Dinner

Eating out to grow by 83m visits next year

15-Nov-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

The number of consumers choosing to eat out next year will grow substantially by 83m visits, while deliveries will grow 101m by 2019, according to new data from NPD Group.

Top 50 Gastropub unveils seafood tasting menu

06-Oct-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

When a gastropub wants to make it to the top, it needs to be good... very good. And John Calton of the Staith House decided having a seafood tasting menu would be key to success at his venue.

Pub visits up on weekdays but down on weekends

07-Sep-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pub visits during the week increased by 2% with weekend visits down by 2.4% for the year ending June 2017.

Lunch is the only meal we can truly count on

20-Jun-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Fewer consumers across the globe are eating three square meals a day at traditional times, apart from lunch, which is still eaten by the majority of people between 12noon and 1pm.

Supermarkets behind pubs in lunchtime spend

25-May-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubs are leading the way in consumers’ lunchtime spend versus supermarkets, according to data comparing takings from 2016 to 2017.

NEW OPENING

Whitbread to open new Bar + Block site in London

12-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Whitbread has announced the opening of a new ‘flagship’ Bar + Block site in the capital following the concept’s debut in Birmingham earlier this year. 

Harvester diner fuming over 'disgraceful' lack of options

28-Jul-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A couple on a dinner date at a local Harvester were stunned when they were told there was essentially nothing available from the menu apart from chicken. 

Top Portuguese chef to cook 'nose to tail' dinner at London pub

13-Jul-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

High-profile chef Nuno Mendes is set to cook a five-course meal based on Fergus Henderson’s revered British cookbook Nose to Tail Eating at Hackney pub the Marksman later this month. 

CHRISTMAS

Survey: Half of Britons to eat more than one Christmas dinner

27-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

A majority of Britons plan to eat more than one Christmas dinner, according to a consumer survey by Mitchells & Butlers.

Pubs share of eating out visits up

19-Nov-2014 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Pubs are gaining ground on restaurants in terms of their share of the eating-out market and satisfaction scores.

Eating out market to grow to £90bn, managed pubs to be 'main winners'

05-Aug-2013 By Mark Wingett

The total UK foodservice and hospitality market will achieve 1.8% sales growth in 2013, reaching a total of £79.7bn, and is set for further positive growth over the next five years adding over £10bn in value to reach £90bn by 2018, representing compound...

Sausage top poll of Britons' favourite dinners

08-Nov-2012 By Lesley Foottit

Sausages are Britain’s single most popular choice for dinner, according to the first annual Great British Sausage report.

Caversham pubs slash meal prices to £2

08-Jan-2009 By Claire Elliott

Two pubs in Caversham, Berkshire are offering value meals for less than £2 in a bid to attract customers. The Prince of Wales has been operating a...

Kitchen equipment: Imperial offer

12-Jul-2007

Since re-opening in November 2005, the Carnarvon Arms, situated in the village of Burghclere in Wiltshire, has established a reputation for providing...

Pupils pop to the pub for lunch

20-Feb-2007

Pupils at a Somerset school are being taken to the pub every day by teachers - and their parents couldn't be happier.The Harvest Moon pub in...

Calm down, dear. Not everyone's a winner

04-May-2006 By Lucy Britner

Food critic and media mogul Michael Winner has been banned for life from Novelli's White Horse pub in Harpenden. The Death Wish film director - now...

Licensee takes over local school dinners

06-Oct-2005

Schoolchildren in an Oxfordshire village have seen their tinned school dinners replaced by gourmet cooking served up by a local licensee.Paul...

Fresh food, fresher profits

15-Mar-2001

The winner of the Glanbia Food Service/Pub Food Mystery Diner Challenge is none other than John Gayden, head chef and co-proprietor of the Halfway...