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Revolution food promotion doubles revenue

02-Dec-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Vodka bar Revolution, operated by Inventive Leisure, has seen a 110% increase in like-for-like revenue since introducing a loyalty offer.

Wadworth attracts customers through to new year

01-Dec-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Wadworth pub company is encouraging trade this Christmas with vouchers and free drinks for designated drivers.

Revolution takes on head of food development

29-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Inventive Leisure’s bar restaurant chain Revolution has appointed a new head of food development to help move the company forward with Food Revolution.

PMA awards winner opens West Sussex pub

29-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A former Publican’s Morning Advertiser awards winner has taken over a West Sussex pub.

Gloucestershire licensee hits the small screen

28-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A Gloucestershire licensee is featuring in a Channel 4 programme that sees four B&B owners score each others’ businesses, starting today.

Asda announces Pru Leith link up

25-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Asda has teamed up with Leiths School of Food and Wine to revamp its Extra Special range of meals.

Booker trains colleagues in butchery

22-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Food and drink wholesaler Booker has trained 31 colleagues to start a career in butchery, having recognised a shortage in the industry.

Marco Pierre White takes on first northern pub

22-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

TV chef Marco Pierre White is expanding his pub empire with a north-west site — his first north of London.

Booker Direct updates vehicle fleet

22-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Booker Direct, the national delivery operation of Booker, has converted its vehicle fleet to enable multi-temperature deliveries.

Atlantic Foods gives away top seasoning blends

22-Nov-2011 By PubChef

Ten Publican’s Morning Advertiser readers will win a foodservice canister of Chef Paul Magic Seasoning Blends by American chef Paul Prudhomme.

Leeds Brewery’s fifth pub opens

18-Nov-2011

Leeds Brewery has opened its fifth pub in the centre of Leeds.

Pieminister to open pop-up shop

16-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Premium pie maker Pieminister is opening a pop-up shop in east London at the end of the month (28 November).

Venison sales increase 34%

16-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Venison is the “new beef this season” with purchase rises of around 34% on 2006, according to Mintel Report Poultry & Game 2012.

Wadworth launches first carvery concept

16-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Wadworth Brewery is launching its first dedicated carvery concept, in a market town in Wiltshire.

3663 wins CGC accreditation on products

14-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Foodservice supplier 3663 has achieved the Craft Guild of Chefs accreditation on eight of its own-brand products.

Design a Bramley apple dish for the Jubilee

14-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Bramley Campaign is calling all chefs to come up with an apple dish to honour the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next June.

Orchid launches staff discount card

14-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Orchid Group’s latest staff incentive scheme — a discount card — launched today.

Peach seeks a financial controller

07-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Peach Pub Company is seeking a hospitality financial controller to help run the rapidly expanding company.

ETM enters West End with ninth site

07-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

London-based gastropub company ETM Group has taken on its ninth venue, which will be its first in the West End.

Wadworth’s cookery school

02-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Wadworth Brewery has opened a cookery school in Wiltshire to support company chefs and build up the food offer across its managed and tenanted estate.

Battlesteads wins top wine award

01-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s former Pub of the Year has picked up another top industry award for its wine list.

Ibbotson takes fourth pub

31-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s Publican of the Year 2011 has taken on his fourth pub — the third within 18 months.

Pubs triumph in AA Hospitality Awards

31-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Feathered Nest in Gloucestershire was named England’s Pub of the Year in the AA Hospitality Awards last week.

Former GBPA winner sells pub

31-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A former Great British Pub of the Year winner has sold his gastropub to Greene King of a guide price of £1.2m.

Top chefs to compete in Britain's Best Dish tonight

31-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Twenty-two pub chefs are taking part in ITV1’s Britain’s Best Dish cookery show.

Marco Pierre White protege takes on pub

27-Oct-2011 By Tony Halstead

An award-winning licensee and restaurateur has resurrected the fortunes of a Cheshire pub which has been closed down for the past two years.

