Companies

'Buyers who rely on the CPI may be acting in an ill-informed manner when negotiating with suppliers'

Food prices

Foodservice Price Index launched

By Nicholas Robinson

A Foodservice Price Index (FPI) has been launched to give operators access to more accurate data about commodity costs specific to the hospitality sector.

The best business lessons learnt by multiple operators this year

MA300

The best business lessons learnt by multiple operators this year

By Emily Sutherland

As the year draws to a close, the PMA asked some of the industry's top multiple site operators to cast their mind back over 2015 and share the one business lesson they know now that they wished they'd known at the start of the year. 

Family brewers: signs of hope in challenging market

Operators

Family brewers: signs of hope in challenging market

By Emily Sutherland

The latest survey from the Independent Family Brewers of Britain has revealed the number of customers looking to stay in pubs is on the rise and that the appetite for British beer is still strong.

Draft House set out three year growth plans

MA300

Draft House set out three year growth plans

By MC Allegra FS

Draft House, the London-based craft beer bar concept led by Charlie McVeigh and backed by Luke Johnson, has set out its growth plans for the next three years.

Marston’s: New builds, burrito bars and casual dining

City news

Marston’s: New builds, burrito bars and casual dining

By MC Allegra FS

The Publican's Morning Advertiser's sister publication M&C spoke to Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay and chief financial officer Andrew Andrea about its results and future plans.

67% of men and 57% of women respectively in the UK are overweight or obese

Sugar Tax

Sugar tax and nutritional labelling enforced under lobby group’s plans

By Nicholas Robinson

Prime Minister David Cameron is facing increased pressure from the sugar lobby group Action on Sugar (AoS) to implement a heavy tax on sugary food and drink and to enforce nutritional labelling on menus to help tackle the UK’s growing obesity epidemic.

'Sugar has only four calories per gram,' says Making Sense of Sugar

Sugar Tax

Sugar myths ‘debunked’

By Nicholas Robinson

A campaign to dispel myths about the impact of sugar on diet and health has been launched ahead of National Sugar Week (30 November – 6 December), following celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s pressure on the government to implement a tax on high-sugary food...

Marston’s profits up 10%

City news

Marston’s profits up 10%

By MC Allegra FS

Marston’s has reported like-for-like sales in its Destination & Premium arm up 1.8% for the year to 3 October.

GK leisure tracker: London eating out spend falls

GK leisure tracker: London eating out spend falls

By M&C Allegra

Household spending on eating out in London declined at a steeper rate than the rest of the country with household spending in October down by 11% in the capital compared to 4% nationally.

M&B reports revenue up 6.6%

M&B reports revenue up 6.6%

By MC Allegra FS

Mitchells & Butlers has reported like-for-like sales up 0.8% for the year to 26 September with revenue up 6.6% to £2.1bn.

Wetherspoon leads the way on food hygiene ratings

JDW

Wetherspoon leads the way on food hygiene ratings

By James Evison

The Food Standards Agency is celebrating the success of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme - launched five years ago - by releasing information that breaks down its food hygiene ratings.

There are 14 known allergens

Food safety

Allergen report: how are pubs performing?

By Alison Baker

They have variously been viewed with hostility, panic, suspicion and as an opportunity to stand out from the crowd. Whatever your starting point, the regulations on food allergy labelling are now a fact of life. Alison Baker looks at how the trade is...

The National Living Wage: the story so far

Analysis

The National Living Wage: the story so far

By Emily Sutherland

Chancellor George Osborne caught the industry off-guard earlier this year when he announced a new national living wage (NLW) of £7.20 per hour for workers aged 25 or over from April 2016, rising to £9 by 2020. Pub operators have been crunching the numbers...

Parlour owner: 'I struggled with getting my head around it'

Chef recruitment crisis

Pub chefs in need of 'more defined career paths'

By Nicholas Robinson

More defined career paths, as well as realistic expectations of head chefs, must be developed for pub chefs in order to attract and retain talent in pub kitchens, industry leaders have agreed.

Pub chef trailblazers met to discuss the chef recruitment crisis

Chef recruitment crisis

'Work together to banish pub chef stigma', say industry leaders

By Nicholas Robinson

The negative stigma associated with being a pub chef must be tackled by the industry, which it could achieve by working together to highlight the benefits to youngsters of a career in pub kitchens.

Top operators and experts line up for MA300 Nottingham event

MA300 Business Club

Top operators and experts line up for MA300 Nottingham event

By Mike Berry

Experts in finance, licensing, brewing and property, along with a number of top operators, will be speaking at the next MA300 business club, the PMA’s free-to-attend club for multi-site pub retailers.

Pubs code: Trade urged to forget past battles and work together

Legislation

Pubs code: Trade urged to forget past battles and work together

By Emily Sutherland

Industry leaders have issued fresh pleas for both sides of the pub code debate to lick their wounds, forget past battles and join together to ensure the smooth implementation of the legislation and a brighter future for an industry facing sizable challenges. 

Inside the Eagle with head chef Ed Mottershaw

Chef focus

The Eagle: the chef behind the 'UK's first gastropub'

By Nicholas Robinson

Ed Mottershaw is pretty much wedded to one pub. Alright, he underwent seven years learning how to cook at Battersea’s Fox & Hounds, but the 11 years since then have all been spent in the kitchen of what is credited as being the first gastropub in...

The winners of the coveted awards will be announced in January

Top 50 Gastropubs 2016

Top 50 Gastropubs: Awards Shortlist

By Nicholas Robinson

The shortlist for the three coveted awards for the specialist categories at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 has been revealed, after some of the UK’s best food-serving pubs battled it out for a space.

Pubs also outperformed the average hygiene rating across the food sector

Food safety

How hygienic are pubs?

By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs and bars outperformed restaurants, cafés and canteens in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) food hygiene broad compliance report, a result spurred by increasing competition in the eating out sector.

Punch unveils new operating format

Punch unveils new operating format

By James Wallin, MC Allegra FS

Punch Taverns has revealed details of its new operating models including a turnover based agreement, its first managed house and commercial free-of-tie arrangements as well as the potential to franchise out some of its concepts.

Pubs aren't up to scratch on allergen labelling, experts claim

Food Safety

‘Pubs not up to scratch on allergen labelling’

By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs are lagging behind the rest of the food industry on food allergen labelling, experts have warned, following the release of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) latest local authority food law report.

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