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11 pubs nominated in list of UK’s best 100 restaurants

19-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Eleven pubs have been named as some of the UK’s best sites, in SquareMeal’s new list of the UK’s Top 100 Restaurants.

Three pubs crowned in London’s top 100 restaurants

19-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Three gastropubs have been credited in SquareMeal’s list of London’s best 100 restaurants, after they were acknowledged by the Top 50 Gastropub awards at the start of the year.

Tackling the crippling cost increases

19-Apr-2022 By Ed Bedington

With sky-rocketing costs across all aspects of the trade, the Lock In team take a look at what's driving those, and any steps operators can take to mitigate and make savings.

Rising cost of living sees average spend drop 9%

12-Apr-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Average spend on eating and drinking out has fallen by 9% in the 12 weeks ending 20 March 2022, according to recent data.

‘Food inflation constitutes existential threat to many firms’

12-Apr-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Foodservice inflation hit 10.2% in February fuelled by a myriad of challenges, according to recent data.

Calorie labelling rules come into force

06-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

New calorie regulations, which will bring cost pressures and an increased workload to the sector, come into force today (Wednesday 6 April), fuelling criticism from trade bodies.

Booker freezes prices to help operators for Easter

06-Apr-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Food and drink wholesaler Booker Group has frozen prices on more than 250 of its products until 31 May in a bid to help pub operators keep prices down.

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01-Apr-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

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JDW adds 14 new dishes to menu

01-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has launched a range of new meals across pubs in England Scotland and Wales, including chicken dishes, curries and healthier options.

Top 50 Gastropub the Moorcock Inn set to close early next year

31-Mar-2022 By James McAllister

The owners of the popular The Moorcock Inn in Norland, West Yorkshire, have announced they will close the business in January 2023, five years after taking it over.

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28-Mar-2022 By Joanna Allen, CEO of Graze

As we all learn to live with Covid, and the return of long summer evenings are on the horizon, operators can start to look forward to the surge of customers desperate to get back into their local pub.

‘Food prices to remain high for at least the rest of 2022’

25-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Operators have been warned the impact of the Ukraine crisis is a long-term threat to food prices.

‘The Diggity Dog’ vegan hotdog wins national prize

21-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Diggity Dog, Shepherd Neame’s recently launched vegan hotdog, has been named Best New Menu Item in the national Menu Innovation and Development Awards (MIDAS).

Sweet tooth: Mince pie crowned the UK’s favourite sweet pie

18-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Mince pie has been crowned the nation’s favourite sweet pie, with banoffee ranking second, according to data from Top10 Meal Deliveries.

The Lock In Podcast

Upping your game on food

17-Mar-2022 By Ed Bedington

This week’s episode is brought to you from the number one Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub the Unruly Pig in Bromeswell, Suffolk and includes licensee Brendan Padfield alongside rising chef star Ruth Hansom of the Princess of Shoreditch and Big Smoke co-founder...

Inflation of food and drink more than twice December's rate

17-Mar-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Food prices increases accelerated sharply in January with more prices to come, according to the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.

Calorie regulations will bring ‘further cost pressures’ to industry

16-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

New calorie regulations will bring cost pressures and an added workload to a sector struggling to recover from Covid, according to operators.

Kerridge joins forces for Ukraine fundraiser

15-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Gastropub chef Tom Kerridge along with an elite set of celebrity cooks have joined forces to raise more than £70,000 to help people in war-torn Ukraine through a charity dinner and auction.

Operators warned about ‘significantly higher poultry costs for foreseeable’

15-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pubs have been urged to budget for a hike in chicken prices for the coming months after prices have been impacted by the Ukraine invasion.

The MA's Review of the Week

Menu engineering is key in the face of rising prices

11-Mar-2022 By Ed Bedington

The MA's Ed Bedington caught up with the Parkers Arms Stosie Madi to get her take on the week's news, from rocketing commodity costs and soaring fuel prices through to the need for Government support on VAT.

Less than a month until calorie label rules enforced

09-Mar-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Pub groups with more than 250 employees have four weeks to prepare for calorie information regulations, which will come into force from 6 April.

Just one fifth of hospitality businesses know where their food waste comes from

08-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A joint survey of leading hospitality operators, representing more than 2,3000 sites, has revealed only one fifth of sector businesses track whether their food waste comes from preparation, spoilage or plant waste.

UK’s favourite pies aren’t actually pies

04-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Shepherd’s pie has been revealed as the nation’s favourite pie, ahead of British Pie Week 2022, which begins on Monday (7 March).

Pubs make the most of Pancake Day

01-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Pubs across the country are celebrating Shrove Tuesday today (Tuesday 1 March) through special pancake-orientated menus, fundraising events and build-your-own sessions.

Delivery and takeaway sales increase by 422%

23-Feb-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Britain’s managed restaurant and pub groups saw delivery sales reach five times pre-pandemic levels in January, the CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker has revealed.

Pubs warned of more price rises after inflation surge

21-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Year-on-year inflation in the foodservice sector reached 3.5% in December 2021, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index has revealed.

Industry campaign to slash cost of no-shows by nearly £4bn

18-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The industry could save £3.8bn a year lost in sales due to a decrease in no-shows, following the launch of the #ShowUpForHospitality campaign in September 2021.

New Bib Gourmands awarded this year

16-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Two pubs have scored Bib Gourmand awards, which are dished out by the Michelin Guide to recognise restaurants that “will leave you with a sense of satisfaction, at having eaten so well at a reasonable price”.

Two pubs awarded Michelin stars

16-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Bridge Arms in Canterbury, Kent and the Cumbria-based the Dog & Gunn Inn have scooped their first Michelin stars today (Wednesday 16 February) in the 2022 Michelin Guide.

Celebrity chef Glynn Purnell to open Warwickshire pub

14-Feb-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Michelin-starred Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell will launch a pub in Henley-In-Arden late next month.

£12 burger and beer deal at St Austell pubs to celebrate Six Nations

07-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A limited-time £12 burger and beer deal will be up for grabs at St Austell Brewery pubs across the west country throughout the course of the Six Nations tournament.

Half of pub visits include chips

03-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Some 50.7% of times people ate out at pubs from November 2020 to January 2022 included chips, data from Lumina Intelligence Eating and Drinking Out Panel has revealed.

BBPA ‘encouraged’ by fresh CO2 deal yet more details needed

02-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Government’s new deal, which will keep supplies of industrial-grade carbon dioxide (CO2) flowing is encouraging, yet details are “urgently needed”, said the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA).

Bar + Block brand to reach 20 UK sites with double launch in London

31-Jan-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Pub-restaurants and hotel operator Whitbread will take its Bar + Block steakhouse concept to 20 sites UK-wide including six in London, with the opening of two new branches in the capital.