23-Nov-2009 By Becky Paskin, Restaurant
The social trend for ditching "session drinking" for dining at pubs has resulted in the sector gaining the largest share of the eating out market....
Menus traditional and modern
20-Nov-2009
So, Fabio Capello likes shepherd's pie and has fallen in love with traditional British culture. If so, the England manager would enjoy a visit to the...
Pubs price menus to compete, says Food Report
20-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
How much has the recession impacted on the way pubs run their food business? It's all too easy to point to any change in consumer habits and name...
Getting equipped
20-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Gone are the days when you needed a skilled chef and a team of staff for the kitchen to provide a food offer. Gone also are the days when you needed...
Frozen food comes out on top in fresh taste test
05-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
Even those with sophisticated palates can't tell the difference between fresh and frozen food, as new research carried out on top chefs has...
Great food - no chef required
25-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
If you simply looked at the facts surrounding the Royal Oak and its food trade you would think that licensee Myles Ball was either an extraordinary...
Pubs warned after shellfish blamed for Fat Duck food poisoning
11-Sep-2009
Pubs and restaurants are being warned to check their procedures for handling shellfish in the wake of the report into the outbreak of food poisoning...
08-Sep-2009 By Jo Bruce
If you are looking for something different to boost your al fresco dining ffer then why not consider offering a cook-at-the-table concept. Inspired...
Pub Food in Focus: Sharing food, saving money
17-Aug-2009
In the latest QuickBite survey, carried out in June, consumers indicated they are less likely to eat out now than they were three months ago. Asked...
Customers shopping around for pub food bargains
23-Jul-2009
Bargain-hunting is increasingly replacing brand loyalty when consumers eat out, according to new research. The quarterly QuickBite survey from...
Eating out spend falls
15-Jul-2009 By Jo Bruce
The recession has prompted the first decline in the eating-out market for 40 years. The report, Eating Out in the UK 2009, produced by industry...
Pub lunch under threat as consumers eat out less
15-Jul-2009
The amount consumers spend on eating out of the home has fallen for the first time in 40 years, according to a new study commissioned by fast food...
Legal: Food sampling
24-Jun-2009
Reputations in the hospitality industry are gained - and lost - on the basis of quality and hygiene. As such, food sampling is becoming increasingly...
11-Jun-2009 By Jo Bruce
The pubco behind customise your own steak concept Tailor Made Steaks has extended the idea to pizza and fish. Tailor Made Steaks has opened a fifth...
Tailor Made Steaks branches out with fifth pub
11-Jun-2009
Expanding pub group Tailor Made Steaks has opened its fifth pub - and is taking the food offer into new areas.The Kings Arms, at Litton near Bath,...
'Meal deals' pushing down pub menu prices
10-Jun-2009
Managed pubs are struggling to pass on the full effect of food inflation as deals continue to drive the market, according to new data.Industry...
Food Safety Week is coming - June 15 to 21
04-Jun-2009
The aim of the UK-wide campaign, which is sponsored by the Food Standards Agency, is to raise awareness of good food hygiene practice. Businesses and...
26-May-2009 By Ewan Turney
Take-out meals for free, courses for the dog and starters served as main course are just some of the promos being used in the USA.
28-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets are now snatching food trade away from pubs and restaurants with their range of meal deals, according to new research. Supermarket deals...
Cockburn's kits to match port with food
28-Apr-2009
Maxxium UK is offering pubs new kits to help encourage consumers to drink port with food.The Prompt for Port kits promote the Cockburn's range....
Beer and food matching: Mitch Tonks' menu
22-Apr-2009
Restaurateur and food writer Mitch Tonks founded the FishWorks chain of seafood-inspired ventures, and now runs the acclaimed Seahorse in Dartmouth,...
Beer and Food matching recipe: Asparagus, pear and fennel salad with blue cheese and pickled walnuts
21-Apr-2009
Asparagus, pear and fennel salad with blue cheese and pickled walnutsServes 4Ingredients2 bundles of British asparagus trimmed1 fennel bulb trimmed...
Mark Daniels: Frozen food for thought
20-Apr-2009
I can't help but feel just a teensy bit sorry for Gordon Ramsay this week.As a smirk of smug satisfaction quivers at the edge of your lips, the pinch...
05-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £13,000 after one of its pubs in Formby breached food hygiene regulations. Food safety officers visited the...
26-Feb-2009 By John Harrington
Punch tenants can sell meals for set amounts starting at just £1.99, under a new scheme. The Table Top scheme, initially available for around 1,000...
