Craft Beer
Coverage highlights how restaurants, pubs, and bars across the UK are sourcing, promoting, and profiting from craft beer, including brewery partnerships, range curation, pricing strategy, taproom innovation, and consumer demand trends. Reporting offers insights for operators navigating category fragmentation, premiumisation, and the role of craft within broader drinks and experience-led propositions
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May- 2023 -24 MayNews
BrewDog to roll out travel hub sites through new SSP partnership
BrewDog has partnered with SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, to roll out new sites at travel hubs across the UK, with the first site set to open at London Gatwick. The partnership will see SSP Group go on to operate a…
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Apr- 2023 -4 AprilPubs and Bars
46% of people in Britain visit a pub every three months, says CGA
New data from CGA strategy’s On Premise User Survey has revealed that 46% of consumers in Britain will visit a pub at least once every three months. Furthermore, the data found that 38% of consumers were likely to try a new drink in a pub compared with other venues and…
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Jan- 2023 -4 JanuaryRestaurants
Gura Gura opens debut restaurant in London
Gura Gura, a new Pan-Asian concept, has launched its debut restaurant at The Yards, Covent Garden. The restaurant comes from experienced restaurateur Gobind Chona and is set to offer a modern menu spotlighting Japanese, Thai and Chinese elements alongside a range of cocktails. Located at 19 Slingsby Place, the 2,900…
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Oct- 2022 -17 OctoberRestaurants
Beerd Craft Beer and Pizza brought to market
Bristol’s first pizza and craft beer restaurant, Beerd Craft Beer and Pizza, has recently been brought to market for an undisclosed amount. The venue, which has been nominated for the Uber Eats ‘Restaurant of the Year’ 2022 award, is positioned in the historic area of St Michael’s Hill in Bristol,…
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Sep- 2022 -1 SeptemberPubs and Bars
BrewDog to close six sites due to rising costs
BrewDog CEO James Watt has announced it is set to close six of its sites amid rising costs and has called on the government to “get a grip” and provide assistance to the sector. In a LinkedIn post, Watt said that there has been “no prospect of any help” from…
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Jul- 2022 -27 JulyComment
Catering industry prepares to visit the Casual Dining show this September
Casual Dining – the only UK trade show dedicated to the casual dining sector is returning to ExCeL London on 16-17 September. The industry show for the hospitality sector will once again co-locate with sister shows lunch! – the definitive event for cafés, coffee shops and food-to-go and Commercial Kitchen…
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25 JulyFeatures
The Golf Fang takeover
What inspired the launch of the Ghetto Golf and Golf Fang brands? Dan, our co-founder, and I came from a traditional food and beverage background. In 2015, having worked in the industry for a collective 30 plus years, we noticed that the industry was beginning to change. Guests wanted experiences…
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5 JulyPubs and Bars
BrewDog to open its largest bar in London this August
BrewDog, an independent Scottish craft brewer, is opening its largest bar on 18 August in London Waterloo Station. BrewDog Waterloo will be the biggest BrewDog location in the world at 27,000sq ft, with two floors of craft beer, spirits, food, and entertainment in the centre of the city. The bar…
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May- 2022 -17 MayBeverages
Vagabond opens first airport site at Heathrow
Vagabond Bar and Kitchen has announced it will launch its first airport site this week at Heathrow’s Terminal 5, following a £1.2m investment. The new site will be composed of 4,500 square feet, with space for 170 guests, and it will create 60 new jobs. Over 100 varieties of wine…
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9 MayRestaurants
Fatto Pizza & Beer to open in Kings Cross in June
Brighton based Fatto a Mano has announced it will launch Fatto Pizza and Beer in Kings Cross this June. After establishing themselves in Brighton and Hove, as well as pop ups at BoxPark Croydon and BoxPark Shoreditch, Fatto a Mano will now take on a permanent site in the capital.…
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