down

27-Oct-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed that industry veteran Bob Ivell will take on the role of its executive chairman with immediate effect.

M&B names new concept TUK CHO

27-Oct-2011 By Mark Wingett

Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) new South-East Asian cuisine concept will be called TUK CHO, with a first restaurant under the brand set to open in Ealing, west London, in December.

Piedmont withdraws interest in M&B

13-Oct-2011

Piedmont, the investment vehicle of Bahamas billionaire Joe Lewis, has withdrawn its interest in Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub operator.

Stonegate hails TDR for M&B pubs deal

11-Oct-2011 By Adam Pescod

Stonegate Pub Company chairman Ian Payne revealed his private-equity backer TDR Capital funded the £370m acquisition of 333 Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) wet-led pubs entirely from its own resources after major banks had proved unforthcoming.