13-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
The average spend per head on pub meals dropped 8.6% on last year to £13.42 in the run-up to Christmas — a level not seen since December 2003 —...
County Estate launches entry-level food offer
07-Jan-2009
Tenanted pub operator County Estate Management has launched a basic food offer targeting licensees in its wet-let pubs.Working in partnership with...
Customers eat for free at the Roebuck Inn - but when?
17-Dec-2008
A Wiltshire pub is offering free food and drink - with the only downside being that customers won't know when.The Fuller's-owned Roebuck Inn, at...
03-Dec-2008 By Ewan Turney
Pubs need to concentrate on value food offers to tempt customers in during quiet periods on the run-up to Christmas, says an analyst.
M&B admits food hygiene breach at Portsmouth Harvester
20-Nov-2008
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) faces a fine in the crown court after admitting food hygiene offences at the Portsmouth branch of its Harvester pub...
Food hygiene: Beware of festive food poisoning
12-Nov-2008
Enjoying a sumptuous meal is an integral part of the Christmas festivities - and for the hospitality industry it's also a great revenue earner that...
Pubs warned over food safety
02-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Food operators have been told they risk losing their business if they don't adhere to food safety issues. The stark warning comes from stock audit...
26-Aug-2008 By Lucy Britner
The credit crunch won't hit pubs as hard as last time, according to a new survey undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
BBC targets Yates's outlet
22-Aug-2008
The BBC has broadcast the edition of 'Rogue Restaurants' which led to the resignation of the manager and kitchen team at the Yates's bar in Reading,...
22-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney
A BBC documentary revealed serious hygiene breaches at Yates's in Reading last night. The Rogue Restaurants programme revealed that staff had been...
Locally sourced food and good service boost profits
08-Aug-2008
Despite news that sales of beer are at their lowest since the 1930's, good food can drive up profits, new research has found.Consumers are willing to...
What an EHO looks for
06-Aug-2008
How clean is your pub kitchen? How good are your hygiene practices? You may think everything's fine - or you may just have been ignoring things for...
Gold Great Taste Awards winners announced
01-Aug-2008 By Lucy Britner
The gold winners of the Great Taste Awards have been announced. From 4753 products entered into the scheme this year, the majority of gold winners...
M&B pledges disciplinary action after BBC hygiene probe
01-Aug-2008
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) says it expects to take disciplinary action after the BBC 'Rogue Restaurants' series showed breaches of hygiene...
Ignore 'use by' dates at your peril
17-Jul-2008
Proper storage of food is a critical part of keeping food-related illness - particularly food poisoning - at bay. And, as no food lasts forever,...
23-Jun-2008 By Lucy Britner
Pubs have a responsibility to make it clear what is in the food they serve, according to a new survey from the Food Standards Agency. The FSA...
12-Jun-2008 By Jo Bruce
From bloggers to pubco booses, Whitbread's all-you-can-eat Taybarns is the concept everyone is talking about, with estimated food takings of around...
Table Table's official debut
22-May-2008
Whitbread has formally launched its new Table Table brand which now operates from 105 sites. Research by Whitbread revealed that UK diners wanted a...
'£7bn food scam exposed'
24-Apr-2008
Cheap food is being dressed up as top-quality produce in a vast fraud costing shoppers £7billion a year, it is claimed today. There is mounting...
'Basic food prices still soaring'
23-Apr-2008
Families have been warned that the prices of basic foods will rise steeply again because of acute shortages in commodity markets - The TimesBread...
Crimes against pub food
01-Apr-2008
Spelling mistakes on the menu You might think that as long as the food is good, you can get away with a few spelling mistakes on the menu. To us,...
Focus Scotland: Food labelling
31-Mar-2008
At least if a politician has his mouth full, he can't be lying to you at the same time.Political commentators in Scotland inevitably had a bit of fun...
The Fountain
27-Mar-2008
Clent, West Midlands Marston's Pub Company leasehold Richard and Jacqui Macey have made the Fountain such a sought-after place to eat that there is...
Whites launches new pub food products
20-Mar-2008
Whites, the exclusive 3663 brand, has launched five new lines in its range of luxury frozen and chilled foods. Targeting upmarket food pubs, the new...
Plan your foray into food
20-Mar-2008
Food may not be the cure for all the pub trade's ills, but get it right and it can bring handsome rewards and compensate for declining beer sales and...
