Low To No

Experts at low & no event on taking advantage of sector

THE LOW & NO PROJECT

How training is key in low & no market

By Gary Lloyd

Getting your staff on board with low & no drinks is vital in claiming your share of a market worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

Low & No Project: new products

THE LOW & NO PROJECT

New low & no serves to expand your range

By Rebecca Weller

Following the launch of the Morning Advertiser’s (MA) Low & No Project earlier this week, we’ve put together a handy round-up of some of the best new products in the segment from the last 12-months.

Sponsors give expert advice on low & no drinks at pubs

THE LOW & NO PROJECT

Operators must be agile on low & no drinks

By Gary Lloyd

Some of the best in the low & no drinks business have offered advice to pubs and bars wondering why they should invest in the category.

Laura Willoughby exclusive article for Low & No Project

THE LOW & NO PROJECT

Laura Willoughby: Moderation has gone mainstream

By Laura Willoughby MBE, founder of mindful drinking movement Club Soda

Many people in the UK are drinking less alcohol than they used to. However, only a small number of these have become complete abstainers.

The Low & No Project launches #LowNoProject

THE LOW & NO PROJECT

The Low & No Project launched by The MA

By Gary Lloyd

The Morning Advertiser is launching The Low & No Project in a bid to educate and inspire the opportunities in the low & no products on-trade category that are currently only being taken advantage of by a few operators.

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BEER REPORT 2024

Experts give comment for the Beer Report 2024

By The Morning Advertiser

If you want to know the beer trends to follow, the prices of the best-selling beers across Great Britain and how experts are seeing the future of the beer market for the on-trade – look no further.

Softly does it: if a drink looks attractive it is likely to entice others to purchase in your pub (credit: Getty/ViewApart)

FEATURE - SOFT DRINKS AND MIXERS

FEATURE: Find a soft spot for making money

By Emma Eversham

If you run a pub off the beaten track, or at least one with limited passing trade and you have a regular supply of customers, then congratulations, you’ve created a destination pub.

How to tailor a low and no drinks offer at your pub

PROMOTIONAL CONTENT

The low and no drinks you must serve in January

By The Morning Advertiser

What goes up must come down is the saying, and the festive highs in the on-trade are painfully followed by January lows – but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Big Interview: The Morning Advertiser talks brewing success with Becky Keane of Nirvana Brewery

BIG INTERVIEW

The Big Interview: Becky Keane of Nirvana Brewery

By Rebecca Weller

The Morning Advertiser caught up with Nirvana Brewery co-founder Becky Keane to discuss the key to confidence, brewing success and championing women working in beer.

Toughest month: the pub remains a ‘wonderful place’ even for those abstaining

OPINION

Remember pubs during the ‘longest month of the year’

By Gav Young, licensee of the Plough & Barleycorn, Isle of Wight

So we are here, 2024 has begun. Much of the population will have powered through the festive indulgences in preparation for new year resolutions as we head into, arguably, the longest month of the year.

New products: this week's round up features Lucky Saint, Kingfisher and The Busker Irish Whiskey

NEW PRODUCTS ROUND-UP

Kingfisher unveils new zero alcohol variant

By Rebecca Weller

This month's round-up features new products from Kingfisher, Lucky Saint, Hattingley Valley, Two Tribes Brewery, Hive Mind and The Busker Irish Whiskey.

On-trend: SIBA has cited stouts and low ABV beers are ones to watch in 2024

Stouts and low ABV beers setting trends

By Gary Lloyd

Stouts and low ABV beers are leading the charge when it comes to trends in beer for the on-trade, according to the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).

What are the best selling brands of 2023?

DRINKS LIST 2024

The Drinks List – top brands to stock in 2024

By The Morning Advertiser

Welcome to the Drinks List 2024 – a list of the top-selling beverages in the on-trade looking at 15 different categories during the past year.

Sobering view: non-alcoholic occasions should be seen as an opportunity says Hari Fell

OPINION

Sober October deniers’ pubs will struggle to survive

By Hari Fell, Tudor Farmhouse Hotel, Clearwell, Gloucestershire, and founder of NoLo Cocktails

As a hotelier of 20 years and having given up alcohol more than four years ago, I read Gav Young’s opinion piece ‘A Pub is for life not for 10 months of the year’ with dismay.

Diageo md reflects on first year in job

Big Interview

The undercover boss

By Ed Bedington

There won’t be many captains of industry that look to stay close to the coalface, but for one top boss, playing an undercover role behind the bar is key to understanding his business.

Advice given: Poppleston Allen looks into if operators can serve under 18s low alcohol beer (image: Getty/Klaus Vedfelt)

LICENSING HUB - LEGAL WITH POPPLESTON ALLEN

The rules for serving low alcohol beer to under 18s

By Suraj Desor, associate solicitor, Poppleston Allen

This week's column looks at the licensing law around serving low alcohol to customers under 18 years old.

That's the spirit: How to take your alcohol-free offering to new heights (Getty/ ViewApart)

The dos and don’ts of making a stand-out mocktail

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

January is long gone, and now a fresh crowd has ditched booze for the 40-day stint of Lent. With a third of all pub visits alcohol free, there’s no time like the present for the sector knuckle down on its low-to-no offering.

