Snacks

'Holy grail': 'It’s the unique flavour and total Britishness of the pork scratching that make them a ‘must’ to accompany our great beers. Asking pubs not to stock them is like not selling beer in pints, totally unthinkable'

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Pork scratchings: the ‘holy grail’ of pub snacks?

By MA Editorial

While demanding consumers can sometimes leave operators taking a ham-fisted approach to bar snacks, the meat of the matter is that traditional nibbles are still leaving drinkers as happy as a pig in the proverbial.

Perfect pairing: beer and snacking on the rise

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The rise of Beermunch – an A-Z of snacks

By Nicholas Robinson

Demand for snacking out of home, especially when paired with certain beer styles, is on the rise... it’s often referred to as Beermunch.

Snack attack: Made For Drink is aiming to become the UK's top pub snack

Could this be the future of pub snacks?

By Robert Mann

In the hope of becoming the UK’s go-to bar snack, Made For Drink has released a selection of nibbles to cater for hungry punters.

Health kick: some 20% of consumers are willing to pay more for snacks with nutritional benefits

Snacks: it's in the bag

By Emma Eversham

With a lot of innovation going on in bagged snacks, we take a look at the latest products on offer, whether it’s worth stocking bagged snacks, what the ideal range is and what consumers are looking for. Emma Eversham reports.

Nutty for snacks: the pick of the treats available now

What is your favourite: nuts or scratchings?

By Michelle Perrett

Pub snacks are the lifeblood of all pub premises and an easy up-sell on a drinks round. Whether it is a bag of crisps, popcorn, nuts or scratchings, getting consumers to have an extra nibble is a ‘win win’. We take you through our pick of the snacks.

Get your nuts: snacks are a good income stream for pubs

Bagged snacks

More than a mouthful of nuts: snacks go upmarket

By Nicholas Robinson

A pint of lager and a packet of crisps still hold good for many pubs, but offering something different could generate more profit, Andrew Don reports

Thai pork bites are among bar snack ideas from BPEX

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Seven ideas for bar snacks

By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie looks at how pub caterers are maximising the opportunity for bar snacks in their pubs

Yorkshire pudding: Hawkshead tapas

Potential of pub and bar snacks

By Lesley Foottit

There's £400m of potential snack sales being lost every year through pubs, but Lesley Foottit has some ideas to help boost sales. Gone are the days...

Boost trade with snacks

Pub snacks: bags of potential

By Tony Halstead

Tony Halstead finds there are lots of ways licensees can boost interest — and revenue — through pub snacks.

Crunch time

Crunch time

Rural pub the Rose & Crown in Selling, near Faversham in Kent, is a typical, food-led, rural outlet catering for a wide customer profile - from...

Crunch time

Crunch time

The nation's insatiable appetite for snacks has food manufacturers competing for a bigger cut of the action. But are hosts beingbombarded by too much...

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