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Delice de France merges with Boulangeries De France

19-Apr-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Bakery specialist Delice de France has acquired Boulangeries de France.

Wholesaler Palmer & Harvey targets pubs with launch of new food division

17-Apr-2013 By Jo Bruce

Delivered wholesaler Palmer & Harvey is targeting pubs with the launch of a new food division.

Poor potato yield hits 2013 pub food prices

16-Apr-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Pub chefs will be hit by rising potato prices until June due to poor crop yield.

British food more popular in lower quality pubs

12-Apr-2013 By Lesley Foottit

British food dominates menu choice in lower quality pubs with international dishes on the rise elsewhere.

Angel at Hetton manager Simon Farrimond moves to Seafood Pub Company

10-Apr-2013 By Antonia Hawken

The award-winning front of house manager from ‘first’ gastropub the Angel at Hetton has left to join the Seafood Pub Company.

Booker launches menus for pubs on St George's Day

09-Apr-2013 By Lesley Foottit

UK wholesaler Booker is running special menus for publicans to maximise St George’s Day.

Sunday most popular day for pub food sales

09-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

Sunday is the most popular day for food sales in pubs, with 22% of food sales taking place on that day, new figures from CGA show.

Menu prices rise 6% in past six months, Horizons research shows

08-Apr-2013 By John Harrington

Restaurants and pubs have raised their menu prices 6% in the past six months as they pass on increasing food prices to customers and off-set the expense of promotions such as meal deals and voucher offers, according to new research from Horizons.

Alastair Sawday’s Pubs & Inns Guide launches iPhone app featuring 700 pubs

05-Apr-2013 By Jo Bruce

The Alastair Sawday’s Pubs & Inns Guide has launched an iPhone app, which features 700 pubs.

Complaint against Food Standard Agency advert for Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme rejected

04-Apr-2013

A complaint against an advertising campaign to promote the Food Standard Agency’s Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme has been rejected.

Food Hygiene Rating System shortcomings exposed

22-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Early findings of research into the Food Hygiene Rating System (FHRS) have revealed that operator understanding and consumer awareness are low.

JD Wetherspoon adds fish club and new coffee to its offer

22-Mar-2013 By Jo Bruce

J D Wetherspoon has added a Fish Club to its weekly food offers.

Newco b Stockbridge opens second pub

20-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The Greyhound on the Test in Stockbridge, Hampshire has been reopened under new ownership.

Using frozen food can save pubs £100,000 a year

15-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Using frozen food could save a UK pub more than £100,000 a year, according to new research commissioned by the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF).

Managed pubs dominating the eating out market

15-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Managed pubs are enjoying the strongest growth in the UK’s eating-out sector, according to foodservice consultancy Horizons.

EBLEX launches app with over 450 beef and lamb cuts

14-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

EBLEX has launched an app to enable pub chefs to order any of 450 beef, lamb, veal or mutton cuts featured in its Meat Purchasing Guide.

National Pub Food Challenge winners announced

14-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The National Pub Food Challenge 2013 winners have been announced.

Government launches campaign to reduce salt consumption by a quarter

13-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The Government has launched a major drive to reduce salt consumption by a quarter.

Pubs and restaurants facing new salt reduction pledges under Responsibility Deal

13-Mar-2013 By John Harrington

Restaurant and pub operators will be asked to sign up to new pledges to reduce salt in their meals under the Government’s Responsibility Deal.

Licensees urged to check they are being charged correct prices for food deliveries

08-Mar-2013 By Adam Pescod

Licensees have been urged to check delivery invoices to ensure they are being charged correctly for their food supplies.

Pubs should maximise trade during British Pie Week

01-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

British Pie Week is almost upon us (4 to 10 March) and pub chefs should have their pie offer in place.

Free music dowloads and festival tickets up for grabs in KP snacks promotion

27-Feb-2013 By Jessica Mason

KP Snacks will once again be launching its Snack Tracks promotion following its success from last year.

Horsemeat scandal: Whitbread and M&B withdraw food supplied by Paragon

27-Feb-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Hospitality giants Whitbread and Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) have withdrawn products supplied by Paragon foods after they tested positive for horse DNA.

Eating out in pubs will continue to grow

26-Feb-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Eating out is destined to grow in the next five years, according to Whitbread’s MD of restaurants.

Horsemeat scandal: mid-Wales catering firm which supplies pubs finds traces in its burgers

22-Feb-2013 By John Harrington

Traces of horsemeat have been found in some beef burger products from mid-Wales catering supplier Burger Manufacturing Company (BMC), which supplies the pub and restaurant sector.

