09-Mar-2011 By Sheila McWattie
Sheila McWattie looks at ideas for driving sales of pub classic fish & chips including making better batter, top chips and running promotions.
07-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Mitchells & Butlers' Harvester has become the first UK-wide restaurant brand to print dish-by-dish calorie information on their menus.
Pub sets kids menu challenge
01-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
School pupils are being given lessons in healthy eating and the chance to create their own menu at a Yorkshire pub. Youngsters from Bolton Brow...
01-Feb-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands (BBFB) is offering licensees free personalised menus and has a new range of low calorie drinks.
31-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Lesley Foottit looks at ideas for how the humble pie can make a big impact on your pub's food offer. Pie sales will always go up during the winter...
Spud secrets: Top tips for top chips
26-Jan-2011 By Claire Dodd Claire
Forget Valentine's Day. If the way to someone's heart really is through their stomach, then the British are pretty easy. Let me explain. "Chips...
17-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Lesley Foottit looks at ideas for making the most of chips on your pub's menu ahead of National Chip Week (21 to 27 February).
Pub champs crowned in time British Sausage Week
01-Nov-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
A butcher, brewer and licensee have proved that teamwork is best, after fighting off competition from some of the best butchers in the country to...
24-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
Orchid Group is offering an exclusive two-course menu for over-50s Diamond Club members at its 34 Contemporary Carveries. The company will also...
Search is on for the Best Pub Sausage
13-Aug-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
The best pub bangers in the business are once again being invited to compete for the prestigious title of Best Pub Pork Sausage. The Publican has...
'Pubs could be forced to list calories for every meal and drink on the menu'
09-Aug-2010
Restaurants, take-aways and pubs could be forced to print menus calculating the calories in meals under government plans to combat obesity. Andrew...
26-Jul-2010 By Robyn Black
Brakspear is running a trial gastropub menu for dogs at two of its venues that are popular with walkers and their four-legged friends. The company...
Fish & chips: Making a fuss of a favourite
14-Jun-2010 By Katie Coyne
"If pubs got their arses in gear they could become the home for fish and chips," argues award-winning fish shop owner Mark Petrou. "It's a marriage...
10-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
BPEX has launched a new website featuring quality assured pork as well as a new range of recipes to help licensees make the most of the meat.
30-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
The average price of a three-course pub meal has risen 6% to £15.74 in the last year, as menus become more adventurous.
06-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
Three pub chefs are competing in the fifth series of Great British Menu, which starts tonight on BBC Two. The pub chefs are among 24 chefs from...
04-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs and restaurants can help raise funds for the Help for Heroes (H4H) charity by buying A Turner & Sons sausages in March.
04-Dec-2009 By Jo Bruce
The Foods Standards Agency is seeking views on how displaying calorie information on menus would work best in practice.
Winner of best pub sausage announced
23-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
The best pub bangers in the business have fought it out, but there could only be one winner. Kevin Berkins, owner of the Fence Gate Inn in Fence and...
Pub boosts menu by offering allotments
09-Sep-2009
A pub has boosted trade through offering regulars allotment plots in their garden are encouraging other licensees to consider doing the same. The...
Frying tonight! Fish and chips boom in London
28-Aug-2009
Sales of traditional fish and chips are booming in Punch Taverns' managed pubs in London. Punch Pub Company sells more fish and chips in the capital...
Kettle Chips summer snack recipe: BLT Salad
09-Jun-2009
Kettle Chips BLT SaladServes 2 - 4Ingredients1 x 150g bag Kettle Chips Sea Salt with Crushed Black Peppercorns50g Washed Rocket50g Washed Lambs...
16-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Chicken breast has overtaken sirloin steak as the most frequently listed main course item on pub menus, according to new research.
New premium burger from Linden Foods
30-Mar-2009
Pubs looking to add a patrotic touch to St George's Day menus are being offered a solution by Northern Ireland based Linden Foods.The St George's...
Ember Inns offers a better class of burger
27-Mar-2009
As has been pointed outt before, there are plenty of 'one-trick pony' food operations out there, from steak houses to sandwich bars. Doing just one...
'Pubs accused of beefing up menus'
25-Mar-2009
In north Wales, trading standards have accused some pubs, hotels, restaurants and takeaways of beefing up menus. A survey found that 21 per cent of...
Unlock the profit in your menu
05-Feb-2009
It is more important than ever to make sure that you maximise the margin that can be generated from your food offering. Shaun Hill, executive...
