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Pub pork pie competition joins ranks of bar snack contests

17-Feb-2014 By Jo Bruce

London has seen pub and restaurant chefs battling it out to find the best scotch egg, sausage roll and sliders and now the hunt is on for the best pork pie.

Star Pubs & Bars launches online food training course

17-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Star Pubs & Bars has launched an online food training course to boost lessees’ pub food sales.

Celebrate: National Chip Week

14-Feb-2014 By Sheila McWattie

The event is run by the Potato Council. PMA looks at what’s being planned for National Chip Week (17 to 23 February)

Cock scratchings newest bar snack to hit pubs

13-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Cock scratchings are the newest addition to the bar snack menus in town.

Pubs ramp up activity for Valentine's Day

13-Feb-2014 By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie looks at some ways to tempt love birds into your pub this Valentine's Day.

Cedric Bosi buys his own pub

11-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Cedric Bosi has left Jolly Fine Restaurants and bought his own pub in Shropshire.

Crown Carveries adds traditional pub dishes to carvery

06-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Crown Carveries pubs now offer traditional pub dishes as well as the classic roast dinner.

ETM Group offers Tube Strike Respite deal at its pubs

05-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

London-based ETM Group has used the tube strike to its advantage by offering a promotion at its pubs today and tomorrow.

Great British Menu judge Matthew Fort praises gastropubs as 'greatest dining development'

05-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

A renowned food writer and TV cookery judge has toasted gastropubs as "the most important development in eating and drinking in 50 years".

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Farm Frites launches Patatas Bravas potato cubes for pubs

04-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Potato specialist Farm Frites has launched Patatas Bravas potato cubes, which it recommends can be topped with everything from chorizo to seasonings.

Awareness of FSA hygiene standards rises

04-Feb-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Consumers’ top three eating out food safety concerns are food hygiene, the use of additives and food posioning.

JD Wetherspoon wins 'most nutritious breakfast' award

28-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

JD Wetherspoon’s breakfast has been named the most nutritious of those served across UK hospitality.

Best pub breakfasts revealed in Best Breakfast Awards

28-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Three pubs have been named as having the best hot breakfast offer in the Best Breakfast Awards.

British Pie Week 2014: Top tips for tasty pies

27-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Pies are consistently top sellers in pubs, with many venues have their own signature take on one. Lesley Foottit shares some top tips for tasty pies from pub chefs in the lead-up to British Pie Week, which runs from 3 to 9 March.

Tom Kerridge's Hand & Flowers crowned UK's top gastropub for third consecutive year

27-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Tom Kerridge’s two-Michelin-starred the Hand and Flowers has been crowned top gastropub in the UK for the third year running at the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropubs Awards.

Dining venue choice affected by dietary concerns

24-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Dietary concerns are influencing where consumers choose to eat out, according to foodservice consultancy Horizons.

Top 50 Gastropubs Awards winners to be revealed

24-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

The winners of the special awards in the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards 2014 will be announced on Monday in a lunch time ceremony.

Olive magazine search for best pub pie with M&S

21-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Consumer food title Olive is looking for Britain’s best pub pie in a competition sponsored by M&S.

FSA urges diners to 'consider hygiene scores' when choosing Valentine's Day venue

15-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is encouraging consumers not to forget the hygiene standards of venues when choosing a place to dine on Valentine’s Day.

Russell Norman stars in new BBC Two pub and restaurant show

14-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

London restaurateur and new pub owner Russell Norman is starring in a BBC Two series following first-time publicans and restaurateurs.

Arc Inspirations launches super food menu

10-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Leeds based Arc Inspirations has teamed up with chef Anthony Flinn to launch a ‘super food menu’.

Food Standards Agency investigates food origin in the UK

08-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is carrying out a study looking at the geographic origin of foods that producers claim are from the UK.

Ribble Valley Inns acquires first Cheshire pub

08-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Lancashire pub operator Ribble Valley Inns has added a Cheshire site to its portfolio.

