As recently reported in the Daily Express, diners are more frequently requesting a table for one according to research undertaken by guest experience management experts HospitalityGEM. With one in four people eating out alone at least once a month the largely untapped market for single diners is becoming a significant one. Work + dining The biggest reason for this increase in … [Read more...]
Success for St Austell’s Brewer & Bean coffee strategy
St Austell Brewery is reporting early success with its new coffee brand which launched in the first quarter of 2014. Coffee sales are booming for St Austell’s managed pubs across Cornwall and Devon, with the new line improving coffee and food sales. Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery is one of the UK’s most successful independent brewers with 168 pubs and inns in its estate, … [Read more...]
UK’s biggest Pub Beer Festival returns
The Craft Beer Co. was responsible for creating the UK’s biggest Pub Beer Festival back in April at its site in Clapham, London, and it’s now set to return this September. The ‘Craft 100’ festival will run from 18 to 21 September and will once again showcase a staggering 100 beers from the very best breweries across the UK. Beers that blew people away Craft Beer Co. … [Read more...]
Coke and Monster announce long-term Partnership
The Coca-Cola Company and Monster Beverage Corporation have entered into definitive agreements for a long-term strategic partnership that is expected to accelerate growth for both companies in the fast-growing, global energy drink category. The new, innovative partnership leverages the respective strengths of both companies to create compelling value for both companies and … [Read more...]
Batemans successes at industry awards
Batemans, the family brewer based in Lincolnshire, has enjoyed a string of successes at key industry awards with its new beers, launched as part of their 140th Anniversary celebrations, and including the International Beer Challenge 2014 and the Beer Bottlers Institute competition, with Black Pepper Ale standing out as a real medal winner. Beer Bottlers Institute The summer … [Read more...]