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MONIN competition to £1,000 a week over 9 weeks

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Win £1,000 every week this summer with MONIN

By MONIN

MONIN, the global beverage flavour expert, has launched an exciting competition offering outlets the opportunity to win £1,000 wholesale credit, every week for 9 weeks throughout June and July!

Delivering success: Inigo Rivero shares insights at the MA Leaders Club, Newcastle

MA LEADERS CLUB

How to unlock TikTok’s potential

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

House of Marketers managing director, Inigo Rivero, discussed how operators can unleash the potential of TikTok at The MA Leaders conference last week.

Digital insights: Footprint Digital staff talk all things SEO

MA Leaders Club

How to drive footfall to your pub's website

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Experts from the advertising agency Footprint Digital advised operators on how to get the most out of SEO, at the MA Leaders conference in Newcastle last week.

Historic month: May could see £1bn boost for the sector (Credit: Getty/Delpixart)

May could be 'historic' month for sector

By Rebecca Weller

May has the potential to be a “historic” month with “huge uplifts” for the sector with hospitality at the heart of a variety of events, UKHospitality (UKH) chief executive Kate Nicholls has said.

Accommodation info: research surveyed both consumers and operators on the pubs with rooms market (image: Getty/structuresxx)

60% of consumers prefer staying in a pub to anywhere else

By Nikkie Thatcher

Six in 10 consumers who have stayed in a pub in the past two years would prefer to stay overnight in the on-trade rather than other types of accommodation for the same spend and location, new research has revealed.

Bank holiday boost: Star Pubs & bars licensees will have access to PoS kits

Star ploughs £60k into coronation weekend

By Gary Lloyd

Star Pubs & Bars has invested more than £60,000 worth of support for the King’s Coronation and accompanying May bank holiday weekends for its licensees.

Raising a glass: Greene King and Jeff Stelling partner up to celebrate cask

THE CASK PROJECT

Greene King teams with Jeff Stelling to celebrate pubs

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Greene King has recently hosted its fifth event with sports presenter Jeff Stelling as part of a series of evenings that celebrate British pubs, cask beer and quizzes.

The Morning Advertiser Lock In podcast episode 53

The Lock In Podcast

Price of a pint

By Ed Bedington

How are you handling your pricing? The Lock In team tackle the difficult questions as inflation runs rampant - how much can you put your prices up by?

Hogs Back launches two low alcohol beers and PoS support

the cask project

Hogs Back releases two low alcohol beers

By Gary Lloyd

Surrey-based Hog Back Brewery has urged communities to support their local pubs this month by launching two low and no alcohol beers and adding new PoS support for its flagship beer.

What are the latest drinks releases before Christmas 2022?

New products round-up

New drinks in time for Christmas

By Gary Lloyd

The latest new releases to the market include beers from Hook Norton, Theakston and Chevallier while spirits include Johnnie Walker and Elusive Expressions from Diageo.

Online feedback: the pub responded to the one-star review, suggesting the guest should have brought up issues when they were at the site (image: Getty/Marko Geber)

Pub hits back at ‘watery gravy’ review

By Nikkie Thatcher

A London pub has responded to a one-star TripAdvisor review that criticised its ‘watery gravy’ and the fact it served cabbage rather than “a decent green vegetable”.

Hells yeah: Camden Town Hells Lager has outperformed its rivals once again (credit: Getty/xavierarnau)

drinks list 2023

Craft sector is match made for Hells

By The Morning Advertiser

The craft beer category has shown its strength once again with all brands on the top 10 increasing their growth in both volume and value by at least 59%.

New and old faces: There are plenty of newcomers in this year's mixer category (Getty/ invizbk)

DRINKS LIST 2023

Fever Tree headlines mixer category

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The mixers division has made way for a whopping five new entries in this year's Drink's List, but Fever Tree still reigns supreme in top spot.

Shots shots shots: A strong year for the vodka division (Getty/ invizbk)

DRINKS LIST 2023

Smirnoff tops vodka category

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

There’s been little changes to the vodka category, which has seen hikes in value and volume sales across all products.

Cask ale fights back: It’s all Doom… and that’s not a bad thing (credit: Getty/Peter Cade)

drinks list 2023

Who says cask is in decline?

By The Morning Advertiser

The much-maligned category of cask ale is thriving when comparing this year’s on-trade sales figures to last year’s.

Refreshing data: Coca-Cola tops soft drinks division (Getty/ pjohnson1)

DRINKS LIST 2023

Coca-Cola shines bright on soft drinks division

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Coca-Cola, once again, pioneers in the soft drinks category with its products bagging first and second place, but there’s a reshuffling of other positions in the list.

First place: WKD Blue bags top spot (Getty/ Kanawa_Studio)

DRINKS LIST 2023

WKD Blue tops RTD category

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

VK dominates the ready-to-drink (RTD) category this year, with three products making the list, and there are also two newcomers to watch out for.

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