Menu Ideas

In pictures: new food and drink

28-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Salted caramel-flavoured peanut butter and cherry bakewell-flavoured peanut butter feature in this week’s new product gallery, along with a range of ‘home-cooked’ curry sauces.

New products in pictures

21-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Award-winning ice cream, bagel sandwich thins and flower sprouts have made it into this week’s round-up of new food products.

Dreaming of a gluten-free Christmas?

18-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Christmas represents a prime opportunity to capitalise on the exploding market for gluten-free food. Daniel Woolfson looks at the benefits of catering to specialist diets during the festive season

Beer and Food

Bath Ales launches craft beer & pizza concept in Oxford

18-Sep-2015 By James Evison

Brewer and operator Bath Ales is refurbishing its Grapes pub in Oxford into a craft beer and pizza venue called Beerd.

Competition

Nestlé offers chance to win coffee shop

18-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Nestlé Professional has launched a competition for one pub to create its own coffee shop, after research from the bakery chain Greggs and the University of Stirling showed 40% of consumers would prefer to drink coffee while chatting with friends.

Top tips for serving Rugby World Cup food

16-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Food-serving pubs will make a bigger play of Rugby World Cup-themed dishes this year, after Deloittes reported the event would bring £2.1bn to the British economy, the majority of which would be spent in the hospitality sector.

Roasts boost pub sales by 20%

11-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Managed pub and bar operator TCG will roll out its Sunday roast offer to six more of its 18 food-serving sites, after the offer boosted food sales by 20% in five trial sites earlier this year.

Menu trends

Number of new vegetarian menu items rises whilst number of beef dishes drop

02-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Vegetarian dishes now account for 31% of new menu items across the eating-out sector, up from 18% last year, according to M&C Allegra Foodservice’s New Menu Item Analysis report.

We Want Plates founder: bad presentation in pubs is "epidemic"

21-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Pubs are by far the worst culprits when it comes to bad presentation of food, according to We Want Plates founder Ross McGinnes.

Award-winning Bristol chef to open third site

20-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Award-winning Bristol chef Toby Gritten, owner of the Pump House, Hotwells and the Bird in Hand, Long Ashton, is set to open third site the Redan Inn, Chilcompton, later this autumn.

Business Booster

How one pub went fishing for profits with a coastal seafood festival...

14-Aug-2015 By Michelle Perrett

British Coastal Seafood Festival 2015

Tom Kerridge to run "Tom's Table" pop-up at Harrods

10-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Tom Kerridge is set to run a week-long pop up residency, called Tom’s Table, at the food hall of Harrods on Brompton Road, London.

Business booster

How one pub cashed in on a real ale and music weekend...

07-Aug-2015 By Alison Baker

Real ale and music weekend

Menu Focus

Focus on game menus: shoot to grill...

07-Aug-2015 By Fred A'Court

The days when grouse, pheasant, partridge and venison were reserved for fine-dining establishments are well and truly over. In addition to being an enticing prospect for pub diners these days, game bought at the right time of the season can be great for...

Business Booster

How one pub made a killing from Champagne and food matching

29-Jul-2015 By Michelle Perrett

Bruno Palliard Champagne and food dinner

BUSINESS BOOSTERS

Marketing ideas: complimentary sun station and Mediterranean long lunches

20-Jul-2015 By Alison Baker

Complimentary sun station

MENU IDEAS

Seven ways with... Mexican food

10-Jul-2015 By Alison Baker

With 2015 officially ‘the Year of Mexico’ in the UK, Alison Baker looks at different ways in which licensees can utilise all that Mexican food has to offer.

BUSINESS BOOSTERS

Event ideas: Poultry Week and Pig Out Mondays

10-Jul-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Pig Out Mondays

Oakman Inns carries on wood-fired pizza and grilled meat tradition at new site

08-Jul-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Oakman Inns has opened its 13th pub with a menu that focuses on homemade pizzas and grilled meats.

Operators serve up US-themed favourites for Independence Day

06-Jul-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Food operators celebrated America’s Independence Day over the weekend (4 July) with a variety of US-themed menus and dish options.

Expert Insight

How to perk up your profits with a solid hot drinks offer

03-Jul-2015 By Alison Baker

Licensee Nick Atfield shares insights about his pub’s successful hot drinks offer

10,000 calorie 'Man v Food' style pub burger breaks the internet

03-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Massive pub burger 'does a Kardashian' and gets more than a million hits on facebook page.

Menu marketing

Marketing your menu: how to deliver the right online content

03-Jul-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

I honestly believe that marketing has never been so easy, yet so hard. Take a look at all the communication channels we have to hand. We have a message and we want to push it out to a wide audience for little or no cost.

