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A look at what's new in the world of pub suppliers EBLEX launches new website A new website designed to provide chefs with more information about...

Take three

Take three

Richard Fox focuses on getting the most out of stock cupboard basics From an eating perspective, you could do worse than be stranded on a desert...

Great expectations

Great expectations

Humayun Hussain looks at getting the language just right on your menu When you present your customers with the menu, the idea is to tempt and...

Not just for VIPs

Not just for VIPs

Liz Hurley held a pre-wedding bash there recently, but not all the customers at the Village Pub in the Cotswolds are A-list celebrities. Adam Edwards...

Business Opinion

Business Opinion

with James Crawfurd-Porter Brewers must keep an eye on their kegs Casks and kegs must be the most enduring eco-friendly packaging of modern times....

A sample from the menu

Restaurant's menu goes the extra mile

By Lucy Britner and Jo Bruce

Owners of a Suffolk restaurant claim to be the first in the country to publish food miles on their menu. Peter and Anna Banks from Sutherland House...

Whitbread sees growth in pub restaurants

Whitbread sees growth in pub restaurants

By The PMA Team

Whitbread's 400 remaining pub restaurants saw a 2.7% increase in like-for-like sales growth in the second half. The remodelling of the Beefeater...

A little girl eating pizza

Mind your manners

By Jo Bruce

The company has employed super nanny Rachel Holland to develop a manners scheme, which trains all staff to support adults eating out with children in...

CESA coffee

CESA coffee

Hot beverages offer great profit margins for a pub. Ingredients cost a few pence and selling price can be well in excess of £1. Most out-of-home hot...

Wheel of fortune

Wheel of fortune

The Wheelwrights Arms re-opened in April 2006 in Monkton Combe, a small village just outside Bath. Mark Taylor talks to owner David Munn about how he...

Pick of the pizzas

Pick of the pizzas

"Would you like to come and eat pizzas in a Que Pasa and tell us what you think?" was essentially the invitation that arrived in my inbox. It was...

Nigel Haworth

Haworth helps Highwayman ride again

By Jo Bruce

Chef Nigel Haworth's Ribble Valley Inns has opened a second pub in Lancashire. The Highwayman in Nether Burrow, is based on the same menu formula of...

Rolling out…

Rolling out…

THE ARGUMENTS for pubs using local produce are well rehearsed by now. It gives the menu a genuine point of difference, and supports the local...

Business Opinion

Business Opinion

Greene King treads two different paths Last week's re-organisation of Greene King's managed division into two segments suggests the company believes...

Just desserts

Just desserts

PubChef's lighter look at the pub food worldRidiculous customer complaint "We had smoked pheasant breast on the menu and the pub was packed. One lady...

Six-figure plans

Six-figure plans

New pub owners James Middleton-Burn and Penny Hawkes share their latest initiatives with Lucy Britner Since we last saw Penny and James at the Crown,...

Pud vibrations

Pud vibrations

Forget fiddly afters on the menu - Richard Fox looks at easy ways to whip up tasty desserts Ihave to say that this column is as much a "note to...

Carvery comeback

Carvery comeback

The carvery is making a strong return, attracting a new generation of customers. Jo Bruce reports The carvery is shaking off its image problem of...

Wild about game

Wild about game

Lucy Britner talks game to head chef and proprietor Mark Gough at his pub the Tollemache in Buckminster, Leicestershire Mark Gough shot some of the...

News digest

News digest

A round-up of the month's pub food news Ramsay broadens horizons Gordon Ramsay's first pub, the Narrow in Limehouse, has opened in London's East End....

Foodservice news

Foodservice news

A look at what's new in the world of pub suppliers Brakes on the market Foodservice supplier Brakes has been placed on the market with a price tag of...

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