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...]
Alistair McGowan loves lemon meringue pie from Amadeus!
When asked for his ‘food heaven’ on the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen recently Alistair McGowan cited the Lemon Meringue Pie he was served by the Amadeus catering team at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham and described it as “absolutely exquisite”. Alistair was at the ICC hosting the National Entrepreneur Awards and was served the delicious dessert as part of an … [Read more...]
Pubs are GREAT website launched by pubs Minister Brandon Lewis
The British Beer & Pub Association and Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis MP joined forces last week, at the Phoenix, Victoria, to launch the Pubs are GREAT website. The website, developed in conjunction with Inapub, is a new feature of the successful and high profile GREAT Britain initiative, led by the Number 10 team, Visit Britain and UKTI. Popular activity for overseas … [Read more...]