The pub food market would be virtually unrecognisable to the customer of 30 years ago, as it responds ever more rapidly to changing consumer demands. Writing on the CGA Strategies blog, Scott Elliott has some interesting thoughts and insights on a pub food market that is constantly evolving... And growing - food sales in pubs are now worth £7.5 billion a year and increasing … [Read more...]

Hall and Woodhouse, the independent family brewer and pub operator with over 250 public houses and hotels, has selected NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, to deploy a new communications infrastructure. The new platform will introduce faster, more efficient communications including Voice and Video over IP. NextiraOne was able to design and … [Read more...]

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has launched ‘Community Pubs Month’, which started on 1 April, to encourage pubs to organise and promote a range of events throughout the month that will appeal to the public. CAMRA has produced and distributed over 6,000 promotional pub packs across Britain to help pubs market the activities they have planned. The campaign follows … [Read more...]

Managed pub and bar group TCG has converted three more pubs to its successful King’s Feast big value menu format, demonstrating how quality and value drive customers to refurbished community pubs – as well as driving food sales. The introduction of King’s Feast at the Black Horse in Skipton, the Corn Exchange in Preston and the Newquay Arms in Cornwall coincides with the … [Read more...]