09-Aug-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Brewers and pub operators Wadworth and SA Brains have signed up their managed houses to the RSPCA Freedom Food Simply Ask campaign.
09-Aug-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The world's first gourmet frozen food restaurant was opened by the British Frozen Food Federation in London yesterday (8 August).
04-Aug-2011 By Lesley Foottit
MasterChef 2010 finalist and food writer Alex Rushmer has taken on his first pub from top chef Stephen Bull.
18-Jul-2011 By Michelle Perrett
Michelin starred chef Sriram Aylur of Quilon restaurant in London's Victoria was this week made "Beer Drinker of the Year" by the All-Party...
27-Jun-2011 By The PMA Team & Mark Wingett
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has recruited the former executive chef of Wagamama and Tampopo to explore the pan-Asian food opportunity.
22-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch Taverns is spending £250,000 on turning the Boddington Arms in Blackburn into a Fayre & Square — the concept focusing on a low-priced...
14-Jun-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Pub and restaurant groups reported the first fall in like-for-like sales this year in May, as they suffered a post-Easter and Royal Wedding hangover...
10-Jun-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
M&B is looking to develop an Asian food-influenced concept, after an unsuccessful approach for Pan Asian restaurant chain Tampopo.
07-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Punch Taverns is spending nearly £250,000 turning the Nosey Parker in Lincoln into a Flaming Grill — the concept that focuses on grilled/barbecue...
30-May-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The team behind an award-winning Cambridgeshire gastropub has launched another outlet nearby. Owner of the Red Lion at Hinxton, Alex Clarke, has...
04-May-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A gastropub chef will be running the kitchen at Pentillie Castle's Pop-Up Restaurant for one weekend only this July. Philip Burgess of the acclaimed...
04-May-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The Scottish National Party has announced plans to grow and promote its pubs' and restaurants' use of local produce in its new manifesto.
04-May-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report
Nigel Pinegar, formerly of Paramount Restaurants, has joined Mitchells & Butlers as an operations development manager for Ember Inns.
27-Apr-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
The cost of eating out in pubs shot up by 7.5% during 2010, pushing up the average price of a dish across all courses to an all-time high of £6.78.
20-Apr-2011 By PubChef
Ideas for driving food sales at your pub including a ladies' lunch, stitch and bitch evenings and a senior citizen lunch club.
01-Apr-2011 By Jo Bruce
Pub chefs are being encouraged to enter the National Chef of the Year competition. The closing date for entries is 12 May and entrants must submit...
01-Apr-2011 By Jo Bruce
Three gastropubs called the Swan are among the front runners in nominations for the Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year 2011 Award. There is a...
18-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
A legal ruling in Europe could pave the way for pubs and restaurants to pay no VAT on hot takeaway food and drinks.
Novus Leisure grabs Balls Brothers for £7.8m
15-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
Novus Leisure, the London-based bar and restaurant operator, confirmed today it has bought the leasehold interests in 17 of the 19 outlets formerly...
Managed pub chains continue their sales momentum
14-Mar-2011 By Hamish Champ
The recent VAT rise might have dented the UK's enthusiasm for shopping but consumers still managed to eat and drink their way through a cold February...
10-Mar-2011 By Graham Ridout
Purity, the Warwickshire-based brewery, is collaborating with local restaurateurs to produce beer menus that match the food offerings. So far, the...
08-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Chef and restaurateur Terry Laybourne's company, 21 Hospitality Group, is to open a pub in Newcastle. The pub called the Broad Chare, is located on...
08-Mar-2011 By PubChef
Ideas for driving food and drink sales at your pub including a nostalgia night and Sunday roast take-away. Nostalgia night Where: Rose & Crown,...
07-Mar-2011 By Jo Bruce
Mitchells & Butlers' Harvester has become the first UK-wide restaurant brand to print dish-by-dish calorie information on their menus.
04-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
Premium Bars & Restaurants' former group commercial director Caroline Craik is opening her second Punch leased site. She will re-open the Dog...
