Food trends

Beer and food pairing: meet your match

07-Nov-2019 By Emily Hawkins

We have paired wine with food for many years but beer should certainly not be ignored when it comes to such intelligent combinations.

Street food continues to be top eating-out trend

06-Nov-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 90% of operators have identified street food as the number one trend, according to a new report from UKHospitality (UKH).

Got the munchies: what are the latest bagged snack trends?

17-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

Having a quick snack with a pint has always been a good way to increase sales at pubs. And, as snacks evolve, you need to keep up with the latest innovations.

How to create a vegan-friendly Christmas menu

14-Oct-2019 By Fiona Griffiths

Catering specialists and pub operators explain how vegan offers this Christmas can be fruitful as more people eat less meat

The vegan wave: how has it affected the pub trade?

11-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

The Economist predicted 2019 would be the year veganism went mainstream. And, with ever-growing, free-from options and a new wave of vegan hospitality, it looks like the forecasters are correct.

Create a fan-friendly food offer

11-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Wembley Stadium head of culinary Harry Lomas MBE BEM leads more than 250 chefs in feeding 90,000 visitors to the national stadium on a regular basis. We discuss what publicans can learn from this giant operation.

BrewDog launches half beef, half vegan Hybrid burger

04-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Scottish craft brewer and pub operator BrewDog has launched a flexitarian burger that it hopes will turn meat lovers to a more plant-based diet.

Meat-alternative ‘the meatiest thing since meat’

25-Sep-2019 By Alice Leader

New meat-free range called Naked Glory has been launched with the aim of encouraging carnivores to ‘cheat on meat’.

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Time for 'honest soul searching' over bottomless brunch hypocrisy

24-Sep-2019 By Elton Mouna

Hospitality industry commentator on talkRADIO and managing director of Remarkable Pubs, Elton Mouna, laments the hypocrisy of pub operators advocating responsible drinking while pushing bottomless brunches.

What do customers want to know about the meat on pub menus?

23-Sep-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Trends are almost always customer-led and, although there is a rise in vegetarian and vegan foods, meat still plays a huge role on pub menus with secondary cuts and provenance helping lead the charge.

Pub operator removes beef from menu after Amazon devastation

12-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

A publican in south London took mainstay meals such as beefburgers and steak off the menu last week in response to the destructive fires wreaking havoc on the Amazon rainforest.

Dinner time diners hardest to please, research claims

13-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Diners are hardest to please during the evening, compared to when they eat out of home for lunch or breakfast, according to research from an online reputation company.

National express: serving your pub’s food across the country

05-Aug-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Once you’ve mastered operating one food business, what’s to stop you sharing this across the country? We look at how to take your kitchen national without the need to buy a new premises.

Word on the street: working with street food vendors

14-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

As the stigma of unsafe street food is replaced with the notion of amazing flavours and unexplored eating possibilities, here’s how you can make the most of what’s on offer.

More than a quarter of dinners out are at pubs

13-Jun-2019 By Stuart Stone

While an overall slide means pubs are becoming a slightly less popular option for an evening meal, they have increased their market share at breakfast according to findings from foodservice and hospitality research agency MCA Insight.