Jonathan Townsend: an independent spirit
Jonathan Townsend is excited about future prospects as head of the newly independent wholesaler WaverleyTBS, as he tells Phil Mellows.
Archives for April 26, 2011
Greene King buys Realpubs for £53.1m
Suffolk-based brewer and operator Greene King has bought London-based Realpubs, which runs 14 pubs, for £53.1m.
Cost of eating out in pubs reaches all-time high
The cost of eating out in pubs shot up by 7.5% during 2010, pushing up the average price of a dish across all courses to an all-time high of £6.78.
Pub restaurants at new Premier sites
Whitbread plans to open a Beefeater Grill and a Brewers Fayre at its two new Premier Inn sites in the coastal resorts of Weymouth and Weston-super-Mare.
Potential of pub and bar snacks
There's £400m of potential snack sales being lost every year through pubs, but Lesley Foottit has some ideas to help boost sales. Gone are the days...
Pubs set for surge during royal wedding weekend
A fifth of people are expecting to visit the pub, over the royal wedding weekend, new research suggests.