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Publicans on high alert after con artist targets pub trade

18-Dec-2018 By Robert Mann

Publicans have been warned to be on the lookout for a heavy-drinking conman who vanishes after running up eye-watering bills during visits.

Pubs and restaurants are serving up food with 45% more calories than a Burger King meal

14-Dec-2018 By Robert Mann

Restaurant and pub chains are serving meals that are more calorie-packed than those sold by fast food companies, new research has revealed.

Charities say calorie labelling would magnify eating disorders

13-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Plans to introduce mandatory calorie labelling on pub menus would cause “great distress” for people with eating disorders, charities and MPs have warned.

Pubs performing better than wider foodservice market

12-Dec-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

More people are visiting pubs than other businesses in the foodservice sector, new research has revealed.

Pubs lose out amid grouse shoot cancellations

11-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Cancelled grouse shoots have caused problems for some rural pubs, with sites in Cumbria and Northumberland reporting tens of thousands of pounds in lost income.

Award-winning pub unable to serve food after kitchen team walk out

10-Dec-2018 By Robert Mann

An award-winning pub and restaurant has been forced to stop serving pub grub after its kitchen team walked out.

Substantial rises in the price of butter and fish

06-Dec-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Increased butter prices have resulted in oils and fats costing over 30% more than they did a year ago, while the price of fish is up by 25%, new data from the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index has shown.

Ingredient prices at highest in more than a year

04-Dec-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Wholesale foodservice prices rose again in October 2018 to reach their highest rate since September 2017, research has found.

Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs

Top 50 Gastropubs 2019 Front of House Team finalists unveiled

04-Dec-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

The 2019 finalists for the coveted Front of House Team of the Year award at next year’s Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs have now been announced.

Harcourt Inns tastes success at Restaurant R200 Awards

04-Dec-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

London-based pub group Harcourt Inns won the Food-led Pub Company of the Year award at last night's (3 December) R200 Awards.

Six chips are an 'ideal portion', says Harvard professor

04-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Six fries are an ideal portion, according to a Harvard professor who dubbed the food a “starch bomb”. The Morning Advertiser asked UK industry experts if portions served by pubs here were too large.