Chefs and foodservice operators are feeling more confident about future trading than they were 12 months ago, with 86% of those taking part in a recent survey anticipating an increase in sales over the next year and many less inclined to implement further cost-cutting measures. 25% expect large increase in trade According to Eating Out-Look*, a new quarterly survey of … [Read more...]
SWR launches innovative waste reduction solution – FoodSmart
Hospitality waste expert SWR (Specialist Waste Recycling Ltd) has launched FoodSmart, an end-to-end service designed to enable foodservice businesses of all sizes to reduce the amount of food that is wasted throughout its journey through the restaurant. The service enables its users to reduce costs, improve profits and improve sustainable performance in the process. Every … [Read more...]
Wadworth supports tenants and free trade promote Ipanema
Wadworth’s Ipanema beer, brewed in celebration of all things Brazilian in this World Cup year, is to be backed up by a number of incentives to help tenants and free trade promote and sell the citrussy best bitter. A range of customer prizes and competitions will be provided to stockists to help them encourage drinkers to try and buy. Wadworth tenants who buy two firkins … [Read more...]
Eating and drinking out – JDW leads the way
The eating and drinking out sectors are merging fast - and JD Wetherspoon is blazing the trail, the latest CGA Peach BrandTrack research reveals. Rising importance of food and drink to one another The survey of 5,000 UK adults identifies the rising importance of food and drink to one another in consumers’ decisions to go out. Half of those questioned said the availability … [Read more...]
Wetherspoon like-for-likes up 6.2% in Q3
J D Wetherspoon has released its Interim Management Statement for the period up to 6 May 2014, incorporating the 13-week period to 27 April 2014, expressing caution about the exact outcome of the final quarter, but anticipating a reasonable outcome for the year. The Statement reads: Current trading For the 13 weeks to 27 April 2014, like-for-like sales increased by 6.2%, … [Read more...]