New products: this week's round up features new serves from Whitley Neill, Bacardi and Black Sheep Brewery

NEW PRODUCTS ROUND-UP

Bacardi announces new spiced rum

By Rebecca Weller

This week's round-up features new products from Bacardi, Whitley Neill, Nirvana Brewery, Luscombe, Hogs Back Brewery and Black Sheep Brewery.

Crowdfunding campaign: Exmoor Ales is looking to expand from the south-west of England

Two breweries bid to raise extra finance

By Gary Lloyd

Award-winning brewery Exmoor Ales and start-up business Havabier are both seeking crowdfunding to expand and launch their companies respectively.

New plans: Drinkaware wants to working together to reduce alcohol harm across the UK (credit: Getty/LeoPatrizi)

Drinkaware launches new strategy

By Gary Lloyd

Alcohol education body Drinkaware has launched a three-year strategy to improve on how society understands alcohol and make using it more risk-free.

Work to be done: Drinkaware chief executive Karen Tyrell

Big Interview

EXCLUSIVE: A new strategy in the relationship with alcohol

By Phil Mellows

Karen Tyrell smiles and shrugs as though the answer is so obvious the question really wasn’t worth asking. “Well, yes, I go to pubs. They’re nice places to be, aren’t they?” she says, sure that no one could doubt it.

SIBA initiative: the tracker will show how many breweries are active across the 10 areas of the UK

Tracker launched to keep tabs on brewery numbers

By Gary Lloyd

The number of breweries in the UK will no longer be a mystery after the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) launched a tracker that shows how many active brewers there are.

New products: this week's round up features new serves from Uncle Nearest, High Point, Provence Wine, Lockdown Liquor & Co. and Hogs Back

NEW PRODUCTS

Uncle Nearest whiskey launches in the UK

By Rebecca Weller

This week's round up features a UK launch from American whiskey brand Uncle Nearest alongside new products from Hogs Back, Provence Wine, Lockdown Liquor & Co, and High Point.

Drinks list: non-alcoholic beer was the second most popular no-ABV drink, according to the research (image:Getty/Instants)

1 in 5 opting for alc-free beer

By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 21% of UK adults would drink booze-free beer as an alcohol alternative at a social occasion where others were drinking alcohol, new research has found.

Get down the pub: some 85% of UK pubs serve low or no alcohol beers

BBPA urges alcohol-free visits to pubs

By Gary Lloyd

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has urged customers who are abstaining from alcohol to visit their local this month because 85% of pubs now serve alcohol-free beers.

New products: this week's round up features new serves from Guinness, Salcombe Distilling Co and Ellers Farm

NEW PRODUCTS ROUND-UP

Guinness 0.0 launches for the on-trade

By Rebecca Weller

This week's round-up features an on-trade debut from Guinness alongside a new gin from Ellers Farm Distillery and a festive relaunch from Salcombe Distilling Co.

What are the latest drinks releases before Christmas 2022?

New products round-up

New drinks in time for Christmas

By Gary Lloyd

The latest new releases to the market include beers from Hook Norton, Theakston and Chevallier while spirits include Johnnie Walker and Elusive Expressions from Diageo.

Alcohol-free offer: the roll out will start in 10 of city Pub Group's 45 sites before being expanded further next year

City Pub Group offering alcohol-free wine

By Nikkie Thatcher

Multiple operator City Pub Group has revealed it will launch alcohol-free wine Noughty across a number of its pubs from the new year, with plans to expand the roll out across 2023.

Mixing things up: Operators plan stock stock more low and no options in 2023 (Getty/ Instants)

4 in 5 bars to up no/low offering

By Amelie Maurice-Jones

More than four in five bars plan to increase their ranges of no and low alcohol drinks in 2023 to capitalise on consumers’ interest in healthier drinks, new research has revealed.

Advice given: 'There are some measures that you can introduce to try and avoid being in the position where a customer who has had too much to drink will want to or attempt to drive home and these include encouraging customers who are driving not to drink,' says Poppleston Allen's Natasha Beck

Licensing hub - legal with Poppleston Allen

Vigilance urged on drink driving

By Natasha Beck, associate solicitor, Poppleston Allen

The THINK! ‘Mates for Life’ drink drive campaign has recently relaunched again recently with the aim of encouraging friends to intervene if someone is attempting to drink and drive, with the message ‘A mate doesn’t let a mate drink and drive.’

What are the best selling drinks brands of 2022

Drinks List 2023

The Drinks List – top brands to stock in 2023

By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s Drinks List has seen great strides forward in terms of volume and value sales versus last year because the on-trade has been operating on a much better basis than during the heavily restrictive phases of the pandemic.

No respite in sight: food and drink inflation has risen by more than 10% for eight months in a row (credit: Getty/Muhammad Farhad)

Food and drink inflation rises to record-high 18.8%

By Gary Lloyd

Inflation in food and drink prices hit a record high of 18.8% in September 2022 – the eighth consecutive month of double-digit rises – according to the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.

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