03-Mar-2011 By The PMA Team
The Ha Ha Bar & Grill venue in Victoria will re-open as a Browns on 15 April. The venue, now owned by M&B, closes today for refurbishment.
01-Mar-2011 By Roger Protz
The constant focus on gastropub food overshadows the vast improvements in pub grub in general, says Roger Protz.
11-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The team behind award-winning London gastropub the Garrison are opening their third site at the end of March. Adam White and Clive Watson, who also...
21-Jan-2011 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Simon Wilkinson, the former Kout Food Group (KFG) and Paramount Restaurants executive, is to take the helm at La Tasca.
13-Dec-2010 By John Harrington
Managed operator Orchid Group is investing £3.6m installing Sky in all its 300 pubs and restaurants. More than half of the estate will also have...
29-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Consumers like to eat locally sourced meat when dining out and are more forgiving of strange shapes or trims of meat when it is local. The findings...
26-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Anglian Country Inns has opened a fishmonger at the Fox at Willian, in Hertfordshire, in response to growing demand.
24-Nov-2010 By PubChef
Some of the industry's top gastropub operators talk to PubChef about what inspired them and how they have used that inspiration.
18-Nov-2010 By Noli Dinkovski
Luke Spyrou talks to Noli Dinkovski about staff checklists, set price menus, takeaways, delivering leaflets and mixing pub food with fine dining.
15-Nov-2010 By Sheila McWattie
The Milestone battled it out in the semi-finals of Ramsay's Best Restaurant and is a finalist in the MA's Top 50 Gastropub Awards.
12-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
The Milestone in Sheffield, which appeared in the semi-final of Ramsay's Best Restaurant this week, is to open a wine bar and shop.
03-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Gastropub the Milestone in Sheffield will appear in the semi-final of Channel 4 show Ramsay's Best Restaurant on Tuesday (9 November).
Pub Food Families: The kids are all right
03-Nov-2010
Ok, let's get one thing straight, the last thing anyone wants is a screaming child incessantly banging their fork on the next table when you just...
Pub Food Profile: The Golden Boar, Freckenham, Suffolk
23-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
Routine can sometimes be rather disillusioning. For starters, it represents the drudge of the day-to-day. It's the supermarket big shop, paying the...
17-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has bought the Ha Ha Bar & Grill brand from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m.
Mitchells & Butlers buys Ha Ha Bar & Grill for £19.5m
17-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
In a surprise move Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has snapped up the Ha Ha Bar & Grill chain from Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5m. The deal...
Good Food Guide praises pubs
08-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Licensees are celebrating after taking top accolades in the latest edition of The Good Food Guide, which launched today. Jason King of the Wellington...
08-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
The Swan at Southrop, Gloucestershire, has received the top award in Good Food Guide 2011 Readers' Restaurant of the Year award. The private lease...
Whitbread sees its pub restaurant revenues rise
07-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
Shares in Whitbread dipped today despite the City warming to a positive trading update from the hotels to pub restaurant group. In a trading update...
Pete Brown: Pubs have improved so much, it's a shame about the food...
06-Sep-2010
Last month I was on a panel of 'experts' at a board awayday for a large regional brewer and pub operator. After being introduced to my fellow...
Brasserie Bar Co plans new pub-based concept
16-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Brasserie Bar Company, an outfit run by the former management team behind Loch Fyne Restaurant Group, is planning to roll out a new pub-based...
'Pubs could be forced to list calories for every meal and drink on the menu'
09-Aug-2010
Restaurants, take-aways and pubs could be forced to print menus calculating the calories in meals under government plans to combat obesity. Andrew...
26-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Orchid Group is refurbishing its 13-strong Living Room bars and restaurant brand. The new look will be lighter and brighter, featuring modern...
19-Jul-2010 By Jo Bruce
The founder of the British Larder, a website for foodies, has opened a Suffolk pub — the Cherry Tree pub in Bromeswell, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.
IRC appoints ex-Living Room director
13-Jul-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Individual Restaurant Company has appointed a new operations director and added the role of commercial director to its board.
