Coffee outlets are aware of the impact on customer loyalty and sales when they offer complementary sweet biscuits with their coffee. Lotus Bakeries’ launch of a new iconic and bold pack design for their individually wrapped ‘Original Caramelised Biscuit’, along with the introduction of the ‘Biscoff’ brand name for the first time in the UK, will reinforce brand recognition and … [Read more...]
WDR Duty + VAT online calculator: the simple way of working out the floor price on alcohol from 6 April 2014
WDR points out that, after multople changes of course along the way, the Government (Home Office) has published its “Guidance on banning the sale of alcohol below the cost of duty plus VAT” with implementation day on 6 April 2014. WDR originally launched its Duty + VAT Calculator in April 2011 to help people easily work out the floor price for the planned new Coalition … [Read more...]
Start planning to visit the London Coffee Festival 2014
The London Coffee Festival 2014 is on its way! Celebrating London’s bustling and vibrant coffee scene, it attracts both trade and consumer visitors, and demonstrates just how coffee has flourished in recent years. With over 20,000 visitors expected, The London Coffee Festival promises again to be an unmissable event for discerning coffee lovers and those working in the … [Read more...]
Snacking still big – if you have right offer
New foodservice industry figures from The NPD Group Inc, the global information company, show that many of us still have the urge to ‘snack’ – often on sugary products – when away from home. Doughnuts were among the fastest growing ‘out of home’ snack items in the year ending December 2013, growing by +11.1% servings compared to the previous year. Brownies came a close … [Read more...]
Nicholson’s Pubs launches Danny Wallace Beer
Nicholson’s Pubs will launch the new collaboration beer by British journalist, author and presenter Danny Wallace (pictured above with Benedikt Ott, Head Brewer at Truman’s Brewery) and Truman’s Brewery during the forthcoming Nicholson’s Spring Ales Festival. Tom Ditto IPA (5% ABV) has been created to mark the release of Wallace’s new novel Who is Tom Ditto? published by Ebury … [Read more...]