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Toad in the hole voted best comeback dish

31-Mar-2020 By Alice Leader

While many of your customers have been pushed to reinvent your pub’s classics in their homes, new insight shows toad in the hole is the top dish Brits want to see on menus when the lockdown lifts.

Future-proofing pub food

14-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Avoiding meat, consuming farmed fish or cutting out the distance food has to travel are all key aspects in creating a more environmentally friendly future.

Customers demand sustainability at pubs and restaurants

24-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

Operators need to show genuine commitment to sustainability because more than four in five people expect hospitality businesses to have some eco-friendly qualities, new research reveals.

Reviews quoting ‘vegan’ rise 104% in a year

21-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

New insight has revealed the public’s keenness to participate in Veganuary as the percentage of reviews citing the word ‘vegan’ rose by 104% between January 2019 and January 2020.

2020 pub food predictions: vegan options, provenance and the rise of ‘seaganism’

09-Jan-2020 By Fiona Griffiths

Veganism is on the rise, but how can you add more dishes that contain no animal products to your menu?

Hit or miss: looking back at 2019’s food trends

17-Dec-2019 By Stuart Stone

From activated charcoal croissants and pulled jackfruit to ‘dirty’ vegan food and anything ‘deconstructed’ – which of the food trends tipped to take 2019 by storm have caught on in pubs?

Food delivery market rockets 18% since 2018

13-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

New research has highlighted the foodservice delivery boom, which has risen by 18% since 2018 and is now worth £8.4bn.

What are consumers’ pet hates when ordering a roast dinner?

29-Nov-2019 By Alice Leader

New research has revealed the British roast dinner is the top meal to drive both positive or negative reviews, with beef being the deal breaker.

Deliveroo predicts 2020 food trends

19-Nov-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Food experts at Deliveroo have revealed their predictions for the top 10 trends next year, including the continuation of veganism, smoked ingredients and street food.

Beer and food pairing: meet your match

07-Nov-2019 By Emily Hawkins

We have paired wine with food for many years but beer should certainly not be ignored when it comes to such intelligent combinations.

Street food continues to be top eating-out trend

06-Nov-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 90% of operators have identified street food as the number one trend, according to a new report from UKHospitality (UKH).

Got the munchies: what are the latest bagged snack trends?

17-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

Having a quick snack with a pint has always been a good way to increase sales at pubs. And, as snacks evolve, you need to keep up with the latest innovations.

How to create a vegan-friendly Christmas menu

14-Oct-2019 By Fiona Griffiths

Catering specialists and pub operators explain how vegan offers this Christmas can be fruitful as more people eat less meat

The vegan wave: how has it affected the pub trade?

11-Oct-2019 By Alice Leader

The Economist predicted 2019 would be the year veganism went mainstream. And, with ever-growing, free-from options and a new wave of vegan hospitality, it looks like the forecasters are correct.

Create a fan-friendly food offer

11-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Wembley Stadium head of culinary Harry Lomas MBE BEM leads more than 250 chefs in feeding 90,000 visitors to the national stadium on a regular basis. We discuss what publicans can learn from this giant operation.

BrewDog launches half beef, half vegan Hybrid burger

04-Oct-2019 By Stuart Stone

Scottish craft brewer and pub operator BrewDog has launched a flexitarian burger that it hopes will turn meat lovers to a more plant-based diet.

Meat-alternative ‘the meatiest thing since meat’

25-Sep-2019 By Alice Leader

New meat-free range called Naked Glory has been launched with the aim of encouraging carnivores to ‘cheat on meat’.

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Time for 'honest soul searching' over bottomless brunch hypocrisy

24-Sep-2019 By Elton Mouna

Hospitality industry commentator on talkRADIO and managing director of Remarkable Pubs, Elton Mouna, laments the hypocrisy of pub operators advocating responsible drinking while pushing bottomless brunches.

What do customers want to know about the meat on pub menus?

23-Sep-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Trends are almost always customer-led and, although there is a rise in vegetarian and vegan foods, meat still plays a huge role on pub menus with secondary cuts and provenance helping lead the charge.

Pub operator removes beef from menu after Amazon devastation

12-Sep-2019 By Stuart Stone

A publican in south London took mainstay meals such as beefburgers and steak off the menu last week in response to the destructive fires wreaking havoc on the Amazon rainforest.

Dinner time diners hardest to please, research claims

13-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Diners are hardest to please during the evening, compared to when they eat out of home for lunch or breakfast, according to research from an online reputation company.

National express: serving your pub’s food across the country

05-Aug-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

Once you’ve mastered operating one food business, what’s to stop you sharing this across the country? We look at how to take your kitchen national without the need to buy a new premises.

Word on the street: working with street food vendors

14-Jul-2019 By Emily Hawkins

As the stigma of unsafe street food is replaced with the notion of amazing flavours and unexplored eating possibilities, here’s how you can make the most of what’s on offer.

