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BB’s plans to double in size
BB’s Coffee & Muffins plans to double in size in the next five years as it opens sites in the UK and Ireland including a new “masculine-look” concept in Dublin
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Dum Dum invests in coffee offer
Artisan doughnut brand Dum Dum Donutterie will be investing £15,000 per site in upgrading its coffee offer
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Russell Brand opens Hackney cafe
Comedian and TV star Russell Brand has opened his first cafe in Hackney, east London.
Analysis & InsightOperators widen menu price ranges
Pub and restaurant operators and other caterers have widened menu price ranges in a response to the economic downturn
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Brakspear appoints first chef apprentice
South-east pub operator and brewer Brakspear has appointed its first chef apprentice
NewsMore customers satisfied with JDW food
Customer satisfaction for food quality at JD Wetherspoon pubs is up by 6%, new research shows
Analysis & InsightVegetarian and healthy options influencing pub diners
The trend for consumers to eat more healthily is picking up ahead of allergen information legislation coming in this December
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Acclaimed chef Sutton takes pub
Acclaimed restaurant chef Brett Sutton has taken on his own West Country pub
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Oakman uses app to help visually impaired customers
Oakman Inns & Restaurants has launched an app that reads menus to visually impaired customers
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Bosi leaves Jolly Fine Restaurants
Cedric Bosi has left Jolly Fine Restaurants and bought his own pub in Shropshire
NewsShep Neame launches branded coffee concept
Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has launched a branded coffee concept to raise its tenants’ revenues.
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JDW breakfast named most nutritious
JD Wetherspoons’ breakfast has been named the most nutritious of those served across UK hospitality
NewsHand and Flowers named UK's top gastropub
Tom Kerridge’s two-Michelin-starred the Hand and Flowers has been crowned top gastropub in the UK for the third year running at the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropubs Awards
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Ideal launches new build Boat House Cafe
Ideal Collection is opening its seventh site in Chichester, West Sussex next week (15 November)
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Marston’s to launch next generation carvery concept
Marston’s Inns & Taverns is planning 25 new-build sites housing its rotisserie and carvery concepts next year, including a new take on its carvery format
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Yummy to launch cocktail and cake bar
The Somers Town Coffee House in Euston, north London, is opening a basement cocktail and cake bar.
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Pieminister plans pub tie in
Pieminister plans to recruit up to 100 wet-led pubs UK-wide to sell an exclusive Pieminister menu
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Chestnut Inns opens first pub
A new Suffolk-based pub company called Chestnut Inns has opened its first site and plans more in the region
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Pub chefs 'must listen to customers'
Pub chefs are not keeping up with what customers want, according to the editor of the Waitrose Good Food Guide