Mecca Bingo Trading Up
Mecca Bingo have reported trading is up for them despite fewer members (overall) throughout all their brands passing through their doors recently. Their customers may have visited less, but they certainly spent more which is why like for like trading is running in line with their expectations and is up by around 2% in the 14 week period up until 4th October.
G Casinos are the new generation casino and Mecca Bingo in Beeston in the new generation bingo club. Mecca Bingo plan to move forwards with their new generation bingo concept as their Beeston bingo club is proving to be a massive success.
At present Mecca Bingo have around 103 land based bingo clubs situated throughout the UK, Gala Bingo are the biggest bingo club with around 147 bingo clubs still in existence. Gala Bingo may top Mecca Bingo in the number of bingo club stakes, but by the looks of the latest figures released from Mecca Bingo they are topping them in the attendance stakes.
According to one report from the Mail Online, Mecca Bingo Beeston is currently attracting around 5,400 members every week compared to a combined total of 6,000 members for three Gala Bingo clubs based in Nottingham.
It is not hard to work out then that profit wise Mecca Bingo should be way out on top. One club, one set of staff, one set of bills etc (5,400) customers per week, compared to Gala Bingos three clubs, three sets of staff, bills and so on.
To this end it is no wonder Mecca Bingo will moving their business forwards in the direction of (new generation bingo). The Rank group are now due to re-launch their Catford bingo club in South London and clubs situated in Birmingham and Scotland could also soon become new generation style clubs at a cost of around £1.5 million per club as early as next year.
Mecca have also seen a 4% rise in spending by their customers and this is said to be due to an improved range of gambling machines on offer. The Rank Group will also continue to invest in conversion of their sites into the all new G brand casinos.
