Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw like-for-like sales down by 0.1% over the six week Christmas and New Year period, according to research.
The licensee of a pub that ‘closed overnight’ and was turned into a furniture shop has defended his decision to shut the site, after campaigners submitted an ACV application.
Young’s pub company is planning to roll-out more than 20 Burger Shacks across its pub estate following introduction of the fast casual offering at The Windmill in Clapham and The Bull in Streatham, retail director Patrick Dardis told M&C Report.
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay believes the importance of sport on TV in pubs is “not what it used to be” as customers choose to watch events at home.
Gourmet hotdogs, juice bars and bubble tea bars are “short lived” crazes, although street food is starting to have a greater influence across the wider UK restaurant sector, according to the new Menu & Food Trends Report from Allegra Foodservice.
Everards managing director Stephen Gould has told M&C Report he hopes to add around six sites this year, as the company reports a 1.7% rise in profit before tax and exceptionals to £1.6m in the year to 30 September.
Wadworth, the Wiltshire brewer and pub operator, is to segment its entire c240-strong managed and tenanted pub estate into distinct trading styles, chairman and managing director Charles Bartholomew has told M&C Report.
Sales of desserts in pubs, restaurants and cafes have fallen 6.4% in a year, with “fickle” diners eschewing the course, a new report from NPD group shows.
Yummy Pubs, the venture led by Tim Foster and Anthony Pender, will launch its second Ssshh supper club concept site next month above its Gorringe Park pub next to London’s Tooting Railway Station.
Charles Wells has bought a London pub from Young’s specifically to let to multiple operator Yummy Pub Company and is looking at opportunities to adopt a similar acquisition strategy going forward, the PMA's sister title M&C Report has learnt.
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