Marston's growth fuelled by food
Marston’s has this morning reported a 2.9% increase like-for-like sales in its managed pubs division for the year 1 October, driven by the popularity of its food offer.
Archives for October 4, 2011
'Peasant food' is best-seller at Orchid
Rufus Hall, chief executive of 299-strong Orchid, told the summit its food offer, inspired by ‘peasant food’ — pizza and Asian fare — boasts the highest gross profits (GPs) in the company.
Birra Moretti adds 'long lunch' date to Italian campaign
The Casa Moretti campaign to bring some Italian style to Britain’s lunch culture has added a fourth date following its earlier success.
'Courts unlikely to stop use of European decoder cards in pubs'
A leading competition lawyer claims it is unlikely the UK courts will stop the use of European decoder cards being used in pubs.
Premier League: pub foreign satellite broadcasts still illegal
The Premier League believes that the screening of football matches in pubs via foreign satellite systems is still illegal because the broadcasts contain some copyrighted material — such as the Premier League logo and anthem — which require its...
Shepherd Neame hits out at 'highly damaging' beer duty rises
Shepherd Neame has hit out at the “misguided” and “highly damaging” increases in beer duty that are reducing the potential for investment in the pub and beer industry.
Has The Final Whistle Blown for Sky?
I was on my way to a meeting yesterday when the news came over the car stereo that Karen Murphy had been successful in her legal battle with the Premier League over using a foreign satellite to show her customers football matches, and I almost crashed...