Aug 19
Dec 22
McDonald’s is encouraging kids to take one minute each day to make a difference with its “One Minute to Move It” children’s well-being effort.
As part of its latest Happy Meal film partnership with DreamWorks’ Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, McDonald’s wants to “engage with families in a way that we typically don’t do with Happy Meals,” said Nicole Neal, manager of US communications for McDonald’s.
Nov 25
Sandwich shops, fast-food restaurants and cafés are feeling the pinch from what has been dubbed the “credit munch” – a renaissance of the packed lunch among cash-strapped consumers.
They are taking their cue from cookery programmes and celebrity chefs to create healthier lunches at home, such as exotic fruits, mixed salads and experimental pasta dishes.
Sep 16
The average Briton spends £32,000 in his life on curries, which breaks down to £540 a year, according to a poll of 3,000 people by OnePoll.
Source: Daily Star 13-09-2008
Aug 04
Natalie Satchall, Account Director at Steam, is positively ‘fizzing’ over the fact that the largest and most expenisve scotch egg has been made at Brown’s hotel in Mayfair.
Costing a staggering £145 it uses a 4lb ostrich egg, 10lb of Gloucester Old Spot sausage and 2lb each of haggis and breadcrumbs.
Jul 25
According to a study by PurAsia, men are using their culinary skills to impress girls. One in four guys aged 18 to 34 have seduced women by feeding them, and half of Brits say the skills is a turn-on.
Source:Daily Star 22-07-2008
Jul 25
British pubs firm Mitchells & Butlers said trading had picked up over the past ten weeks, helped by strong demand for food, a trading update shows.
“Market conditions continue to be characterised by robust demand for good value pub food and associated sales of drinks while on-trade beer market volumes have continued to fall by about 10% over the past quarter,” Mitchells & Butlers said.
Jul 25
A survey of 3,000 cheese fans by OnePoll.com has shown that Cheddar is Britain’s most popular cheese.
Cheddar garnered 39% of the votes, beating Brie into second place and Red Leicester into third. The top five list was completed by Dutch Edam and Italian Mozzarella.
Jul 21
Many Britons appear to be handling the prospect of recession and the economic downturn by staying at home to eat ready meals, consumed with New World wines from upmarket stores.
Sales at John Lewis and Waitrose rose last week as bargain-hunters went to summer sales and purchased more instant meals rather than going out to eat in restaurants. Waitrose saw more Britons buying ready meals to eat in, up 1.2% on last year. Its sales of the ‘As Good as Going Out’ range were up 38% on last year and Waitrose shoppers also seem to be stocking up on wines on special offer, with revenues on South African wines up 132% and on New Zealand wines by 40%.
Jun 24
According to the latest QuickBite survey, which tracks meals bought out-of-home, the pub has been pushed into second place by Chinese food as the nation’s favourite way to eat out.
More people are opting for Chinese food, especially takeaways, as disposable income is squeezed by rising bills. Measured over the last four quarters, the annual value of Chinese meals, both takeaway and table-service, amounted to £4.8 billion compared to annual expenditure on pub meals of £4.79 billion.