Pub spending up despite lack of consumer confidence
Spending in pubs grew by 10.9% year on year in August, bucking a wider trend of subdued consumer spending this summer.
Archives for September 3, 2019
Fuller’s ‘talking menu’ will help visually impaired diners
Pubco Fuller’s has introduced a talking menu service to improve the experience of visually impaired, blind or dyslexic customers who want to order food.
One-mile sourcing competition for bartenders
Premium vodka brand Ketel One has challenged bartenders to make a cocktail menu using ingredients that are sourced within one square mile of their site.
Pubs contribute £40m to grassroots sport
A report examining the link between the on-trade and grassroots sport has revealed pubs contribute, on average, more than £1,000 each to nearby clubs each year.
New look for Old Speckled Hen
Greene King-owned ale brand Old Speckled Hen has revealed its new look, along with a reimagined font design and glassware.
Wine sales still in decline
Total wine and Champagne volume sales in the UK remain in decline and have dropped by 2.4% year on year in pubs, according to new figures.
Should pubs charge customers to watch live sport?
After a photo emerged on social media of a pub charging customers an entrance fee to watch televised sport – which entitled them to two drinks at the bar – The Morning Advertiser asked whether or not it was something that other operators would get on...
Robinsons reports record turnover of £75.5m
North-west-based brewer and operator Robinsons has reported a rise in turnover of 6.1% to a record £75.5m for the year ending 31 December 2018 – up from £71.2m the previous year.