Summer recipe: Greek Potato Salad with Lemon Dressing
28-Apr-2008
Greek Potato Salad with Lemon DressingIngredients(Serves 10-12)500g new potatoes, scrubbed and quartered2 small red onions, thinly sliced400g can...
Reducing discounts pushes up Whitbread pub profits
28-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread said a scaling back of discounts across its pub estate helped push its sites' profits up 40 per cent year-on-year.The hotels-to-pubs group...
BPEX backing to promote pork
28-Apr-2008
Pubs can make the most of offering pork on the menu with a new leaflet designed to help promote and sell pork dishes.The'Foodservice Guide to Selling...
New Heinz ready-to-use range targets pub grub market
25-Apr-2008
With traditional British dishes still at the heart of most pub menus, Heinz has marked St George's Day with the launch of a range of five ready to...
'£7bn food scam exposed'
24-Apr-2008
Cheap food is being dressed up as top-quality produce in a vast fraud costing shoppers £7billion a year, it is claimed today. There is mounting...
Taking a bite with the apple
24-Apr-2008
Even though the recent trend has been to serve cider over ice, the time is ripe to match it with something altogether more substantial — like...
23-Apr-2008 By The PMA Team
Taybarns, the Whitbread eat-all-you-like concept that much of the managed sector is studying, is lining up a third opening. The company is planning...
A taste of Greenland
23-Apr-2008
WHICH COUNTRY, having recently liberalised its licensing laws, is now having a national debate about the moral decline caused by increased alcohol...
Cost of local food a deterrent to companies
23-Apr-2008
The cost of buying local food is seen as the major obstacle by companies who want to increase their support for British producers.A new survey...
Fifteenth century menu celebrates St George
23-Apr-2008
'Stekys of bef' and grains of paradise were among the unusual ingredients on a special St George's Day menu served up by EBLEX.Guests including...
'Basic food prices still soaring'
23-Apr-2008
Families have been warned that the prices of basic foods will rise steeply again because of acute shortages in commodity markets - The TimesBread...
23-Apr-2008
Tapas bar La Tasca in Liverpool was named the chain's restaurant of the year at its annual awards ceremony last week. The awards ceremony followed...
Summer recipe: Salad Nicoise with Leerdammer
22-Apr-2008
Salad Nicoise with LeerdammerServes 2Ingredients:• 8 small new potatoes• 2 hard boiled eggs• 75g / 3 oz green beans• 2 fresh tuna steaks...
'Brown to lead food price crisis talks'
22-Apr-2008
Gordon Brown will hold an urgent summit today on the crisis of soaring food prices. The cost of basics like bread and eggs has doubled since last...
National Pie Week winning recipe: Hand crafted Cornish steak pie
21-Apr-2008
Hand crafted Cornish steak pie makes 8 piesRecipe: 1.5kg Jus-Rol shortcrust pastry - thawed1.5kg/3lb Cornish diced chuck steakScant 2l/ 4 pints of St...
Staff should get all their tips, says union
18-Apr-2008
Trade union Unite is targeting high-street food operators with a campaign to close legal 'loopholes' which allow operators to include tips when...
Sharwoods has the flavour of South East Asia
18-Apr-2008
Sharwood's is to offer pubs an expanded choice of menu ideas with a relaunch of its ethnic range, which includes Indian, South East Asian and Chinese...
Seabrook pads up to support Yorkshire cricket
17-Apr-2008
The selectors have spoken, and Seabrook Crisps is to become the Official Crisp of Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC). This sponsorship deal ses two...
Business boosters
17-Apr-2008
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Retro nights Where: the Larwood & Voce, West Bridgford, Nottingham www.larwoodandvoce.co.uk The idea:...
Kids' stuff
17-Apr-2008
Punch lessee Stephanie Corcoran talks Lucy Britner through her kids' menu revamp Stephanie Corcoran is a firm believer that licensees have to be...
Profile: Championing local produce
16-Apr-2008
A FOCUS on locally-sourced, seasonal produce and innovative food promotions is helping a first-time licensee to success in an up-and-coming...
'Global food crisis official'
16-Apr-2008
The global food crisis became official yesterday when the UN called for urgent inter-governmental action and farming reforms to tackle the soaring...
St George's Day Competition: Win a Black Rock Grill worth £5,000!
15-Apr-2008
Black Rock Grill is giving one publican the opportunity to celebrate the legendary dragon-slaying patron saint of England with a free Café Rock, its...
John Porter: Burger this, I'm off to the pub
11-Apr-2008
It was - and I think it's important to name and shame on these occasions - at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen in Soho. We'd been to a show and Mrs P has...