'Pubs urged to display calorie counts on menus'
16-Jan-2009
Pubs could be encouraged to display the calorie content of meals on menus. A survey by the Food Standards Agency of more than 2,000 adults last...
Ember Inns launches gourmet burger range
04-Dec-2008
The Ember Inns pub brand is looking to grab a slice of the growing market for gourmet burgers.The Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) brand is...
30-Oct-2008 By The PMA Team
Spirit, the managed division of Punch Taverns, is looking to boost its flagship Chef & Brewer brand with the launch of its first fixed-price...
Lancashire publican named supreme sausage champion
24-Oct-2008
The pub trade has seen off competition from the best butchers in the business to prove that the British local is the true home of the British...
Burgers go wild at the Ship & Mitre
26-Sep-2008
Burgers with a difference are on sale at the Ship & Mitre pub in Liverpool. The pub's in house food operation, known as the Burning Kitchen, is...
Heinz Tomato Ketchup recipe: Lamb & Mint Brunch Burgers with Riverside Salsa
22-Sep-2008
Lamb & Mint Brunch Burgers with Riverside Salsa Makes 20 burgersIngredients:Burger3kg minced lamb4 onions, grated 1.5 tablespoons Dijon mustard1...
Curry-flavoured chips aim to spice up pubs
12-Sep-2008
Curry and chips is a staple of many pub menus, while chips with curry sauce is a takeaway favourite. It takes a special kind of genius to combine the...
12-Sep-2008 By Lucy Britner
A total of 88% of independent hospitality businesses said they didn't want a Government-imposed menu traffic light system.
Cross Keys relaunches its menu in style
08-Sep-2008
3663 has a specialist menu planning team to help advise on promotional materials and work with you to design and professionally print a menu that...
British Food Fortnight - win great British chips with McCain
07-Sep-2008
Never mind all this 'French fries' nonsense, chips are every bit as British as pizza, chicken tikka and Spanish omelette…well, the great thing...
St Austell invests in braille menus
15-Aug-2008
St Austell Brewery is introducing menus in braille in its pubs and hotels to help blind and partially sighted customers to order food and drinks.The...
11-Aug-2008 By Lucy Britner
The British Pig Executive has launched a series of recipes for British Sausage Week (3-9 November 2008).
Close-up with the menu at the Cross Keys
06-Jun-2008
Since taking over the reins in 2006, Mark White has worked tirelessly with his team to restore the Cross Keys in Henley, Suffolk to its former glory....
Councils call for menu calorie count
05-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
LGA plan mirrors New York restaurant law Local councils are calling for pubs to provide a "guide" on how healthy the food they serve is. They also...
Pub has its chips - and saves £9K
26-May-2008
Pubs in the 400-strong Robinson's estate are being offered increased support to develop their food offer.The north west brewer's recently-appointed...
Menu prices rising at 'alarming pace'
08-May-2008 By Jo Bruce jo.bruce@william-reed.co.uk
Some main meals exceed £15, veg extra The editor of Alastair Sawday's Pubs & Inns of England & Wales guide warns that menu prices are...
Summer menu focus: Pasta gets faster
30-Apr-2008
A NORTH Wales trading estate may not be the first place you would go for a pointer on what customers will be demanding from pasta dishes over the...
Sausages riding high on pub menus
14-Apr-2008
Sausages are increasing in popularity on pub menus, according to new research.The regular Menurama survey of branded operators' menus shows a 2.5 per...
Don't be a boar, try a bison burger
09-Apr-2008
GAME IS always popular on pub menus, and pubs can expand customers' horizons with the latest products from 3G Food Service.The specialist chilled and...
Wiltshire Pub fined for misleading menu
02-Apr-2008
A Wiltshire pub has been fined £3,600 after admitting misdescribing food on its menu as 'organic' and 'free range'.The Beckford Arms in Fonthill...
Coffee on the menu with Nestlé Professional
01-Apr-2008
Whatever the type of pub, the business can boost profits with an improved hot drinks offer.That's the strong message being delivered by Nestlé...
Breakfast recipe: Hash Brown Oval Benedict
05-Mar-2008
Hash Brown Oval Benedict IngredientsHollandaise sauce4 eggs4 McCain Hash Brown OvalsButter4 slices ham or Smoked Back baconMethodMake Hollandaise and...
National Chip Week: Champion chips
25-Jan-2008
IF THERE'S two things they know about in the Cambridgeshire fens, it's potatoes and wind. On a chilly January day, the former are piled up in a...
