As the stigma of unsafe street food is replaced with the notion of amazing flavours and unexplored eating possibilities, operators can look into how to make the most of what is on offer.
Following a Twitter debate about a Merseyside restaurant charging £1 for gravy, The Morning Advertiser spoke with operators to find out if they had a policy on making diners pay for extras.
Experts have given advice on how pub kitchens can avoid becoming a haven for listeria following an outbreak where hospital patients died after eating sandwiches.
With attitudes towards cannabis softening in some parts of the world in recent years, there are many new ideas about how to use the plant – including adding it to drinks.
Fire has immobilised one of the three sites owned by EatDrinkSleep, the pubco behind top gastropubs the Felin Fach Griffin and the Gurnard’s Head, leaving it temporarily out of action.
Gastropub chefs are shouting loud and proud about the fact their businesses are booming through their focus on classic cooking, as well as fresh and local ingredients.
Pubs are failing to tap into the rising food delivery trend, with only a few pub companies adopting it, despite it cannibalising the eating-out market and growing by 13% to a value of £8.1bn, new analysis has claimed.
The trend towards reduced or no meat intake among consumers is set to continue and even grow, but getting the offer right can be tricky, explained three leading operators with a keen eye on the trend.
Wholesales foodservice inflation dropped in March from the record high of 9.8% in February, however, while rises are less steep than 2018, prices are continuing to increase.
Customers that fail to arrive after booking a table are a bugbear for operators across the hospitality trade but could charging a deposit be the answer to this problem?
A pubco has launched a new vegan burger amid plans to ban titles such as ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ for vegan and vegetarian food products under new EU rules proposed in Brussels.
New research by Government agency the Sentencing Council has found the number of fines and prosecutions for food safety and hygiene offences has more than doubled since the introduction of new sentencing guidelines.
Some 83% of consumers say that seafood should be protected for future generations, according to a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) survey. And the importance of the issue is growing.
With pub roast dinners in Britain generally costing between £10 and £20 – one pub appears to be bucking the trend after claims it sells the ‘cheapest Sunday lunch in England’.
With an unprecedented rise in social media use, TV food shows and a younger generation becoming the heavy hitter of purchasing, are customers expecting too much of the difficult and time-consuming skill of cooking? In this Spotlight, commissioned by The...
With vegan food believed to be the UK’s fastest growing culinary trend of last year, JD Wetherspoon has expanded its plant-based offerings with the launch of its new vegan burger.
Restrictions on food adverts would create further issues to hospitality businesses already battling bureaucratic legislation and ever-increasing costs, according to a trade body.
Independent pub operators have taken a further hit in the food footfall battle, as branded operations increased custom despite an overall market decline, potentially drawing further attention to pubcos strengthening their managed estates.
JD Wetherspoon and Hungry Horse have been called out by a campaign group’s research for serving some of the saltiest children’s dishes on the high street.
One licensee has responded to a series of one-star TripAdvisor reviews, slamming each one, describing one user as “a little child” and criticising another on their use of exclamation marks.
