Motorway meals don't have to mean KFC and soggy baguettes. Heston Blumenthal introduces our pick of roadside caffs and services ...more
Pub landlords are jumping at the chance to boost trade and place the pub at the heart of their community by offering customers a parcel collection service. Pub campaigning group useyourlocal.com has set up the service which enables punters left frustrated by missed deliveries to stop by their local ... more
The Taste of Birmingham restaurant festival starts tomorrow, so we sent Tony Naylor to track down the city's best value scoffs ... read more
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Wednesday 29 July 2009
Restaurant & Hospitality News 29 July
Eating at the newly-opened flagship Planet Hollywood restaurant in London is equivalent to a “TV dinner from hell”, according to the Evening Standard. Food critic David Sexton gives the restaurant in Leicester Square zero out of five stars saying the “cooking itself has nothing to be said for it”. full story
Britons can now enjoy a pint while collecting their parcel with a new online delivery service designed to boost the pub’s reputation as the hub of the community...read more
Beer sales in UK pubs are this year falling at a slower rate than the supermarkets, according to latest figures reported by the British Beer and Pub Association. Pub beer sales are down 4.5% compared to the second quarter in 2008 – the equivalent of 4.2m fewer pints - and were down 6.3% in the first quarter ... more
Britons can now enjoy a pint while collecting their parcel with a new online delivery service designed to boost the pub’s reputation as the hub of the community...read more
Beer sales in UK pubs are this year falling at a slower rate than the supermarkets, according to latest figures reported by the British Beer and Pub Association. Pub beer sales are down 4.5% compared to the second quarter in 2008 – the equivalent of 4.2m fewer pints - and were down 6.3% in the first quarter ... more
