Greene King

Greene King sales crowning

09-May-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Greene King’s pub arm saw like-for-like volume sales for the 52 weeks to 28 April 2019 rise by 2.9%, the pubco revealed in a trading statement.

Novichok pub back in business

05-Apr-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A pub that found itself at the centre of the Salisbury nerve agent poisoning last year has reopened after an extensive refurbishment.

Greene King saves over 1,000 carveries in food waste initiative

20-Mar-2019 By Robert Mann

Greene King has become the first pub company to join forces with Too Good To Go – an app designed to help businesses reduce food waste.

World’s youngest master brewer to run Greene King brewery

08-Mar-2019 By Stuart Stone

Greene King has appointed Ross O’Hara as the head brewer of its 220-year-old brewing business.

International Women’s Day

The women who lead in the on-trade

07-Mar-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

There are too few women at the top level in business across the world and the UK. While pubs and bars can't escape that fact either, here we tell the stories of nine women at the top in the on-trade.

Crowdfunding campaign to save Camden pub

25-Feb-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The reaction to a crowdfunding campaign to buy the Hawley Arms, in Camden, from Greene King, has delighted the team behind it.

Greene King smashes £5m target for Macmillan Cancer Support

06-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

Greene King has raised a staggering £5m for Macmillan Cancer Support – in just six years.

Greene King vows to improve social mobility

01-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubco Greene King has pledged to challenge the barriers of social mobility and provide a commitment to create the best opportunities from all backgrounds in hospitality, a new report has revealed.

Farmhouse Inns offer free cake for 'designated pushchair drivers' after radio plea

23-Jan-2019 By Emily Hawkins

‘Designated pushchair drivers’ pulled away from meals to soothe young children will receive consolation in the form of free cake when they visit any Greene King Farmhouse Inns site, following a call from radio presenters.

New Greene King chief executive announced

15-Jan-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubco Greene King has revealed that the boss of leisure company Merlin Entertainments will be replacing Rooney Anand as chief executive.

Greene King reports record Christmas Day sales

08-Jan-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Like-for-like sales at the Bury St Edmunds-based pub company were up 10.9% in the fortnight up to 6 January 2019, covering Christmas and the new year.

Greene King: free soft drinks for designated drivers this Christmas

19-Dec-2018 By Robert Mann

Designated drivers are being rewarded with free soft drinks at Greene King pubs this Christmas.

Pubco creates Christmas recipes for people living with cancer

04-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Brewer and pubco Greene King has devised 10 Christmas recipes for people living with cancer, in a partnership with charity Macmillan.

'Brexit boredom' pushes Greene King sales, suggests CEO

29-Nov-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Pubco Greene King has seen an increase in sales over the past six months, a boost its chief executive attributed in part to heavy media coverage of Brexit.