14-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
The public want clarity when it comes to rating food hygiene in pubs, according to research carried out for the Food Standards Agency. The results...
11-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
UK foodservice supplier Brakes swept the board at the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) 2010 awards.
10-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Marco Pierre White is re-opening an East Sussex pub this week, with long-term plans to acquire up to 14 more sites. Independent pub company Powder...
10-Jun-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Horizons, the restaurant market research consultancy, has predicted that the World Cup will boost the UK catering industry by £50m. The main...
Publican blogger's food offer shows off the best of English
07-Jun-2010
A Faversham pub has relaunched its restaurant - in a bid to show just how good English food can be. The Railway Hotel's new restaurant, Provenance,...
04-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
Gastropub operator the Meredith Group has opened its third pub after acquiring a new free-of-tie lease for the former Mason Arms in London.
04-Jun-2010 By The PMA Team
A pub is set to open a community allotment where children can grow their own food. The vegetable patch has been dug at the rear of the Eagles in...
03-Jun-2010 By Gemma McKenna
A campaign to get seasonal food on the menu is targeting pubs this year, and aims to get 2,000 venues on board. Now in its second year, Eat...
New Covent Garden plans
28-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
Richard Caring, the restaurant entrepreneur behind the Ivy, is understood to be working with Keith McNally on a new project in Covent Garden.
28-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
More consumers are choosing to spend on wine at home rather than purchase it in the on-trade, according to new research commissioned by the Wine...
27-May-2010 By John Harrington
A Cotswolds village pub wowed customers and industry judges alike to be named best restaurant in the Which? Good Food Guide.
26-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A gastropub co-owned by Marco Pierre White has been fined £30,000 by magistrates for polluting a stream with sewage. The Yew Tree Inn in Highclere,...
24-May-2010 By Sonya Hook
Healthy snacking brand You Are What You Eat is getting a makeover that features the original logo, followed by one of two new straplines.
19-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Toby Carvery's Great British Roast Dinner Debate TV and radio ads have helped attract a new, less price conscious consumer to the outlets. The...
18-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Three top pub chefs have been shortlisted for this year's prestigious Craft Guild of Chef Awards (CGC), which take place on 24 June.
18-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
David Hennigan of the Crown at Whitebrook in Monmouthshire, Wales, was crowned Restaurant Manager of the Year 2010. The competition, run by the...
17-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Tilda Foodservice has launched a Taste of Italy promotion where customers can win wine, a one-to-one risotto workshop and a visit to Italy. All...
14-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Lesley Foottit looks at how pub chefs are making the most of asparagus on their pub's menu. With British asparagus in season for just six weeks, pub...
Pub snacks: How to make the perfect Scotch egg (video)
13-May-2010
My first visit to the Coach and Horses was last autumn. We were on our way to a gig and needed some quick food and a pint. Time being of the essence,...
13-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Ha Ha Bar and Grill is opening from 9am this week to celebrate yesterday's launch of its new breakfast menu and a la carte dishes.
12-May-2010 By John Harrington
A licensee who only began cooking professionally just three years ago has beaten renowned chef Martin Blunos in the TV cook-off show Iron Chef.
12-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
Pubs face another food cost blow — with the price of Cheddar set to rise at least 10% in the next six months. It's in reaction to a major...
Makro rolls out foodservice trial
07-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Cash and carry operator Makro has announced plans to extend its foodservice delivery scheme to all 30 UK stores by early 2011. The Foodservice...
07-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Italian food lovers can learn how to make an authentic pizza, taught by celebrity TV duo Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi. The pair has teamed up with...
07-May-2010 By Gerry Price
Customers at the Inn @ West End are mostly true blue, although support for the Lib Dems rose as the campaign ground on, says Gerry Price.
06-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Volcanic ash from Eyjafjallajokull caused a dip in sales at The Restaurant Group — it has 50 sites at airports.
S&NPC offering carvery tips for pubs
06-May-2010
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Company (S&NPC) licensees who want to run a carvery at their pub can now take advantage of a new training programme....
05-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The British Pork Executive (BPEX) has launched a Score with Pork promotion targeting pubs screening World Cup games this summer.
04-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
Two gastropubs have been crowned regional winners in The Good Food Guide Readers' Restaurant of the Year Award. The Wiveton Bell in Wiveton, near...
30-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Bay Restaurant Group (BRG) has launched its own chef school for employees in conjunction with Westminster Kingsway College.
30-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
British Food Fortnight, the two-week promotion of British food, is to coincide with the London Olympics in 2012 — and licensees are urged to get...
Whitbread's pub restaurants boosted by value offers
29-Apr-2010 By Hamish Champ
Hotels and pub restaurant operator Whitbread said its focus on market outperformance, cost reduction and cutting debt had paid dividends, despite...
29-Apr-2010 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread's focus on value fuelled a 1.7% increase in like-for-like sales at its pub restaurants for the year to 4 March. The operator, whose...
27-Apr-2010 By Emma Eversham, Restaurant
The Danish restaurant Noma has taken first place from Spain's El Bulli in the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants 2010. The restaurant in...
27-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A former Greene King brewer has come up with a new drink — the first English whisky for more than 100 years. Distiller at the English Whisky...
Pub Bitch: Who ate all the pies?
15-Apr-2010
Let's get banned News of the government's crackdown on "irresponsible" promotions appears yet to have hit the south coast. A group known as LGF...
14-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
British Pig Executive (BPEX) has swapped its Quality Standard Mark for the Red Tractor logo.
Scores on the Doors warning for pubs
13-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A licensee who feels he was harshly treated by health inspectors is warning new tenants to let authorities know when they start, to avoid the same...
Sourcing cheap cuts of meat
12-Apr-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
My food fantasy involves a giant chocolate bar and marshmallows the size of cars. But if you run a busy kitchen your food dream will be a bit more...
09-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
Executive chef of pubco Animal Inns Daniel Smith is opening his first site — the Ingham Swan, near Stalham, Norfolk.
09-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Lamb at Buckland, Oxfordshire, has been re-opened by new owners — Richard and Shelley Terry and business partner Chris Green.
08-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
A Nottinghamshire pub chef has created a Robin Hood pie to celebrate a new film about the Sherwood Forest hero. Roy Wood, chef/owner of the Waggon...
Roy Beers: Ronnie Clydesdale - a 'godfather' of the Scottish licensed trade
07-Apr-2010
They rightly concentrated on the fact that he virtually invented "fine dining" single-handed back in the early 70's, when the restaurant sector was...
Findlay: Food will drive new managed houses
07-Apr-2010
Marston's is pushing ahead with growing food sales from the expansion of its new-build pub-restaurants, which the company will grow beyond the stated...
01-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
A licensee is giving his customers the chance to win a free meal with a toss of a coin to boost Tuesday trade.
Walkers launches world cup for crisps
30-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Will it be English roast beef and Yorkshire pudding or will German bratwurst sausage claim the title on penalties? For while the footballing elite...
Quality Focus: A change for the better in Northumberland
25-Mar-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
There's a pub I've stumbled upon a few times. It's on a windswept and craggy cliff. There's one of those castles, those impossibly Gothic castles...
Pepsi sets 2015 deadline for healthier snacks and drinks
25-Mar-2010
The announcement has been accompanied by the first of a series of Health Reports in which the food and drinks company lays out how it plans to...
22-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Peach Pub the Fishes in North Hinksey, Oxford, hosted an Argentinian wine and steak night. Wines of Argentina and the Argentinian Beef Promotion...
19-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
The pressure on pubcos has intensified dramatically, says The PMA Team, following John Healey's announcement.
