Ashley McCarthy tells us how he felt when pubs closed, what he has done to keep his destination pub – Ye Old Sun Inn – running, his reopening plans and how he sees the industry post-pandemic.
Cheeky publican Tom Kerridge is the second biggest food influencer in the UK, according to the Telegraph’s Food Power List 2017, which recognises food and drink producers changing the way we eat and drink.
The number of consumers choosing to eat breakfast outside the home on a daily basis has dropped by 11% since 2015, according to purchasing company Beacon.
Star Pubs & Bars managing director Lawson Mountstevens predicts 2017 will be about “experimentation, premiumisation, unusual mixers, flavoured spirits and authentic artisan food”.
Marston’s will have to choose the sites of its 20 new food pubs carefully to avoid the pinch of the saturation in the eating out sector, which has already forced menu prices down in high street pubs, a City analyst has warned.
A top chef has joined forces with royalty and government ministers to urge food businesses to be more supportive of local produce by displaying the provenance of the food on their menus during British Food Fortnight.
A total of 165 million visits were made to pubs, bars and clubs over the festive period - an increase of 15 million from the previous year - with total food and drink sales up 2% on the 2013 period.
The dreaded month of January is here and operators are already dropping prices to attract depressed post-Christmas revellers. However, that is harder than ever with food and drink price rises
Red Bull have ploughed £1.5 million into a promotional campaign for its Sugarfree variant as it looks to drive awareness of the product's low calorific value among calorie-conscious customers in the on-trade.
Pubs are taking the second largest market share of drinking and dining out occasions, according to The Taste of the Nation survey by Deloitte and BDRC.
UK spending on food and drink consumed out of home has outstripped that of at-home consumption, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The Seven Stars pub in Holborn, London, has been voted Best Pub in the Time Out Eating and Drinking Awards.The winner was voted for by the magazine's...
Could you run this Warrington pub? The Hawthorne is a thriving community sports pub in Warrington, showing live sport each day, along with live music every...
