Marston's pushes coffee machines

Marston's Pub Company has sourced a range of coffee machines, to help licensees broaden their daytime drink offering.

The machines come with support material, such as generic banners and posters, coffee menus, table-top tent flyers and full on-site training.

Ben Bartlett, catering development manager at Marston's Pub Company, said: "Serving great coffee is all part of running a great pub - it helps to keep customers happy as well as increase profits.

"We wanted to provide our licensees with a comprehensive coffee offer that gives customers a wide choice of coffee drinks that do not cost the earth to install or maintain.

"With our new range of coffee machines, pubs can enjoy a healthy profit from a product that generates good sustainable margins and keeps pubs moving with the times - as pouring the perfect coffee is now almost as important as pouring the perfect pint!"

The machines offer licensees the opportunity for a quick return on their £3,000 investment. At 15 cups per day, licensees would pay for the machine in a year.