Marriage guidance
01-Feb-2008
Lucy Britner talks to chefs at three pubs about driving beer and food sales The Cricket Inn at Totley, Sheffield, the Tilbury at Datchworth,...
The American way
01-Feb-2008
American brewer Garrett Oliver tells Lucy Britner why Americans get food and beer right Garrett Oliver is brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, New York....
Fox & Hounds
01-Feb-2008
Longthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, 01733 264126 ? foxandhoundslongthorpe.co.uk Who: Orchid Group, with head chef Tony Maualdi and manager...
Hotelympia preview: Gear up for the year
29-Jan-2008
PUBLICANS UNDERSTAND the value of time management only too well, and it's a skill that's never more valuable than at Hotelympia, one of the...
28-Jan-2008
The Food and Drink Group, operator of Henry J Beans and Jamies bar brands, says it is looking for a "substantial corporate transaction". Despite a...
National Chip Week: A slice of the action
25-Jan-2008
Chips are never far from the heart of a great pub menu and despite what the health lobby might try and tell you, in a balanced diet potatoes are a...
Focus Wales: Welsh lamb
25-Jan-2008
The issues that pubs face in sourcing regional produce came to the fore last July, when pub operator JD Wetherspoon confirmed it had removed five...
Prince gives boost to mutton market
24-Jan-2008
A campaign to get mutton back on the nation's dinner plates received a boost this week when the Prince of Wales visited a North Yorkshire sheep...
ALMR: festive food fared well
24-Jan-2008 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Increased food sales brought some welcome festive cheer to pub operators across Britain, with volumes up by an average of 3.6% over the period. But...
British Yorkshire Pudding Day recipe
22-Jan-2008
Carvery Yorkshire PuddingsIngredients6 Eggs1 Pint of Milk240g Plain FlourSalt & Cracked Black Pepper100ml Vegetable Oil/DrippingMethodPlace the...
Great Potato Challenge recipe: Twice Baked Potato, Crab and Ceps
22-Jan-2008
Twice Baked Potato, Crab and Ceps Ingredients 4 King Edward potatoes (medium-sized)50g crème fraiche3tbsp chives, finely sliced2 garlic cloves,...
Orchid batters up for Yorkshire Pudding Day
22-Jan-2008
The humble Yorkshire Pudding is set to take centre stage in pubs up and down the country as British Yorkshire Pudding Day looms.Sunday February 3 has...
Business Opinion
17-Jan-2008 By with The PMA Team
Marston's has survived flood pain No one in the quoted arena has had a darker cloud hanging over them this summer than Marston's. Proportionately, no...
Chinese New Year: Year of the Rat
17-Jan-2008
WITHOUT WANTING to open old wounds, the fact is that apart from pubs lucky enough to have a strong Polish or Czech customer base, the failure of the...
Sourcing campaign is beefed up
17-Jan-2008
The consumer credit crunch is threatening to stall pubs' efforts to give customers more information about the source of food on the menu.Henry...
Greene King extends coffee offer
17-Jan-2008 By Mark Wingett of M&C Report
Greene King has started to rollout Coffee Republic's "Coffee Republic Served Here" concept to a number of its pubs across the country, after a...
S&NPE seeks new food manager
17-Jan-2008
Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) is recruiting a new food development manager to help lessees boost food sales. The new manager...
Business Opinion
17-Jan-2008 By with Clive Williams
Managing to put off good customers Business in my local Vintage Inns (VI) managed house is booming - against the trend of the industry in general....
Profit on a plate
17-Jan-2008
First-time foodie Jo-Ann Neal tells Lucy Britner how she and her husband Kelvin introduced food at their Lincolnshire pub, the Vine Jo-Ann Neal is...
Beer & food recipe: Lamb shank, mustard mash and shallot confit
15-Jan-2008
Lamb shank, mustard mash and shallot confitIngredients (Serves 10)10 Lamb shanks4 Large onions (roughly chopped)1kg Carrots (roughly chopped)2 litres...
Beer & food recipe: Beef in ale with vegetable toad-in-the-hole
15-Jan-2008
Beef in ale with vegetable toad-in-the-holeThis recipe is a mix of two cooking methods - traditional roasting and pot-roasting. The beef tastes...
Beer & food focus: Tailoring your offer
15-Jan-2008
THE SURVEY of the trade carried out for the 2007 Publican Food Report found that less than a quarter of pubs recommend beers to match dishes on their...
Beer & food focus: European matches
15-Jan-2008
A pint of warm bitter and a soggy ploughman's is the traditional British way with beer and food, and so we tend to forget that our Continental...
Beer & food focus: Cunning at the Fox
15-Jan-2008
It probably shouldn't be too much of a surprise that Ron Blackmore, licensee of the Fox in Bury St Edmunds is something of a beer evangelist. Prior...