British Pub Week: vote for best 'pub grub'

27-Oct-2011 By Adam Pescod

Licensees will be able to vote for their favourite British ‘pub grub’ as part of British Pub Week, which kicks off tomorrow (28 October).

Gearing up for Vegetarian Week 2012

26-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The build up to Natonal vegetarian Week 2012 has started already and this time will have a focus on breakfast.

Time and Sunday Times launches card for diners

19-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

More than 700 restaurants have signed up to a customer dining card launched by The Times and Sunday Times.

Orchid to double Pizza Kitchen & Bar Concept

14-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Pub company Orchid Group, the operator of 301 sites, is planning to almost double its Pizza Kitchen & Bar concept over the next 12 months.

SRA targets food waste with doggy bags

13-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The crackdown on avoidable food waste continued last week with 80 pub and restaurant group backing a campaign to cut the volume of discarded food and provide doggy bags.

Pub operators launch winter menus

13-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Pub operators are starting to launch their autumn and winter menus with new focuses from sharing snacks to hearty cold-weather food.

BFF hailed a success

13-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The tenth British Food Fortnight (BFF) has been declared a success by organisers and participants alike.

BHA adds training programme to website

13-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

An online training tool for workers new to the hospitality industry has been launched by the British Hospitality Association (BHA).

Pubs set for more Michelin stars, says top chef

13-Oct-2011

More pubs could be set to receive two Michelin stars in the future, predicts Tom Kerridge of the Hand & Flowers in Marlow, the first pub to pick up the accolade last week.

M&J Seafood adds filleting tutorial to website

12-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

M&J Seafood has added an online video demonstration of filleting fish on its website.

Smith & Jones launches autumn/winter menu

12-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Smith & Jones pubs have introduced its autumn/winter menu with a focus on snacking and mini desserts.

Slug & Lettuce introduces favourites menu

10-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

High street brand Slug & Lettuce is trialling a Best of Slug menu across 12 of its 75 sites from this week.

Peach takes on 15th pub

10-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Peach Pub Company, the Midlands based group, has taken on its 15th site after eyeing it up for “years”.

Stagg Inn’s award honour

06-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Stagg Inn at Titley in Herefordshire is the Good Pub Guide’s Dining Pub of the Year 2012 in its 30th edition out this week.

'Peasant food' is best-seller at Orchid

05-Oct-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Rufus Hall, chief executive of 299-strong Orchid, told the summit its food offer, inspired by ‘peasant food’ — pizza and Asian fare — boasts the highest gross profits (GPs) in the company.

Birra Moretti adds 'long lunch' date to Italian campaign

05-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Casa Moretti campaign to bring some Italian style to Britain’s lunch culture has added a fourth date following its earlier success.

Milestone adds more courses to meet demand

04-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Milestone Cookery School has added more courses to its repertoire after a significant uptake in people signing up.

BASC promotes advantages of game

04-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is encouraging more people to try game as the season starts.

Anger at 'gastro' term ban

30-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The son of one of the pioneers of the gastropub has branded the Good Food Guide’s decision to ban the term from future editions as a “huge insult”.

Red Tape Challenge to "scrap or simplify" 60 pieces of legislation

29-Sep-2011

The Government plans to scrap or simplify 60 regulations that currently apply to the hospitality, food and drink sector, as part of its Red Tape Challenge.

Leicester pub rebrands as deli & pizza kitchen

29-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A Leicestershire city centre pub is enjoying success after relaunching with a pizza kitchen and delicatessen.

Devonshire Arms takes Scotch egg crown

26-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

The Devonshire Arms in Chiswick officially makes the best pub Scotch egg in the UK, as it was crowned champion at last week’s Scotch Egg Challenge.

Peach pubs go for coffee-making record

26-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Peach Pub Company is gearing up to smash the current cappaccino-making record as part of the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning this Friday (30 September).

Food pubs struggle with higher operating costs

26-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

Food-led operators are struggling against operating costs that are up to 7% higher than their wet-led counterparts, according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR).