Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – W/C 9th Mar
Monday 9/3/15 PropelInfonews.com: Lynx Purchasing warns on rising beef prices: Beef will increasingly command a premium on menus as a global shortage drives up price, warns buying specialist Lynx Purchasing.
Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – W/C 2rd Mar
Monday 2/3/15 Propelinfonews.com: Batemans opens first pub in managed house drive: Lincolnshire brewer Batemans has re-opened a newly acquired pub in Beverley as the first step in developing a managed house division. Residents feared The Game Bird, in Holme Church Lane, was to be demolished after it closed unexpectedly last summer. The venue is now […]
Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – W/C 23rd Feb
Monday 23/2/15 PropelInfonews.com: Steamin’ Billy heads TripAdvisor with Burger and Brews concept: Steamin’ Billy, the brewer and operator of ten pubs led by Billy Allingham, has claimed top spot on TripAdvisor for the whole of Leicestershire for its fledgling Burgers and Brews concept at the Paget pub in Loughborough.
13% Increase in Spend on Eating out
The latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker for January 2015 shows that there has been a 13% year on year increase in the Average Household spend on Eating Out, it now stands at £74.66. This is now the 6 consecutive month that year on year spending on Eating Out has increased. January saw the average […]
Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – w/c 16th Feb
Monday PropelInfonews.com: Figures show record inbound tourism: Official figures showed that foreign traveller numbers to the UK rose by 6% to 34.8 million last year compared to 2013 with spending up by 3% to £21.7 billion. Arrivals from the US, the most valuable market, were up by 4% to 3.7 million – the highest level […]
Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – w/c 9th Feb
Monday Morningadvertiser.co.uk: Enterprise Inns increases drinks prices by 2.9% By Ellie BothwellEllie Bothwell, 09-Feb-2015 Enterprise Inns has increased its drinks prices by an average of 2.9% from today (9 February). http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Enterprise-Inns-increases-drinks-prices-by-2.9
Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – w/c 2nd Feb
This is our weekly Roundup of Hospitality News Monday 2/2/15 PropelInfonews.com: Study – drink beer to ward off Alzheimer’s: Scientists have reported that a compound in beer hops can protect the brain. Hops have been used for centuries in Chinese medicine. An ingredient in beer hops, xanthohumol (also known as Xn) has been shown to […]
Hospitality & Leisure Industry News – w/c 26th Jan
Monday 26/1/14 PropelInfoNews.com: Café Carringtons goes into liquidation: Three-strong Cambridgeshire cafe chain Café Carringtons has gone into liquidation. The company has closed its sites in Cambridge’s Market Street and The Grafton shopping centre and one in Ely’s Cloisters shopping precinct.
Families spend 22% more on Eating Out In November.
The Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker for N0vember 2014 has shown that Eating Out has shown growth of 4% year on year, however, leisure spend as a whole was down 8% year on year. This was due to a 20% fall year on year in Other Leisure, which includes sporting event, cinema and out outdoor […]
The New Allergen Regulations come into Force Today – Do You Comply?
Food Information Regulations 2014(FIR) These new food labelling regulations come into force as the Festive Season gets into swing. These regulations cover you if you operate a Cafe, Restaurant, Deli, or are an Instituional Cater in a School, Hospital or Care Home.