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Act Now To Tackle Inflation Impact, Warns Lynx Purchasing at Pub 17

Operators need to take action to tackle the impact of food and drink inflation on their business, warns buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. The Lynx team will be at Pub 17 on 7 and 8 February to advise operators on ways to manage costs.
The new year has seen a wake-up call delivered to many pubs and bars in the form of supplier invoices for products bought during the key trading month of December, while impending price rises for many fresh produce prices as a result of bad weather in Europe have added to the challenges facing the sector.

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Make this Valentine’s Day the Bees Knees with Brooklyn Gin

John Porter

Brooklyn Gin is spreading the love this Valentine’s Day by encouraging everyone to enjoy a classic Bees Knees cocktail, whether or not they’re currently part of a couple.
UK distributor Hi-Spirits is working with pubs, bars and restaurants to add the cocktail, which combines the New York craft gin with honey and lemon, to drinks menus on February 14.

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Hogs Back Brewery launched London's Outback Golden Pale Ale in cans

Hogs Back Brewery expands can range with London’s Outback

John Porter

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Deadline extended for International Brewing & Cider Awards

John Porter

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Brakspear reaches finals of pub competition

John Porter

Henley-based Brakspear has been shortlisted for two titles in the Publican Awards 2017, a national competition that rewards the best operators in the UK pub industry. The company is through to the finals for Best Accommodation Operator and Best New Pub or Bar, winners of which will be announced in March.

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Food and drink being served to customer at Peach Pubs venue The Thatch, Thame

Act Now To Tackle Inflation Impact, Warns Lynx Purchasing

John Porter

Operators need to get 2017 off to the right start by taking urgent action to tackle the impact of food and drink inflation on their business, warns buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. January will see a wake-up call delivered to many restaurants, pubs and hotels in the form of supplier invoices for products bought during the key trading month of December.

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Southern Comfort launches a festive ad campaign

Southern Comfort campaign celebrates a year of new opportunities – New Orleans style!

John Porter

Southern Comfort is to run a high-profile ad campaign across Christmas and the New Year. Using the strapline ‘A Warm Southern Welcome to 2017’, the campaign marks the first above-the-line support for the brand since its move to UK distribution by Hi-Spirits earlier this year.

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Guild of Beer Writers recognises talent with annual awards

John Porter

Author Pete Brown has been named Beer Writer of the Year 2016 at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards ceremony, staged on 1 December in London. The Award represents a ‘hat trick’ for Brown, who also took the title in 2012 and 2009. Beer Writer of the Year is the top award in the Guild’s annual competition for writing about beer and pubs, which this year received more than 150 entries across nine categories. Brown won two categories – for the best writing in trade press and in national media – on his way to the top prize.

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Bestway has Christmas wrapped up with bumper Price Hold package

John Porter

As the peak Christmas trading season fast approaches, Bestway Wholesale is supporting the foodservice sector with its biggest-ever package of festive offers and promotions, along with seven day opening.

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Festive ales from Hogs Back Brewery

John Porter

Finding a festively-themed beer on the bar is one of the first signs for pub customers that Christmas is well and truly on the way, says Surrey craft brewer Hogs Back Brewery. This year, Hogs Back is offering two seasonal cask ales on draught: Advent Ale and Mistletoe & Swine, both available from late November.

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Cafeology award for Bird-Friendly Coffee

Cafeology flies high with European award for Bird Friendly coffee

John Porter

Ethical beverage company Cafeology has been recognised at a Europe-wide Awards scheme for its innovative Bird Friendly coffee initiative in Guatemala. Cafeology was named runner up in the Business & Diversity category within the European Business Awards for the Environment, which is given to a product or service that ‘makes a significant contribution to halting biodiversity loss and supporting natural ecosystems’. It was the only UK company to reach the finals of this award, open to businesses from across Europe.

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Hi-Spirits to distribute Scapegrace Gin in the UK

John Porter

Hi-Spirits is expanding its gin portfolio with an agreement to distribute New Zealand brand Scapegrace Gin in the UK.

Coming from the Rogue Society Distilling Co, Scapegrace bills itself as the gin ‘from the bottom of the world’. Distilled in New Zealand using spring water sourced from the country’s Southern Alps, and 12 botanicals sourced from around the world, the spirit is batch-distilled using a restored 19th century copper whisky still, with each batch individually numbered.

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