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Family focus: Just kidding

03-Mar-2008

FAMILY OCCASIONS make up nearly one third of the eating-out market and almost half of all youngsters admit to being fussy about the food they eat....

Food pub manager

29-Feb-2008

John Taylor, Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, London Covers: 100 Average covers a week: 500 Average food spend per head: £10 Wet:dry split: 63:37...

LTC Boxing clever

02-Oct-2007

The Licensed Trade Charity's annual boxing tournament takes place on 12 November

Hertfordshire carvery Heralds new direction

05-Jul-2007 By The PMA Team

Herald Inns & Bars, the nightclub, inns & bars business, opened its first carvery this week

South East

01-Feb-2007

Countryman Inn Shipley, West Sussex Food has been an essential aspect of the Countryman Inn from the moment Alan Vaughan bought the freehold 21 years...

Wales

11-Jan-2007

Bunch of Grapes Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan When a pub's food revenue starts to far outweigh its wet sales there are many who would say it should be...

Attract families

01-Dec-2006

Mark Taylor continues our series with a look at how to encourage families to use your pub. The Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire As parents of young...

The GUV'NOR Paul Clerehugh

12-Oct-2006

I became a "dinner lady" two years ago when I was emotionally blackmailed by my village school, forcing me to witness the only three kids brave...

Scottish pubs are smoke out trade

01-Oct-2006

Six months into Scotland's smoking ban, Fiona McLelland finds that those hosts who planned ahead and improved their food offer seem to have suffered least

Pub feeds pupils Jamie Oliver style

18-Sep-2006

Children at five primary schools in Lincolnshire are set to sample Jamie Oliver style lunches thanks to local licensee Ian Quill. Quill, who runs the...

Snacks Focus: Hot and spicy wins the day

01-Sep-2006

The impeding smoking ban has prompted many pubs to consider refocusing their food offering because of the potential impact on wet sales. With spicy...

The Bamburgh, South Shields, Tyne & Wear

01-Sep-2006

Since reopening after major refurbishment in September 2005, the Bamburgh has increased its food offering and introduced a no-smoking area. The busy...

Hook Norton continues Beer with Food build-up

02-Mar-2006 By Iain O'Neil

Hook Norton continued its build up to Beer With Food Week with a five-course banquet at the Navy Oak, Leafield, Oxfordshire. At recent dinner 20...

Managed pubcos drive food sales growth

28-Feb-2006

Managed pub operators are reaping the benefits of investment in growing food sales across their community pub estates in anticipation of the smoking...

All options open at Spirit, says Jones

27-Oct-2005

Spirit Group chief executive Karen Jones has insisted all options, including an IPO, remain open following strong fourth-quarter trading. Speculation...

Christmas - Fox's timing tips for the perfect festive lunch

01-Oct-2005 By Richard Fox

If you are going to do a standard three-course Christmas lunch try to make sure the first course is cold. This way, there's no messing around with...

Letting off Steam - Sharing Food

01-Aug-2005

Letting off steam - Do you think sharing food is a trend that more pubs should be focusing on? Kieron Daniels, chef/proprietor, the Fox and Hounds,...

Smoking ban consultation published

20-Jun-2005

The government is sticking to its guns on proposals for a 'half-way house' smoking ban forcing pubs to choose between smokers and food.The newly...

Yates hits high street with two-for-one meal deals

11-Nov-2004

by John Harrington High-street managed company Yates Group has started offering two-for-one meal deals across its Yates's outlets, except for its...

Starters - Menu of the month

01-Mar-2004

The Jolly Sportsman, Chapel Lane, East Chiltington, East Sussex. STYLE: Informal yet refined. European mainstream cooking with a twist. WHAT'S ON...

Snacks - The fast show

01-Jan-2004

Your customers are looking for good food in a hurry. PubChef looks at how pubs can make the most of the snack market. It's not just pub chefs that...

Chefs hit back at guide's slur on rising cost of pub food

16-Oct-2003

The new Good Pub Guide has been blasted by the trade for ignoring the success of pub food.Alisdair Aird, editor of the guide, hit the headlines this...

The pleasure of snacking

25-Apr-2003

The following article is brought to you by Walkers Snack Foods.How to cash in on the crisps & snacks opportunity by occasion.Quiet drink /...

Hospitality Week beckons hosts

16-Jan-2003

by Claire Hu Licensees are being invited to increase their knowledge of the trade at Hospitality Week 2003. The event takes place at the NEC in...

Seeing is believing

27-May-2002

Display techniques can improve bagged snacks sales.Crisps and snacks purchases in the on-trade aren't planned, so impulse buys are usually prompted...

Snacks for all occasions

18-Mar-2002

Bagged snacks are worth £150m in the licensed sector, excluding leisure, and are still growing.Snacking may account for a relatively small, but...

Sunday roast in a bap?

15-Mar-2001

Half an hour or so to spare before catching a train from Nottingham to London. Not enough time for a full-blown pub meal in the Galley restaurant of...