Eating

Better food will help with the effects of a smoking ban

20-Sep-2006

Better quality food and a more diverse menu will help pubs combat the "assault" of the smoking ban and licensing reform, according to a new report...

Que Pasa trials tapas at the bar

18-Jul-2006 By John Harrington

Peckish punters at Que Pasa venues are being offered tapas to eat at the bar. Under the "just tapas at the bar" promotion, customers order a range of...

Blubeckers gobbles up rural pub sites

04-May-2006

Blubeckers, the pub-restaurant format bought by the Restaurant Group last year, has acquired two new sites and targeted four more by the end of the...

Keep meal prices down: survey

05-Jan-2006

Pubs must keep a close eye on the prices they charge for food or risk losing customers. That is the finding of a new report, which shows that...

Opinion - Jo Bruce, Editor

01-Sep-2005 By Jo Bruce

Time to acknowledge changing social mores At a friend's wedding recently the best man closed his speech by placing the groom's hand on top of his new...

Opinion - Jo Bruce, Editor

01-May-2005

Oliver's drive will affect you Love him or hate him, few can deny that Jamie Oliver has done an excellent job in raising the issue of the poor...

Blind dining' launched by Best Food Pub

10-Mar-2005

The winners of this year's Morning Advertiser Best Food Pub Award have launched a new event to encourage more corporate customers. Nigel and Ysanne...

Informal dining on the increase

02-Feb-2005

British consumers are Europe's biggest spenders on eating out, with a growth in informal dining creating new opportunities for the pub trade.Market...

Feed the need

25-Apr-2003

The following article is brought to you by McCain.Talk "occasions" and most people think of birthdays, Christmas and Valentine's Day. But people need...

More people are eating out at pubs

30-Jan-2003

Pub catering is one of the fastest- growing dining markets, a national survey on consumer spending has revealed. The Mintel British Lifestyles report...

Survey: Food-led pubs set for growth

02-Sep-2002

Pub food is going from strength to strength, with people eating out more often and companies investing heavily in food-led brands. According to a new...

Industry at the forefront of eating out revolution

10-Jul-2002

As publicans are aware, eating out is big business in the UK today and pubs are at the forefront of this food revolution.Last year, The Publican...

Two-thirds of public opt to eat out over other leisure activities

10-May-2002

Almost two-thirds of the population would choose to go out for a meal at a pub or restaurant rather than going to the cinema or theatre, according to...

Making a meal of it - pub food is big business

30-Jan-2002

Pub food is now so popular that many outlets are adapting just for that purpose.Pub food is big business. Whether it's the up-and-coming gastropubs...