Restaurant chains edge ahead of pub groups
Restaurants have performed marginally better than pubs over the past year, according to the latest tracker figures.
Archives for August 20, 2017
Need to know: Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor boxing match
More than 1m boxing fans flocked to the pub to watch the Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko boxing match in April, making this month's (August) Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor fight a tempting prospect for licensees.
Standard spirits to be a thing of the past
A decline in standard spirits sales is to continue, as experts predict the category will fall to premium and super-premium soon.
Snacks: it's in the bag
With a lot of innovation going on in bagged snacks, we take a look at the latest products on offer, whether it’s worth stocking bagged snacks, what the ideal range is and what consumers are looking for. Emma Eversham reports.
Top 50 Gastropub is best pub in Good Food Guide 2018
The Crown at Burchett’s Green, which is number 10 on the Top 50 Gastropubs list, has won the Good Food Guide's Best Pub Restaurant at this year’s Editor’s Awards.
Great British Beer Festival
CAMRA issues response to Marble GBBF ‘blacklisting’ claims
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) says it has found “no evidence” to back-up Manchester-based Marble brewery's claims its beers were blacklisted from The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) earlier this month.
Paddy McGuinness hands £5k to ‘Only Ordinary by Name’ pub winners
Paddy McGuinness, comedian and star of ITV’s dating show Take Me Out, presented £5,000 to the national winner of John Smith’s ‘Only Ordinary by Name’ pub competition, which echoes its ale marketing campaign launched last spring.
Meet the GBPA nominees: Best Spirits Bar/Pub sponsored by Diageo
We’re into our final set of previews of the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards. Today, here are the nominees in the Best Spirit Bar/Pub category, sponsored by Diageo
Heineken: ‘we will find buyers for 30 pubs’ as part of Punch deal
Heineken has committed to find “viable buyers” for the 30 pubs it proposes to sell as part of its deal to purchase 1,900 Punch pubs, The Morning Advertiser has learned.
In association with Farm Frites
Burgers: what's the future of the beefy beast?
They’ve been a staple of the British high street for many years now, but burgers, which are constantly being modified and reinvented, are still growing in popularity in an ever-widening variety of outlets.
Drinks: what is premium?
Premium drinks offer potential for enhanced profits, but when is a drink ‘premium’ and when is it not? The answer isn’t always clear cut.
Brewery renames Bomber IPA after trademark dispute
Scottish brewery Tempest Brewing Co has renamed its popular Bomber IPA beer after a trademark dispute with an unnamed "regional English brewery".
Meet the GBPA nominees: Best Sports Pub sponsored by Sky
Up next in our previews of the finalists in this year’s John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards are the nominees in the Best Sports Pub category, sponsored by Sky.
Ready-to-drink: ready to develop?
The ready-to-drink category has struggled in recent years but is moving in the right direction. The big question now is whether the segment will ever return to the heights it achieved in the 1990s.
Cocktail menu maker app launched by Pernod Ricard UK
Spirits goliath Pernod Ricard UK (PRUK) has launched a tool to help pubs create bespoke high-design menus in a bid boost spirits sales in the on-trade.