Fuller's warns of "significantly tougher" times ahead
London brewer and pub operator Fuller Smith & Turner has reported interim profits up nearly 20 per cent, but has warned the second half of its...
Archives for November 20, 2009
Food sales on the rise
Respondents to The Publican Food Report 2009 have told us how the credit crunch, another dodgy summer, the soaring beer tax and, yes, that old...
Tributes flow in for pub trade veteran Tony Payne
Tributes flowed in for Federation of Licensed Victuallers chief executive Tony Payne as the trade veteran prepares to bow out next month.
Fuller's reports very strong first half-year
London brewer and retailer Fuller's has reported a jump in profit before tax of 18% to £14.1m in its first financial half year. Turnover was up...
Supplies in their eyes
You've got a great menu, sparkling service and you're offering it up to customers at a price that's good for them and offers you enough margin to...
'SABMiller passes Diageo as No 1 drinks company'
SABMiller surpassed Diageo as the largest UK drinks company by market value for the first time yesterday as it share price rose 3.4 per cent to...
Enterprise: step-by-step approach to auctions
Enterprise Inns boss Ted Tuppen has stated that the company plans a "step-by-step" approach to selling pub freeholds at public auctions as it gears...
Snacks are in the bag
It was the year when the cheese & onion bit back. The flavour, first launched in the UK by Golden Wonder back in the 1960s, has leapt to the top...
Fair Pint 'encouraged' by EU meet on beer tie
Fair Pint members held an "encouraging" meeting with EU officials earlier this week over the legality of the beer tie. The anti-beer tie campaign...
Floods force Jennings brewery to close
Staff have been evacuated from Jennings brewery after severe flooding in the Lake District spread to the building. Operations at the brewery, which...
Menus traditional and modern
So, Fabio Capello likes shepherd's pie and has fallen in love with traditional British culture. If so, the England manager would enjoy a visit to the...
Pubs should welcome our soldiers home
Greene King Pub Partners managing director David Elliott calls on pubs to do even more for our troops abroad.
Sandwiches and hot drinks: easy money?
Pub menus are getting increasingly sophisticated and diverse, as we have seen elsewhere in this year's Food Report. But there will always be space...
Pubs price menus to compete, says Food Report
How much has the recession impacted on the way pubs run their food business? It's all too easy to point to any change in consumer habits and name...
'Oldham pub sanctions a success'
Oldham Council's "electric shock treatment" of licence reviews and the threat of tough sanctions has led to a revival in the night-time economy....
Pub hosts hit by shock £12k electricity bill
A licensee couple who received a water bill for £37,000 in March have just been hit with a shocking £12,000 electricity bill. Shannon Wells and...
Getting equipped
Gone are the days when you needed a skilled chef and a team of staff for the kitchen to provide a food offer. Gone also are the days when you needed...
Jennings brewery in Cockermouth hit by floods
Marston's has vowed that beer deliveries won't be affected despite the flooding at its Jennings Brewery in Cockermouth. Severe floods hit both...