The lunch! show confirmed its position as the leading trade event for the UK’s food-to-go market last week, after its sixth, and biggest, edition attracted a record 5,929 industry professionals. The two-day show, which took place on 26-27 September at Business Design Centre, London, enjoyed a 37% increase in unique attendees (excluding revisits) compared to 4,314 in … [Read more...]
How Britain Eats: more ‘Aspirational Gourmets’, more provenance and transparency
The 2013 How Britain Eats!™ report from Allegra Strategies surveys over 1,200 nationally represented UK consumers, exploring shopping, cooking and eating behaviours, and making essential reading for all food industry leaders. The report delivers insight into influences and trends that are key to understanding consumer behaviour on what food is eaten at home and when deciding to … [Read more...]
How do you build a social hospitality brand?
Marketers working in the hospitality industry today who think that social media is a quick and easy solution are operating under a misconception because it can be difficult and very expensive. Speaking at the HMA’s ‘Digital Trends for 2014’ meeting last night, Jeremy Waite, an expert on digital marketing and Head of Social EMEA said that there was little value in companies … [Read more...]
Pubs in Our lives – CAMRA research highlights the importance of the pub in British lives
New research commissioned by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, today highlights how important British pubs are in people’s lives and calls on the public to start using them more often before more close. ‘Where would we be without the local?’ CAMRA’s third national pub campaign of the year, ‘Pubs in Our Lives’, will run throughout October. The objective of the campaign is … [Read more...]
Quality accommodation – a Dog’s Best Friend
When it comes to going on holiday, lots of families like to include their pet. Gary Swarbrooke, Director of Policy and Quality at Quality in Tourism, the assessment service for VisitEngland, talks about how to accommodate guests who want to take along their dog. 8 million dogs – and some want to take a holiday with their owners! Being able to take your dog on holiday is … [Read more...]