Expert insight

Bready, steady, go: 8 simple tips to get yourself a slice of the action

02-Jul-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Speciality Breads managing director Peter Millen talks making the most of the Great British loaf with Daniel Woolfson

Training

Beer Academy reports upsurge in operator training

01-Jul-2015 By Mike Berry

Increased consumer interest in beer has led to a 20% increase in bookings from operators training their staff with The Beer Academy.

Menu Focus

Focus on menu marketing: read the small print...

26-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Daniel Woolfson looks at the ways different operators are marketing their menus and implementing some serious innovation to drive profits

Trend Watch

Trend watch: make it snappy...

26-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Lobster is one of “those” dishes, the kind that would have graced plates at only the highest echelons of pub dining in the past.

Business Booster

Vegan menus? Don't sneer, this pub made a killing...

26-Jun-2015 By Alison Baker

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Menu Focus

Focus on seafood: any fin is possible...

18-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Daniel Woolfson looks at ways operators can capitalise on the growing demand for seafood in pubs

Business Booster

Viva España: how one pub made a killing by looking to Spain for inspiration

18-Jun-2015 By PubFood

Where: The Millbrook Inn, South Pool, Kingsbridge, Devon

Event insight

Rackets at the ready: Wimbledon promotional ideas

12-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Wimbledon 2015 is coming, which for many means cracking out the cream teas and getting a bit sunburnt in front of a big screen in the local park.

Business Booster

Stick it up your Betamax: how one pub brought back VHS and another made a killing from pizza

12-Jun-2015 By PubFood

Money making ideas for your pub or bar.

Business booster

Menu ideas: seafood platters and sustainable menus

08-Jun-2015 By Alison Baker

Licensees share two ideas which helped drive trade at their pubs

NEW PRODUCTS

Product focus: pick of the latest launches

08-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

PubFood's pick of the latest food product launches

Flaming Grill challenges diners to create “ultimate” eating challenge

08-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Spirit Pub Company brand Flaming Grill has asked members of the public to create their own “ultimate” eating challenges, one of which chain will pick to feature on menus across its 145-site portfolio in 2016.

Glutton's paradise: belt-bursting pub food challenges

02-Jun-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Reckon you’ve got what it takes to get in the ring and go toe-to-toe with the Mike Tyson of pub grub? We compiled a list of some of the most gloriously excessive pub food challenges putting customers' iron stomachs to the test...

Openings

Dining out at...The Trading House

01-Jun-2015 By James Evison

Last week the Publican's Morning Advertiser visited the New World Trading Company's (NWTC) new site, The Trading House, in the heart of the City of London.

Menu focus

Focus on chips: fry hard

29-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Noli Dinkovski looks at ways to cash in on the nation's favourite starchy snack.

Business Booster

Business boosters: selfie sofa and invent a pizza contest

29-May-2015 By PubFood

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Menu ideas

Ten tips on making the most of your pub's menu

21-May-2015 By Mark McCulloch

Mark McCulloch, CEO & founder of creative brand and marketing agency We Are Spectacular, looks at whether your pub's menu is too wordy or too worthy?

Business booster

Money maker: Spring and cider menu

21-May-2015 By PubFood

Making cash off a four course spring menu paired with British ciders.

Money makers: Forage and Feast Days

21-May-2015 By Pubfood

Menu and event ideas to help you boost business.

Snack attack: Tips on boosting snacks sales

19-May-2015 By Jo Bruce

Supplier JJ Food Service’s Sue Guilfoyle offers ideas for driving snack sales

Menu ideas

Vegetarian week: top tips for meat-free menus

18-May-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

This week is National Vegetarian Week and operators across the country are shifting their focus from meat to put on a range of veggie-centric events and promotions.

Menu focus

Focus on breakfast and brunch: rise and shine?

15-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

The first meal of the day is proving to be one of the fastest growing eating out occasions for those running UK pubs. Noli Dinkovski explores the subject of brekkie and brunch

Industry insight

Top tips for hosting a sizzling pub BBQ

15-May-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Summer is fast approaching and for operators lucky enough have an outdoor dining area, it’s the perfect time to cash in on the hot weather with a solid barbecue offer.

Business Booster

Bring your own vinyl and barbecue parties at the Ladywell Tavern

15-May-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Money making ideas for your pub or bar

Pub food

Issues to consider for a new food offer

14-May-2015 By Poppleston Allen

From bar snacks to barbecues, operators up and down the country are rolling out the menus to feed their hungry customers and, hopefully, attract a few new ones.