Star Pubs & Bars is boosting its soft drinks category support, reflecting the growing popularity of soft drinks. The company has appointed its first dedicated soft drinks buyer, is making Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) its official category partner, installing new dispense equipment in its pubs and providing licensees with promotional materials. Paul Hunter, who … [Read more...]
Apprenticeship applications rocket as school leavers look to a career
As thousands of young people across the country flock to collect their A level results this week, a growing number will be looking to learn and earn through an apprenticeship scheme, an increasingly popular alternative to university. Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, is seeing this first-hand. In 2016, the business pledged to offer 10,000 … [Read more...]
Robinsons launch ‘best in glass’ scheme in relentless quest for beer quality
180-year-old Stockport-based family brewers, ROBINSONS, have launched a new quality assurance scheme – ‘Best in Glass’ – in a quest to improve beer quality across their 260-strong tenanted and managed pub estate. For the first time this new initiative will seamlessly knit together Robinsons annual beer quality audit, Cask Marque audits, training records and Vianet data (line … [Read more...]
Casual Dining Group opens third Ale and Coffee House at Jersey Port
Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of nearly 300 mid-market restaurant brands including Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Las Iguanas, has signed a concessions agreement to open an Ale & Coffee House concept at Jersey Port. The deal, which is CDG’s second contract with Ports of Jersey, following the agreement to run all food and beverage concessions at Jersey Airport in … [Read more...]
Dandelyan releases newest chapter of The Modern Life of Plants cocktail menu
Dandelyan, the award-winning bar at Mondrian London, has launched the second chapter of this year’s cocktail menu, The Modern Life of Plants. Coming just three months after the release of the first chapter, the newest menu is a further exploration by Ryan Chetiyawardana (AKA Mr Lyan) and his team into the role that global large-scale production has had on plant life in the … [Read more...]