Horsemeat Scandal: Suppliers continue with tests following Whitbread contamination

19-Feb-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Two companies - Brakes and Paragon Quality Foods - which supplied contaminated food to pub restaurant operator Whitbread are continuing with tests on their beef products.

Horsemeat scandal: Pubs face prosecution for not putting checks on meat served to customers

15-Feb-2013 By Adam Pescod

A food standards expert has warned that businesses risk prosecution if they don’t have proper systems in place to trace the source of the meat they sell or serve to the public.

Nestlé says ‘Take One’ of our students

13-Feb-2013

Nestlé Professional has launched a work placement initiative to encourage employers to look to the young talent involved in the annual Nestlé Toque d’Or.

TripAdvisor 'doesn't do enough for pubs'

13-Feb-2013 By Lesley Foottit

TripAdvisor is not doing enough to fairly represent pubs online, claim adversely affected publicans.

All hail the pub food classics

12-Feb-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The classics never die. A sweeping statement that may be, but it seems to hold water. Take music, for example — the Beatles are as popular as ever and still hold several music industry records, while ABBA’s hits were incorporated into the film Mamma Mia!...

Horse meat scandal: pub food suppliers reassure licensees

11-Feb-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Pub food suppliers have reassured licensees that they do not stock any products which contain horse meat.

National Pub Food Challenge finalists announced

07-Feb-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The 27 finalists in the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s new National Pub Food Challenge have been announced.

New McCoy’s crisp flavours hit the bullseye

05-Feb-2013 By Robyn Black

Two new darts-inspired flavours of McCoy’s crisps will be launched this year as part of a campaign to build on the brand’s £2m deal with the Professional Darts Corporation.

Pubs get top accolade at Les Routiers Awards

05-Feb-2013

Punch Taverns’ Phoenix Inn in Hartley Wintney has been named "Inn of the Year UK" by Les Routiers Awards 2013.

Claude Bosi opens second pub the Malt House in Fulham

29-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Two-Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Claude Bosi opened his second pub with brother Cedric on Monday (28 January).

Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, is UK's top gastropub

28-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Two-Michelin-starred the Hand & Flowers has scooped the coveted top spot at the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub Awards for the second year running.

Pub food rivalry is hotting up

25-Jan-2013

The competition in London is hotting up with more great food outlets than you can shake a stick at.

Review site TripAdvisor is just not worth it

19-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

I’ve yet to meet a publican in support of TripAdvisor. Of course,it can do good for a business, if people review kindly, but you can’t please everybody all the time.

Sports Bar & Grill launches BeerDogs hotdog brand

18-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

The four-strong London operator Sports Bar & Grill has launched a branded hotdog offer.

Pubs vulnerable to TripAdvisor blackmailing

17-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Lack of moderation on the TripAdvisor website has left pubs vulnerable to bribery attempts, according to the Good Food Guide.

BPEX has launched the Foodservice Pork Product of the Year Awards

14-Jan-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

The search for the best pork is underway with the launch of BPEX’s Foodservice Pork Product of the Year awards.

Pubs must get creative in these changing times

10-Jan-2013 By Mathieu Eke

The challenge is increasing for pubs and licensees, who are needing to change with the times. With the way the past four years have been, the good old local has had to become more than just the local village pub.

Eating out spend to rise in 2013

08-Jan-2013 By John Harrington

The amount spent on eating out is likely to rise in 2013 as consumer confidence starts to return, according to foodservice consultancy Horizons.

Food inflation to surge for pubs in 2013

07-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Food inflation will increase by more than one-third from 3.3% to 4.5% this year, according to Prestige Purchasing’s annual Food Inflation Report.

Ember Inns pub under investigation for Xmas Day food poisoning outbreak

04-Jan-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Ember Inns pub the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch, Essex, is under investigation after an alleged food poisoning incident on Christmas Day in which one person admitted to hospital later died.

Pubcos pulled up for poor hygiene standards

04-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

A tabloid hygiene investigation has named and shamed some of the biggest UK pub operators.

Jimmy Doherty fronts BPEX Red Tractor campaign

03-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Pig farmer and TV personality Jimmy Doherty is fronting a BPEX campaign to promote Red Tractor pork in 2013.

Consumers have a worse eating out experience when using discount vouchers

02-Jan-2013 By John Harrington

Consumers have a worse experience eating out when they use a discount voucher than when they pay full price, and many don’t even view voucher deals as offering better value for money, according to a survey of 3,000 adults.

Keep standards and value high at your pub

17-Dec-2012 By Lesley Foottit

The idea that value culture is here to stay is a scary one for many operators. While it suits Whitbread’s end of the market, it is much harder for independents and smaller operators to deliver value while still bringing home the bacon. On the other hand,...