10-Apr-2008 By Jo Bruce
Running a pub food operation was the task of contestants in BBC1's The Apprentice last night
New products
10-Apr-2008
Mellow mood The product: New herbal and fruit infusions and green and white teas Who: Twinings foodservice What: Three new flavours have been added...
Business boosters
10-Apr-2008
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Dinner party menu Where: the White Bull, Ribchester, Lancashire www.whitebullrib.co.uk The idea: When Chris...
Chef & Brewer trials Horizon sites
10-Apr-2008 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
'It's evolution — not revolution' Chef & Brewer is set to evolve into Chef & Brewer Horizon. Following the managed company's trial of a...
St George's Day: Good old British beef
09-Apr-2008
Being a Turk, St George himself was probably quite partial to a kebab with a splash of chilli sauce, but we shouldn't let that stop us celebrating...
Whitbread in £100m London hotel expansion
08-Apr-2008 By Hamish Champ
Whitbread announced today it will be opening six new Premier Inn hotels in London during the next three years at cost of £100m, adding 1,200 rooms...
3663 revamps value range
08-Apr-2008
3663 is revamping its Smart Choice brand under the Chef's Smart Choice name.The range features more than 500 products, and is positioned as a...
Five star success for Marston's pub
07-Apr-2008
A Preston pub is to be a 'scores on the doors' ambassador after taking full marks in the city council's food safety scheme.Preston is one of many...
Pork pie is protected
05-Apr-2008
The Melton Mowbray pork pie is set to win a ten-year battle to gain protected geographical status (PGI) from the European Commission. The agreement...
Pubs wanted for charity snack drive
03-Apr-2008
Bar snack ffinch's Mini Meaty Munchies is looking for a UK pub group to feature limited edition charity salami snacks.The search for a partner was...
In Season: Produce for spring
03-Apr-2008
Alan Edmeades, product marketing manager, M&J Seafood: April sees an array of fish coming into season, including brill, dover sole, whelks,...
Let's take it outside
03-Apr-2008
Even in the best-run pub kitchen, plating and serving a main course every six seconds would put something of a strain on the skills and resources...
Ox ploughs rich furrow
03-Apr-2008
David Hancock talks to David Pritchard, joint owner of the Sussex Ox, in Alfriston, East Sussex, about growing his business Why our food business is...
City opinion John Hutson
03-Apr-2008
Pubwatches key to eradicating problems in pubs Wetherspoon takes the issue of responsible pub retailing extremely seriously. At a time when a number...
Cellar & Kitchen expands
03-Apr-2008
Suffolk brewer and retailer Adnams plans to have 30 Cellar & Kitchen stores open by 2012 as part of a plan to more than double profits in the...
Publicans urged to lose the fear of food
02-Apr-2008
Most Pubs can boost their business with a simple, profitable food offer, no matter how daunting the prospect seems Visitors to Publican Live were...
Crimes against pub food
01-Apr-2008
Spelling mistakes on the menu You might think that as long as the food is good, you can get away with a few spelling mistakes on the menu. To us,...
Dinner winner
01-Apr-2008
Dominic Chapman, head chef at Royal Oak in Paley Street, Berkshire, talks reviews, Heston and Parky with Lucy Britner Calm down, dear - it's only a...
Show some retrospect
01-Apr-2008
Dust off your disco balls and break out the sweets trolley, retro desserts are back. PubChef reports Whether you were working as a waitress in a...
How clean is your kitchen?
01-Apr-2008
Scores on the Doors - nothing to do with Kim and Aggie and not a Generation Game-style initiative. It's serious. If you're not familiar with the...
The Anchor Inn
01-Apr-2008
Lower Froyle, Alton, Hampshire GU34 4NA 01420 23261 ?.anchorinnatlowerfroyle.co.uk The doors of the new-look Anchor Inn may have opened four months...
Focus Scotland: Food labelling
31-Mar-2008
At least if a politician has his mouth full, he can't be lying to you at the same time.Political commentators in Scotland inevitably had a bit of fun...
Country pub for the new era
28-Mar-2008
"The Cowdray?" says the taxi driver, perking up. "I hear it's had a lick of paint."That's true, in a sense. Given that a major capital scheme has...
Snacks focus: Want a flake in that?
27-Mar-2008
Typical. You wait ages for a hand-held, cone-shaped, pizza-style snack, and then two come along at once.The next - although undoubtedly not the last...
Snacks focus: Snack attack
27-Mar-2008
WITH PUBS open longer and fighting harder for every penny, a range of hot snack options that keeps customers at the bar and out of the takeaway can...
Beer and food matching: Ale and hearty
27-Mar-2008
THERE ARE those - admittedly, mostly working for the Daily Mail - who would argue that giving a group of students a selection of beers and a free...
