28-Apr-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants saw operating profits up 14.7% £28.4m for the year ending 3 March 2011. Group total sales grew strongly by 11.5%...
27-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
The cost of eating out in pubs shot up by 7.5% during 2010, pushing up the average price of a dish across all courses to an all-time high of £6.78.
20-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A lamb dish cooked for the royal family at the Ritz Hotel in London 11 years ago is to be served up again at a country pub in West Yorkshire.
19-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Whitbread's Beefeater brand has launched a campaign to get people out of their offices and into pubs for lunch. The campaign for a proper lunch...
19-Apr-2011 By PMA reporter
Manish Sharma, development chef for Knorr Pataks offers tips on how pub caterers can spice up their menus: Spring is the perfect time to spice up...
18-Apr-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Pub and restaurant groups reported a slowdown in like-for-like sales in March, but the eating-out market continued to outperform the retail sector....
13-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Oxfordshire-based pub company Brakspear has let its third pub to multiple operator Tailor Made Steaks. A £250,000 redevelopment has seen the White...
13-Apr-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Bars and restaurants are showing the biggest signs of financial distress amongst UK businesses, according to the latest Red Flag Alert released by...
07-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Over one million dinner reservations were made through Livebookings' online booking system in March alone. Seven million bookings were made...
07-Apr-2011 By Jo Bruce
Barracuda Group has launched a new menu in its 80 Smith & Jones sites featuring more fresh produce. Kate Eastwood, the company's head of food,...
05-Apr-2011 By Lesley Foottit
High street brand Slug and Lettuce is gearing up to launch its spring summer menu with new dishes, wine and cocktails.
01-Apr-2011 By Jo Bruce
Three gastropubs called the Swan are among the front runners in nominations for the Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year 2011 Award. There is a...
01-Apr-2011 By Jo Bruce
Mitchells & Butlers has launched Ember Pub & Dining. The new format moves Ember's traditional pub offer to a more premium food and family...
31-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Mitchells & Butlers' Crown Carveries and Toby Carvery brands are trialling a self-service breakfast offer. The offer is currently av-ailable in...
31-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The winners of the BPEX Foodservice Pork Product of the Year were announced in London last week. More than 130 pork products were submitted by...
30-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Suffolk brewer Adnams plans to open another five or six Cellar & Kitchen stores in the next two or three years as its re-confirms its long-term...
29-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
A new organisation — Ladies in Beef — has been launched to promote the quality of British beef. The group of female farmers have formed the...
29-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Three gastropubs called the Swan are among the front runners in nominations for the Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year Award. There is a month...
25-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Over 2,000 restaurants have joined Livebookings' cloud computing system, which enables managers to access their bookings through the internet.
25-Mar-2011 By Mitch Adams
Mitch Adams is supporting Hugh's Fish Fight and is encouraging other licensees to do the same.
25-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Posh crisps have been all the rage for a while but new brand Kent Crisps is taking things to a whole new level with its new Oyster & Vinegar...
24-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Marco Pierre White has completed the acquisition of the Maypole Group, the operator of six rural inns, out of administration for an undisclosed sum.
Pub Snacks: Superior snacking
24-Mar-2011
There was a time when a bag of nuts or a packet of ready salted crisps were the only foods customers could eat at most pubs. Today, with a huge...
Pork Scratchings Poker: Pass the pigs
24-Mar-2011
As licensee Ed Davies surveyed the huge piles of pork scratchings and groups of beer enthusiasts sat around tables inside Earls Court for last year's...
Pubcos pledge to cut salt in food
24-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Major managed pub operators have vowed to reduce salt content in dishes after a survey found up to 15 crisp packets worth of salt in some pie meals....
22-Mar-2011 By Robyn Black
Walkers has unveiled a new range of crinkle-cut crisps, in a move it is calling "the biggest category launch in the last five years." Walkers...
21-Mar-2011 By Ewan Turney
The winners of the Special Achievement Award at the Great British Pub Food Awards hailed the hard work of his team. Eighteen winners were announced...
21-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Managed pub operator Orchid Group has opened its 10th site that combines a pub and a Thai restaurant. The Plough & Dragon in Hemel Hempstead,...
Al Murray pipped to the post in crisps challenge
18-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Despite the valiant efforts of licensees across the country Pub Landlord Al Murray fell short of winning the Walkers Clash of the Comics challenge....
Harvester launches TV ad campaign
17-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Mitchells and Butlers' (M&B) Harvester brand launched a national TV ad campaign this week that will run until 24 April.
14-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A Kent bar owner is offering a menu based on Roman processing methods such as pickling and curing. Chef-patron Jason Freedman is using produce such...
14-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Pub operators in London's Westminster are being offered the chance to pay for extra checks to enhance their food hygiene rating. Licensees...
11-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Paul Salisbury, the managing director of Lovely Pubs, has won the Great British Pub Food Awards' 2011 Special Achievement Award.
11-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The winners of last night's Great British Pub Food Awards in London hailed the hard work of their teams after receiving their accolades. Eighteen...
09-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reported an increase in margins and profits at its pub restaurants for the 53 weeks to 2 January.
'Food prices rising faster in Britain than rest of Europe'
09-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Food prices are rising three times as fast in Britain than the rest of Europe, raising fears that supermarkets in this country are taking advantage...
09-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Kerrymaid is giving pub chefs the chance to win a range of prizes in celebration of St Patrick's Day. The prizes include a weekend break at...
09-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
One in six pubs, restaurants and shops in Suffolk have been accused of "cheating" customers by making false claims about food being "organic",...
Pubs voted into Toptable 100
08-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Three pubs and bars have been voted into the top 100 restaurants on booking website Toptable.
07-Mar-2011 By PubChef
PubChef reveals who has been crowned the 2011 British Pie Week Pub Pie Champion... A talented young pub chef has scooped the top prize in Jus-Rol...
04-Mar-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Pubs are expected to have up to two years to comply with a new ruling that has given the Cornish pasty protected status. A decision from the...
04-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Young's has opened a new pub in Kingston-upon-Thames after a £220,000 refurbishment. The Bishop Out of Residence accommodates 165 covers across...
03-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Living Ventures' Tim Bacon will open four new businesses in 2011, including a coffee deli concept in Manchester.
Did you win in Pub Landlord quiz?
02-Mar-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
If you are still pondering the answer to our Pub Landlord competition quiz we can reveal that George Orwell's classic novel 1984 was written in 1948...
Taste of Kent Awards presented
02-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The Taste of Kent Awards were presented last week with gongs going to 12 outstanding pubs, breweries and food ad drink producers. Kent Dining Pub of...
01-Mar-2011 By Roger Protz
The constant focus on gastropub food overshadows the vast improvements in pub grub in general, says Roger Protz.
01-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller, Big Hospitality
Pubs and restaurants across England and Wales are using false 'local' claims on some of their products, according to a new survey.
01-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Two Wiltshire licensees are opening a community farm shop in their pub grounds for local businesses to sell their surplus produce. The Tollgate Inn,...
24-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A father-and-daughter team has set up a new pub company with plans for 10 sites within five years.
Diners demand to know more about what's in their food
18-Feb-2011 By Claire Dodd Claire
Caterers can't afford to ignore consumer demand for nutritional information when they eat out, according to a global report commissioned by Unilever...
