Pub Food

How much of your food sales comes from burgers?

07-Feb-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Last week saw burgers crowned the most popular new addition to pub menus in Lumina Intelligence’s latest Menu Tracker Tool, accounting for more than half (57%) of new dishes added to menus in Q4 of 2022, while chips/wedges/fries were crowned the most...

Burgers most popular new main dish on pub menus

03-Feb-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Main course dishes accounted for the largest proportion of new items introduced onto pub and bar menus in Q4 of 2022, the latest Menu Tracker Tool from Lumina Intelligence has revealed.

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FEATURE: What’s on the menu for food trends?

26-Oct-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Christmas is round the corner. But with a cost-of-living crisis squeezing budgets, there’s little room for festive cheer with 40% of consumers dining out less frequently than usual. Operators can make sure their pub is the place to celebrate this winter...

2023 food and drink trends revealed

06-Oct-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

A nod to the past, ongoing consideration of sustainability and overseas inspiration are just three of the food and drinks trends operators should consider, research has found.

NWTC unveils lunch under £10

27-Sep-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

New World Trading Company (NWTC) has launched a low-cost lunch menu in response to the cost-of-living crisis.

How can pubs save energy?

24-Aug-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Training staff, switching off equipment and turning down fridge temperatures are just a few ways operators are slashing energy use as electricity bills soar.

How to make your plant-based menu stand out

24-Aug-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Award-winning chefs have shared their top tips for creating a vegetarian and vegan menu, after research revealed almost half of UK adults were considering cutting down their intake of animal products.

45% of hospitality businesses leave equipment on overnight

03-Aug-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Almost half (45%) of hospitality businesses leave equipment on overnight, despite the majority (65%) not knowing how much energy the equipment uses, according to research from BRITA UK.

McCain Foodservice Solutions launches Streets Ahead initiative to bolster the UK’s street food sector

27-Jun-2022 By Restaurant

McCain Foodservice Solutions and street food membership organisation KERB are joining forces for a major new initiative that will give people from less-advantaged backgrounds the opportunity to bring their food business idea to life.

Increase in spend and numbers eating dinner at pubs

23-Jun-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The number of people eating dinner at pubs has risen and their average spend during this day part has increased by 10%, according to data from Lumina Intelligence’s Eating & Drinking Out Panel.

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FEATURE: What’s hot in food trends?

21-Mar-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Most of us would like to see the end of the colder months as we, hopefully, usher in the post-peak-Covid world.

99% of hospitality staff want to work for sustainable businesses

10-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Ways in which hospitality businesses can cut costs and reduce waste by prolonging the life of their commercial catering equipment have been revealed by a new report from BRITA Professional.

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Callebaut Dessert Report offers operators key insights to boost profits

28-Feb-2022 By Callebaut

Callebaut’s latest Dessert Report provides operators with a comprehensive overview of the ever-changing foodservice landscape, to help pub operators drive their dessert sales.

Couple bring slice of Mediterranean to Shepherd Neame inn

10-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A couple have scored success as customers take to their new Mediterranean food offering at the Canterbury-based White Hart Inn, after the pair honed a taste for Turkish cuisine in Istanbul.

Freemasons at Wiswell: ‘As we’ve matured, the menu’s matured’

03-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

At Lancashire-based gastropub Freemasons at Wiswell, the current menu revolves around making classic dishes the best they can be, while always keeping customers at the forefront.

Expect to see Middle Eastern and US dishes on pub menus in 2022

14-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Diners’ wishes to escape the UK while still wanting to care for the planet are set to lead what they expect to see on pub food menus in 2022.

Poll - would you make your menu 100% vegan?

17-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Plant-based dishes could encourage chefs to be more adaptable with their food but would incur higher labour costs and, while there is a clear desire for vegan options, an all-vegan menu would not suit all customers, according to publicans.

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Are your products generating high profit levels to the till?

16-Nov-2021 By Venners, expert food and beverage stocktakers and compliance auditors

A recent report looking at the often undervalued and neglected topic of product yield within the pub sector has been launched by Venners, the expert food and beverage stocktakers and compliance auditors to the hospitality industry.

Tips on how to maximise World Vegan Month

01-Nov-2021 By Julie Cleijne, founder of Sustainable Kitchen Consultants

Sustainable menu expert Julie Cleijne, founder of Sustainable Kitchen Consultants and creator of a new plant-based toolkit for operators, Flex Up Your Menu, in partnership with Garden Gourmet, offers tips for pub caterers for World Vegan Month, which...

