Consumer trends
British diners choosing to eat more meals alone
British diners are increasingly choosing to eat alone, with more than a third going a whole week without eating a meal in the company of anyone else, new research reports.
Archives for April 12, 2016
Trade bodies join forces on VAT campaign
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) have joined forces to fight for a reduction in the level of VAT pubs pay and to highlight the tax burden facing licensees.
NEW OPENING
From Restaurant Gordon Ramsay to the Oxford Blue: chef Steven Ellis on his new pub
Chef Steven Ellis has spent the last decade cutting his culinary chops at some of the UK's top eateries including triple Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea and Andrew Pern's Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire. Daniel Woolfson gets the...
Pub's barred list goes viral: "Don't serve the flat cap coke fiend!"
A former iconic music pub’s unconventional list of barred customers has resurfaced as the venue looks set to reopen as food-ledpub.
Craft beer
Craft beer must gain better access to pubs to see US-style success
Craft brewers must work harder to make craft beer more accessible to pub customers if the segment is to experience success akin to that of the States’, US Brewers’ Association president and chief executive Bob Pease has urged.
Football
BT Sport and BBC secure FA Cup until 2021
BT Sport and the BBC have retained the rights to The FA Cup until 2021, extending their shared coverage for another three years.
Pub group seeks 'head of random acts of kindness'
The Yummy Pub Co is on the hunt for applicants for an unusual new position – 'head of random acts of kindness'.
TECHNOLOGY
Pubs failing to meet millennials' smartphone demands
Pubs and restaurants are failing to keep up with millennial customers’ demands for mobile payment and loyalty options, research has revealed.
Suppliers
JJ Food Service recognised for strong profit growth
Wholesaler JJ Food Service has been named as one of the most profitable businesses in the UK by The Sunday Times.
Beer
Budweiser launches twist-off bottle caps for pubs
Budweiser has launched twist-off beer bottle caps in what the company claims is a first for the UK pub industry.