The Slug & Lettuce is set to keep fans excited watching the World Cup, with a new menu addition: six football team Hot Dogs take inspiration from home and away flavours and will be on the menu line up from the kick off of the first group match on 12 June until the final on 13 July. Hot dog in one hand... “Customers can feast their eyes on the game with a World Cup Hot … [Read more...]
giraffe cafés for Tesco Extra stores
Six new giraffe café’s will open within Tesco Extra stores this summer. The café concept is designed for smaller sites with greater daytime footfall with an informal, reduced menu of classics and favourite dishes, as well as blackboard specials and breakfast dishes served all day. New sites opening include Sutton Cheam, Cirencester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Poole in Dorset, West … [Read more...]
46% of British men drink red wine at home or at friends
46% of men drank red wine between December 2013 and February 2014 when they were at home or at a friend's house, according to new research from the Wilson Drinks Report ("WDR"), whilst 48% of women drank white wine over the same period. The results are contained in the latest edition of WDR, which also includes new on trade market data from Matthew Clark and the first … [Read more...]
Carlson sells TGI Fridays
Carlson, the global hospitality and travel company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of TGI Fridays® Restaurants to Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners. Though financial terms were not disclosed, a price of between $800 and $900 million is rumoured. The transaction is expected to close by July 2014. Frees … [Read more...]
Hidden gem found in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London
An H&C News advertiser making the traditional hand crafted beers Seafarer and Pier 59 contacted us a few weeks ago very excited about what an enquiry had led to. It transpired that a restaurant in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London – Coopers Restaurant and Bar – had requested samples, liked them and now couldn't order more quick enough as they were selling ‘like hot cakes’. We … [Read more...]