Since premium Kitchen and Cocktail Bar The Snug opened its doors in Hitchin for the first time on 16 May, the new venue has more than doubled its sales expectation, after a staggering 2000 covers were served at the 60 cover site in week one. The early ‘till late kitchen and cocktail offering proved to be a big hit after customers sipped 1,500 cocktails in week one, with the … [Read more...]
Brighter horizon for UK Tourism and Leisure
Around one third of staff working in guest houses, hotels, restaurants and pubs are now employed on zero hours contracts, according to the latest Travel & Tourism Survey conducted by MHA. Yet, despite the flexibility that this arrangement offers employers, well over 60% of these staff regularly work 20 hours or more – with more than three quarters of these routinely … [Read more...]
World Cup week 3: ale and stout top sales growth
Every 4 years the nation is gripped by the FIFA World Cup - so how does success or failure on the pitch by England (and the other teams) impact the behaviour of British consumers? For each week of the World Cup, WDR is sharing relevant findings from the weekly sales of key BWS categories (beer, wines and spirits) in British supermarkets, using data provided by IRI. In the … [Read more...]
Punch Buying Club reaches 400,000th online order
Punch Taverns licensee Tracey Harvey from the Roebuck Inn in Brierley Hill made history when she placed the 400,000th online order via the company’s award-winning Punch Buying Club website. To celebrate the milestone, Tracey has won her average weekly order. She said: “I’ve been running the Roebuck for almost seven years and regularly go onto the Punch Buying Club a couple … [Read more...]
Greene King: record results, strong returns, strategic progress
Greene King has today reported its Preliminary results for the 53 weeks to 4 May 2014, with Rooney Anand, Greene King chief executive officer, commenting: “We have delivered four years of record results since the credit crunch and maintained this momentum over the last 12 months by giving our customers what they want, in the right way and at the right price. Profit growth of … [Read more...]