All articles by Lesley Foottit
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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.
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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
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NewsMore customers satisfied with JDW food
Customer satisfaction for food quality at JD Wetherspoon pubs is up by 6%, new research shows
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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
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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
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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