The Cadbury Café at Cadbury World, Bournville has re-opened its doors with a new look, feel and menu designed and mobilised in just 21 days by newly appointed multi award winning caterer, Amadeus. The challenge was to create an extension of Cadbury World not a separate entity as the cafe was previously. This was achieved, and the café is now seen as the fifth element of the … [Read more...]
Roux Brew – Michel Roux Jr launches beer competition for London’s brewers
Michel Roux Jr, Albert Roux and Head Sommelier at Le Gavroche David Galetti will next week be taking the first steps towards discovering a fine British craft beer good enough to carry the Roux name. Roux Brew – special summertime ‘house beer’ 16 top London breweries will be entering a competition to to create ‘Roux Brew’, a special ‘house’ beer to be paired with seasonal … [Read more...]
Boost customer experience with smoked bacon
Following the latest market trend showing that consumption of the smoked variety is rising, Brakes is urging operators to reassess their bacon offering and ensure smoked bacon is firmly on their menus to deliver a better consumer experience. Quality is important to consumers Every year the UK foodservice industry consumes 1.7 billion pounds (volume) of bacon, highlighting … [Read more...]
Lotus Bakeries launch Biscoff brand
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...]