As sales in the UK’s foodservice sector are beginning to decline, restaurant, bar and café operators are keeping customers eating out by introducing new brands, changing their menus and broadening their food and drink offering.
Cask ale drinkers are twice as likely to visit the pub as non-cask drinkers, spend more when they’re there and, most importantly, can’t switch to the supermarket to purchase their favourite drink.
Italian cuisine is ranked as the nation’s favourite when dining out, while traditional British food still tops the menu for home cooking, according to the How Britain Eats 2011 Report.
A new report has revealed that major sporting events in the first half of this year led to average hotel price increases of nearly 30 per cent, lending weight to predictions that even larger price hikes are due for next year’s Olympics.
BigHospitality takes a look at some festive-themed deserts including mulled wine and Champagne-flavoured sorbet, frozen tårta, and sherry trifle, which are all sure to make your business stand out from the crowd during the busy Christmas period.
James Knight-Pacheco, a previous contestant on Raymond Blanc's BBC2 series The Restaurant, is to open a restaurant exploring the link between art and food in Shoreditch next month.
