Hungry Horse

Pubs launch Father's Day meal deals

19-May-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs are launching a new range of meal deals and events to capitalise on Father’s Day on Sunday, 18 June.

Beef overtakes chicken on pub menus

05-May-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Beef is now the most popular protein for pub diners, the MCA Menu & Food Trends Report 2017 has shown.

Food news

“Moaning” Hungry Horse customers will no longer be served food

16-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Two regulars will no longer be served food by their local Hungry Horse site after repeatedly complaining about the quality and portion size of the food.

Competition

Hungry Horse urges customers 'having a mare' to enter competition

13-Sep-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

Greene King’s Hungry Horse brand has launched a competition to help families get through their first week of work and school.

New Big Plate Specials for Hungry Horse menu

02-Apr-2015 By Jo Bruce

Greene King Pub Company has launched a new menu across its Hungry Horse sites.

Ethics of 2000 calorie Hungry Horse ‘Man v Food’ style burger questioned by nutritionist

10-Nov-2014 By James Evison

A double-donut burger launched by pub-restaurant chain Hungry Horse that contains 1966 calories has resulted in a nutritionist claiming the family brand ‘have no conscience’.

Pub value brands capturing ‘hard pressed family’ vote

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

Spirit’s Flaming Grill and Fayre & Square concepts, plus Greene King’s Hungry Horse and Whitbread’s Brewer’s Fayre, all feature in the top 10 brands that are most likely to capture custom from “hard-pressed families”, according to new research by...

Hungry Horse brand 'could grow to 500 sites'

28-Jun-2013 By Mark Wingett

Hungry Horse, Greene King’s value pub restaurant brand, could eventually grow to 500 sites in the UK, after proving its flexibility across a number of different trading locations.

Greene King aims for Hungry Horse expansion

07-May-2013 By John Harrington

Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, believes it can more than double the size of its 200-strong Hungry Horse brand, which it said would be at the forefront of its growth and was now positioned at the heart of the austerity “VFM sweet spot” and driving...

Pubcos pulled up for poor hygiene standards

04-Jan-2013 By Lesley Foottit

A tabloid hygiene investigation has named and shamed some of the biggest UK pub operators.

GK pays £1.25m for Hungry Horse site

20-Jul-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Greene King has paid £1.25m for a 99-year lease to set up a Hungry Horse pub and restaurant at the Pipeworks retail and leisure development in...

Greene King: Hungry Horse expands 50%

28-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team

Greene King has expanded its Hungry Horse brand by 51 sites in two years — around 50% — with a growth spurt of 26 new sites in the past five...

Hungry Horse BDMs go back to the floor

07-Apr-2008

The view that pubcos should have a clearer picture of what goes on at the sharp end is - fairly or not - often expressed by publicans. Eight Greene...

Careers in managed pubs: Testing times

29-Sep-2004

Personality is still hugely important but pubcos take a more scientific approach to recruitment nowadays.Recruiting people to work in pubs has been...

Greene King's David Scott talks to JO BRUCE about the growth

12-Aug-2004

Anyone who says size doesn't matter is obviously not a Hungry Horse customer. For big is at the core of Hungry Horse's brand values ­ big portions,...

Marketing ideas lift Hungry Horse sales

23-Jan-2003

Hungry Horse, Greene King's flagship food brand, has reported an 8% like-for-like sales growth over Christmas after pubs were encouraged to produce...