Hospitality business to raise prices due to supply chain and rising costs

24-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Three quarters of hospitality businesses are likely to raise prices for consumers as a result of the supply chain problems and rising costs, the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth has revealed.

Meals with strong provenance will have strong appeal over the festive period

23-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Festive menus built around fresh and local food will inspire post-lockdown customers to eat out in the run-up to the peak Christmas and New Year trading period, fresh produce specialist Bidfresh has predicted.

Rising food prices could force customers away from eating out

16-Sep-2021 By Gary Lloyd

The rise in global food prices could drive consumers away from pub restaurant visits and into discount retailers, according to a GlobalData survey.

Food and drink prices set to rise further

14-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Chronic labour shortages, insufficient manufactured stocks and post-Brexit challenges on imports are combining to create disruption and inflation across the foodservice sector, the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index has revealed.

The premium food league season has begun

13-Sep-2021 By Gary Lloyd

As the country begins the crawl out of the pandemic, pubs need a point of difference to attract customers, and elevating your food offer is one way to differentiate your business from rivals.

The ‘soul-destroying’ no-shows facing the sector

07-Sep-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Operator Paul Berry describes the ‘no-shows’ situation facing food pubs across the UK as “soul-destroying”.

Consumer spending in pubs up for August

07-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Consumer spending on pubs, bars and clubs rose by 43.4% in August compared to 2019, the highest growth recorded for over 17 months.

Supply chain issues continue as calls made for 12-month Covid Recovery Visa

31-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs are set to face further issues with the supply chain and food and drink deliveries as the crisis over delivery drivers and staffing shortages continues.

Deliveries and takeaway to maintain 'significant share' of pub group sales

24-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Deliveries and takeaways are set to maintain a “significant share” of sales for both pub and restaurant groups despite the relaxation of indoor trading, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker has revealed.

Pubs set to be hit by chicken supply issues

18-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs are set to be plagued by a lack of chicken supplies due to the impact of Brexit and the ongoing ‘pingdemic.’

Recruitment challenges exacerbated by Brexit

11-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Pre-existing recruitment challenges - particularly in the hospitality market - have been worsened by Brexit, new research from the Lumina Intelligence Top of Mind Business Leaders Survey has revealed.

Pubs account for 15% of eating out occasions

10-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs are continuing to gain market share accounting for 15% of total eating out occasions across the four weeks to week ending 11 July 2021 (v four weeks w/e 13 June 2021).

Pubs and restaurants continue to gain market share, driving average spend up

13-Jul-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

According to the latest data from Lumina Intelligence Eating & Drinking Out Panel, the proportion of Brits engaging with restaurants and food-led pubs grew to 58%.

Less than half of pub goers claim calorie labelling would influence food choices

06-Jul-2021 By Stuart Stone

Just 39% of respondents to a recent survey believe that calorie labelling on pub and bar food menus would influence their meal choices when eating out.

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Building a food offer: Take your pub menu to the next level

05-Jul-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

With the end of the Government's Covid-19 roadmap on the horizon and pub operators casting a cautious eye towards post-pandemic trade, The Morning Advertiser sinks its teeth into the future of pub grub and how operators can take their food offer...

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The Lock In Podcast: Food Glorious Food!

20-May-2021 By Ed Bedington

With indoor reopening now well underway, the Lock In team tackle the subject of pub grub, how the crisis has impacted on offers, the challenges around growing your own chefs, calorie labelling on menus and we ask how sustainable is your pub food offer?...

How I got here: Margriet Vandezande-Crump

18-May-2021 By James McAllister, Big Hospitality

The Belgian co-owner of the Greyhound in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, which was recently named ‘One to Watch’ at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs, spoke to Big Hospitality to reflect on her career to date.

Plant-based needs to be high on the agenda for pub operators

29-Apr-2021 By Ed Bedington

Plant-based food options and sustainable choices need to continue to be high on the agenda for operators as we start to navigate our way out of the pandemic, one leading supplier has said.

Which pub operators are offering EOTHO-style discounts throughout October?

30-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Operators including Oakman Inns, Revolution Bars Group, Arc Inspirations and The Lost & Found will all continue to fund of similar discounts to those available under the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme throughout October.