All Pubs articles – Page 160
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NewsJDW: breakfast, Ireland, sales mix, people
On the back of its full year results this morning, John Hutson, chief executive of JD Wetherspoon talks about how the group’s breakfast sales, its performance in Ireland, staff retention, hotels pipeline, its investment on property and its changing sales mix
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NewsCraft Beer Co reports record turnover
Craft beer bar operator Craft Beer Co has reported an uplift of 22% in its turnover across its six bars as it prepares to make its debut in the City
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PubAid takes on World Record challenge
PubAid is teaming up with online fundraising platform JustGiving to break the world record for the largest multi-venue pub quiz
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NewsBe at One strengthens pipeline; lfls up 6%
Be At One, the Piper-backed cocktail bar chain, has secured new openings in Camden and Sheffield, as it saw like-for-like sales in the first half of its current financial year increase 6%
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M&B launches sport-tied discount app
Mitchells & Butlers is introducing Eagle Eye Solutions Green Card payment app to give sports fans discounts on food and drinks during major sporting events
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Analysis & InsightKuPP, KuPP and away
After building up a successful chain of pubs across London, Faucet Inn is now focusing growth on two all-day dining concepts, with a strong pipeline both domestically and internationally. Founder and managing director Steve Cox talks to James Wallin about the opportunities in casual dining, how he implemented a living wage structure and the challenges posed by legislation governing the ability to develop pubs
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NewsBarnfather: JDW stuck in a strategic vortex
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather at Panmure Gordon has said that JD Wetherspoon is stuck in a strategic vortex and that its value offer is “losing resonance in the current aspirational consumer climate”
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NewsTCG rolls out new roast lunch menu
Managed pub and bar operator TCG is rolling out a Sunday roast offer to six more of its pubs after a successful trial in five sites
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Analysis & Insight
Wear there’s a will…
Wear Inns co-founder John Weir tells James Wallin why he looks to his staff for innovation, how pubs can outmanoeuvre the restaurant sector and about plans to grow to as many as 60 sites
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NewsGov't to launch pub loan fund
Community pubs minister Marcus Jones is offering a £1.5m fund to help local people buy community pubs at risk of closure
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Food sales leading Wear growth
Wear Inns, the northeast pub operator, is expanding its estate using cash and existing banking facilities after a strong financial year that saw food and drink sales up following estate-wide refurbishments
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NewsGreat British Pub Awards 2015: Winners crowned
The Shibden Mill Inn in Halifax, West Yorkshire has been crowned the Sky Great British Pub of the Year 2015
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NewsJDW FY lfls up 3.3%
JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 3.3% increase in like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks to 26 July, with revenue up 7.4% to £1.51bn, but pre-tax profit down 2% to £77.8m
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ETM sets out expansion plans following "incredible year"
ETM Group, the London-based gastropub operator led by Tom and Ed Martin, is planning to add four London venues to its estate in 2016
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NewsFuller's holds first chef's graduation ceremony
Fuller’s has marked the achievements of chefs across its 189-site managed estate with the first graduation ceremony for Chef’s Guild scholars.
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NewsPug Pubs explores finance for expansion
Pug Pubs, the Midlands pub company set up by former M&B director Nigel Pinegar and former openings manager Matthew Crowther, is exploring funding options to ramp up expansion from 2016,
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NewsMRO: Meltdown or Real Opportunity?
Speakers revealed for the highly anticipated Tenanted Pub Company Summit, hosted by M&C Allegra
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Analysis & InsightHoliday season brings slowdown in growth
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw sales growth slow in August impacted by the holiday season and the poor weather
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NewsTRG to ramp up B&P expansion
Brunning & Price is looking to ramp up its expansion plans in 2016, when it hopes to add a further 10 sites to its 55-strong portfolio
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NewsPender calls for more positivity on chef shortage issue
British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) chairman Anthony Pender has spoken out on the need for a more positive outlook on the ongoing chef shortage