Beer & food focus: A taste of Thailand
15-Jan-2008
Chef Max Piao explains a Thai-style tapas concept, and what better to accompany it than Thai beer Chang?AS ANYONE who has ever tried to order sweet...
S&NPE seeks food development specialist
15-Jan-2008
Scottish and Newcastle Pub Enterprises (S&NPE) aims to up its support for pubs looking to increase food sales with the appointment of a new food...
14-Jan-2008
S&NPE is recruiting a new food development manager to help lessees boost food sales. The new manager will be tasked with reviewing the support...
Gastro chain set for growth
10-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
The Restaurant Group (TRG) is targeting five openings a year in the 14-strong Brunning & Price (B&P) pub business it bought for £32m last...
Orchid invites customers for a little lunch
10-Jan-2008
Orchid Group is helping its customers to make the most of ever-shorter lunch breaks with a combination of great food and high-tech support.Research...
KP launches baked nuts range
10-Jan-2008
United Biscuits UK (UBUK) has launched a new range of baked KP Nuts for consumers who are willing to pay more for more unusual varieties. With a RRP...
In Season: Serve good, simple food
08-Jan-2008
Sally Sturley, product manager - fresh produce, Pauleys: With most people over-indulging at Christ-mas, eating fresh, seasonal produce as part of...
07-Jan-2008 By The PMA Team
The Restaurant Group (TRG) is targeting five openings a year in the Brunning & Price estate
Billion meals a year eaten in pubs
07-Jan-2008
More than 1bn meals a year are eaten in pubs, accounting for more than a quarter of meals eaten out of home.The figure, based on research by market...
London Cornish get a taste of the Sharp stuff
04-Jan-2008
London Cornish Rugby Club (LCRFC) is being sponsored by Cornwall based Sharp's Brewery to strengthen the side which is one of the fastest rising...
British Pie Week declared
04-Jan-2008
The culinary calendar is about to get even more crowded, with March 1 to 7 2008 now officially designated as British Pie Week.The annual Publican...
New culinary academy launched
04-Jan-2008
The Craft Guild of Chefs has launched a culinary academy to help develop young chefs.
Heartstone Inns acquires fourth pub
03-Jan-2008 By Mark Wingett
Heartstone Inns, the company formed by ex-Refresh UK colleagues Stuart Hawthorn and James Birch, has acquired its fourth pub, the Hare & Hound in...
Managed pubs losing food share
21-Dec-2007
The managed pub sector is losing its share of consumer spending on eating out according to new figures.Market analyst FMCG, which tracks managed pub...
Food on the menu for Greene King
18-Dec-2007 By Lucy Britner
Greene King Pub Partners has launched a new programme to help licensees improve their food offering. The Food Store was developed in conjunction with...
Make it mutton, says Pub Food Awards winner
14-Dec-2007
The Pub Food Award winning Royal Standard of England, England's oldest freehouse, is urging more pubs to follow its lead and put mutton on the menu....
Pub Food Forum: What's driving food in pubs?
13-Dec-2007
THE PANEL members for our Pub Food Forum all brought different perspectives to a discussion of the market in the year which saw the rest of the UK...
13-Dec-2007 By Lucy Britner
Two contestants from Raymond Blanc's BBC2 programme The Restaurant have taken on a Charles Wells lease. Mother and son team Nicola and Tom Nickerson...
Fish from the farm
12-Dec-2007
The Australians, as we know, are not afraid to get stuck in. So it should come as no surprise that when it comes to fish and chips, they choose to...
Comment: A year of turmoil
12-Dec-2007
In many respects 2007 was a rollercoaster ride for the pub food industry. The summer in particular hailed the start of a very interesting trade...
Menu matching focus: Back to the Old World:
12-Dec-2007
When a pub is sourcing food as locally as possible, how much sense does it make to ship in wine from the other side of the world?In a sign of just...
Menu Matching focus: Pairing off the pub staples
12-Dec-2007
Forget politics, religion and sport the question that really gets the debate going across the bar is 'what¹s the best crisp flavour?'.And once...
Menu Matching focus: Working the back bar
12-Dec-2007
While spirits and liqueurs are generally regarded as pre- or post-dinner drinks, pubs and their customers may be missing a trick by not serving up...
Pete Robinson: Are opinion polls damaging your pub?
07-Dec-2007
Apparently most of you 'support' the smoking ban, have 'embraced the opportunities' in the legislation, and would hate to see it rescinded. Is that...
Supermarkets admit milk price fixing
07-Dec-2007
Supermarket groups Sainsbury's and Asda have admitted fixing the price of dairy products including milk, cheese and butter after striking a deal with...
Stocks & sauces focus: Just add sauce
03-Dec-2007
At the risk of going over old ground, the different pressures pubs face when creating and delivering a successful menu mean that preparing everything...