More than a quarter of dinners out are at pubs

13-Jun-2019 By Stuart Stone

While an overall slide means pubs are becoming a slightly less popular option for an evening meal, they have increased their market share at breakfast according to findings from foodservice and hospitality research agency MCA Insight.

What is Britain’s favourite pub dish?

14-May-2019 By Stuart Stone

Almost one in five Brits have identified a Sunday roast as their favourite pub meal according to research by catering equipment supplier Nisbets.

What can pubs learn from the street food industry?

09-May-2019 By Stuart Stone

New Orleans-themed watering hole Bayou Bar is a product of founder Nick Willoughby’s experience across the street food and pub trades.

Greene King saves over 1,000 carveries in food waste initiative

20-Mar-2019 By Robert Mann

Greene King has become the first pub company to join forces with Too Good To Go – an app designed to help businesses reduce food waste.

Rise in ‘militant’ vegan activism may harm the cause

27-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

The Vegan Society has slammed the actions of animal rights activist group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) after a spate of explicit demonstrations targeting businesses that sell meat.

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What has influenced the evolution of pub food?

20-Feb-2019 By Michelle Perrett

Food in pubs across Britain has always been a movable feast, basic in some locations, high-end in others. But one thing is for sure, it has never stood still and it continues to evolve today.

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Seeing stars: how pubs have grown to rival restaurants

20-Feb-2019 By Emma Eversham

How did pubs come to compete with restaurants in the food stakes, and what makes one deserving of an accolade so often associated with ‘fine-dining’ restaurants?

Fears grow over vegan protests

19-Feb-2019 By Robert Mann

In recent months, businesses have been subject to protests from vegan activists who have taken their war against the meat industry to extreme lengths.

Time to offer some vegan dishes?

11-Feb-2019 By Poppleston Allen

One continuing trend that kicked off 2019 is ‘Veganuary’, encouraging people to go vegan for January in aid of charity.

Why in 2019 we’ll see fewer people eating out, but more spend

23-Jan-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Punters will eat out on fewer occasions over the next two years, but will spend more money due to menu price increases and by having more dishes delivered.

‘Cut meat and dairy to save planet’, report claims

14-Jan-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

If Brits cut meat and dairy from their diets by turning vegan then up to 90m tonnes of carbon emissions could be eliminated from the 1bn of CO2 created in Britain every year.

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The importance of vegan and vegetarian food

11-Jan-2019 By Michelle Perrett

With the trend towards healthier living showing no signs of slowing, more publicans need to adjust their menus accordingly so as not to miss out on the potential opportunities that this presents their businesses.

The spices that will be on everyone’s lips in 2019

03-Jan-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Tumut pepper and turmeric will be the spices pubs need to put in their dishes this year, according to ingredients experts.

How many people go to the pub on Christmas Day?

13-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

More customers are heading to the pub to eat on Christmas Day and this decision is saving them money, according to new analysis.

Stay-at-home customers likely to feed growing delivery boom

03-Dec-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

A new list of five top food trends to watch out for in 2019 has claimed the virtual kitchen space and delivered food will become even bigger.

How can pubs make the most of lesser-known regional delicacies?

21-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Cuisines from different pockets within the UK can influence menus across the nation and the same can be said of food from the seas. Here, we look at how operators can add dishes to their menus to make the most of areas far away.

Pubs grow share of breakfast visits, says MCA Insight

13-Nov-2018 By Stuart Stone

According to exclusive research from insight agency MCA, pubs have increased their share of breakfast visits, but have lost out at lunchtime.

Three quarters of Brits happy to eat out alone

13-Nov-2018 By Stuart Stone

Eating out alone is no longer a daunting prospect to three quarters of diners, according to new research.

Pubs guilty of wasting 41p per meal in food waste

08-Nov-2018 By Robert Mann

According to research carried out by Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), food waste represents a cost to the pub sector alone of £357m each year – equivalent to £8,000 for the average pub.

What are the latest trends in bagged snacks?

18-Oct-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Health tops the consumer agenda, even when it comes to pub snacks. As a result, producers are taking this into consideration when launching new brands

Chicken or beef: top Sunday roast meat revealed

04-Oct-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The perfect Sunday roast is beef with plenty of roast potatoes and gallons of gravy, research from YouGov has revealed.

Opinion: dine out on the demand for food

25-Sep-2018 By Pete Brown

Pubs are in an enviable position when it comes to the time-poor consumer who needs food – and needs it now

They said veganism wouldn’t catch on… they were wrong

20-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

They said it would eventually become a big part of our lives, although, for whatever reason, many didn’t believe it. But the fact is free-from food and drink, especially vegan and vegetarian, has ballooned in recent years, and the past 12 months has shown...