20th September marked a serious milestone for Benito’s Hat in London’s Covent Garden: they sold their one millionth burrito – and marked the occasion by awarding the prize of free burritos for a year. The winner – Alison Flaherty, pictured above – looks a little shocked by the occasion and her prize on the video (link below). Hope she really likes burritos! … [Read more...]
Spirit launches booking facility in time for Christmas
Spirit Pub Company has teamed up with liveRES to develop a bespoke online reservation tool that enables each individual pub in its 800 strong estate to intelligently manage their online bookings. More efficient booking – for guests and staff The event booking system, which is currently being rolled out across Spirit’s Flaming Grill, Fayre & Square, Chef & Brewer and … [Read more...]
Cask Report: sales growth + insights to winning new customers
Cask ale volumes grew in 2011 for the first time in 20 years, recording 1.6% uplift, says The Cask Report 2012-13. Around 2.2 million barrels of cask, equating to some 633 million pints, were sold last year. Over the same period, cask also overtook keg as the most popular format for draught ale, increased its penetration of the pub market to 56%, achieved a 53% ‘ever tried’ … [Read more...]
Rekorderlig’s Winter Cider snowballs with ad campaign and awards
Cider continues to attract attention and new drinkers, with Rekorderlig in the forefront. After its biggest summer to date, Rekorderlig is driving the growth of the fruit cider category, which is one of the only categories within long alcoholic drinks to show strong growth. Now, its Winter Cider is back by popular demand and set for its biggest year to date supported by its … [Read more...]
CAMRA launches national online pub guide
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has launched its first ever national online pub guide – whatpub.com - dedicated to helping the public find the best pubs to suit their needs across Britain. Following an extensive two year project by thousands of CAMRA volunteers, whatpub.com features 47,000 pubs, around 36,000 of which serve real ale – making the site the most definitive … [Read more...]