Hand & Flowers' Tom Kerridge is The Sun's food columnist

07-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

TV chef Tom Kerridge has launched a cookery column in the Sunday edition of The Sun.

Booker launches low price campaign for pub customers

03-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Food and drink wholesaler Booker is launching its next Prices Locked Down campaign.

Gravy concerns as sales decline

03-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

Gravy sales have decreased as stock sales soar above £131m, according to Mintel.

Steelite International adds Craft White to Craft range

02-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

British tableware manufacturer Steelite International has launched Craft White to join the Craft range.

JD Wetherspoon food and drink January sale starts today

02-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

The JD Wetherspoon January sale launches today (2 January) with offers on food and drink until 23 January.

Lucky Onion Group opens 113 bar and restaurant

18-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Lucky Onion Group has opened a restaurant and bar with rooms in the Cotswolds.

Pub chef in Twitter spat starts new job

17-Dec-2013 By Michelle Perrett

The pub chef who took to twitter to complain about being fired from the Plough has a new job.

PMA owner William Reed acquires Allegra Foodservice

12-Dec-2013

The Publican's Morning Advertiser owner William Reed Business Media (WRBM) has acquired the Allegra Foodservice business - formerly a division of Allegra Strategies.

JLA acquires the Carford Group

11-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

JLA has acquired independent catering equipment distrbutor and service provider the Carford Group.

Pubs warned not to rely on discounts for January trade

11-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Publicans should not rely on discounting to encourage dining trade through January and February.

Quarter of consumers do not 'have time' for roast dinners

11-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

A quarter of families do not make time for roast dinners at home as ‘modern life has moved on’.

Food inflation will continue to rise in 2014

10-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Food inflation is expected to reach 3.8% next year, according to Prestige Purchasing.The procurement specialist predicts that food inflation will...

Whitbread lfls grow 4.3%

10-Dec-2013 By John Harrington

Whitbread, the leisure group, has reported a 4.3% rise in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 28 November.

Ribble Valley Inns refurbishes Clog and Billycock

06-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Ribble Valley Inns pub the Clog and Billycock has reopened following a £250,000 refurbishment.

Pubs waste £8,000 in food every year

05-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Each pub meal creates more than 40p in waste cost, according to the WRAP organisation.

Food-led pubs to get SRA accreditation

04-Dec-2013 By Mark Wingett

The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) is looking to develop its first dedicated sustainability accreditation scheme for food-led pubs.

Hygiene rating displays now mandatory for Welsh pubs

28-Nov-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Food businesses in Wales are now required to display their hygiene rating at their premises.

Spirit Leased trials food offer for pubs

28-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

Spirit Leased is trialling a food package — including items and best practice from the firm’s managed pub brands — which has the potential to operate in two thirds of the leased estate.

Russell Norman launches Ape & Bird pub

28-Nov-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Restaurateur Russell Norman is launching a food-led pub in central London today (28 November).

Mitchells & Butlers predicts growth in food and big pub brands

26-Nov-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Food remains the primary route to sustainable growth in the hospitality sector.

Raymond Blanc adds pubs to White Brasserie

26-Nov-2013 By Lesley Foottit

TV chef Raymond Blanc plans to launch a number of pubs over the next year.

Food waste costs industry £2.5bn

25-Nov-2013 By John Harrington

The UK’s hospitality and food service sector is facing an annual bill in excess of £2.5bn for food waste, according to a new report from WRAP.

Your "favourite chocolate bar in a bottle” set for launch

25-Nov-2013 By Robyn Black

An alcoholic confectionery range is set to be launched early next year.

Be At One launches hot dogs at new London site

21-Nov-2013 By Mark Wingett

Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, is rolling out a gourmet hotdog offer across its estate.

Entrepreneurial duo launch Suburban Inns pub group

20-Nov-2013 By Mark Wingett

A pair of West Midlands-based entrepreneurs have formed a new pub group under the banner Suburban Inns and opened their first site — the Village, in Moseley, Birmingham.