Press Releases – Page 27

Bidfresh launches Countrywide Butchers to Make Meat a Treat

Chefs can maximise the potential of meat on the menu while still catering for customers looking to reduce their consumption, says hospitality fresh produce specialist Bidfresh. The business is launching a new national brand for its premium meat range, Countrywide Butchers, and is using National Butchers Week, which runs from 11-17 March, to spotlight the wide range of meat and added value services available to chefs.

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Rupert Thompson, Hogs Back Brewery MD, with an artist’s impression of the new kiln

Hogs Back Brewery to build new hop kiln

John Porter

Hogs Back Brewery is building a new hop kiln on the brewery site at Manor Farm in Tongham, Surrey as the brewery continues its significant investment programme.

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Support your Local – Go TEATOTAL, says Hogs Back Brewery

John Porter

Hogs Back Brewery is encouraging consumers to kick off 2019 by going ‘TEA Total’ and enjoying a pint of its flagship beer TEA (Traditional English Ale) in their local pub during January.

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Drinkaware activity in Asda Glasshoughton

Drinkaware and Asda partner on in-store alcohol education days

John Porter

Alcohol education charity Drinkaware and retail giant ASDA are teaming up again in 2019 for a partnership that will see Drinkaware ambassadors going into 100 stores across the UK on 11th and 18th January to give shoppers information and advice about alcohol. This will be the third year of the initiative, which last year saw in-store Drinkaware ambassadors engage with almost 7,000 Asda customers.

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Paul Leyland, Commercial & Sustainability Director for Oliver Kay

Oliver Kay expands sustainable packaging

John Porter

Hospitality greengrocer Oliver Kay Produce is helping its customers to reduce waste with a new sustainability initiative making 80% of its packaging recyclable. The business, which supplies fresh fruit and veg to more than 3,500 chefs around the UK, is also converting waste produce from its warehouses into compost.

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Celebrate Christmas with a local beer, says Hogs Back Brewery

John Porter

Hogs Back Brewery is encouraging beer lovers to give both themselves and their local brewer a Christmas bonus by enjoying locally brewed beers across the festive season. The brewery, based in Tongham, Surrey, has decked the halls and rolled out the barrel as it prepares to welcome both year-round and once-a-year regulars to the Brewery Shop.

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Winners of the PubAid World’s Biggest Pub Quiz 2018 at the Three Moles, Selham, West Sussex

World’s Biggest Pub Quiz returns in March 2019

John Porter

Pubs, bars and clubs are being urged to reserve a date in their diaries between 3-7 March next year for the World’s Biggest Pub Quiz – a fundraising initiative organised by PubAid to raise money for charities, including their official charity partner Prostate Cancer UK.

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Drinkaware to train Network Rail staff ahead of festive season

John Porter

Alcohol education charity Drinkaware is supporting Network Rail ahead of the festive season, by delivering training sessions to staff at some of the country’s busiest rail stations, equipping them to recognise and support people who may be vulnerable after drinking alcohol.

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Brakspear adopts Mind as chosen charity

John Porter

Pub operator and brewer Brakspear is supporting Mind, the leading mental health charity, for the next 12 months, with fundraising already underway in a number of their 130 pubs.

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The Hummingbird's general manager Jan Nova and head chef Adam O' Sullivan look forward to welcoming locals to their exciting new pub

Taking flight: New pub The Hummingbird set to create social buzz in Hertford

John Porter

An exciting new pub is now open in Hertford town centre, welcoming locals with delicious food, great drinks and a warm and friendly atmosphere.
The Hummingbird, which has created 35 jobs for local people, has been opened by small independent pub company Aspley Pubs, who have given the Fore Street venue an extensive makeover to create a vibrant, stylish and warm and welcoming meeting place for locals.

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Double Award Win for Hogs Back Brewery’s Outback

John Porter

Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham is celebrating a double win at the World Beer Awards 2018. Its Outback Pale Ale picked up both a Gold Design Award and a Silver medal in the Golden Pale Ales category.

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Drinkaware partners with Walking Football Scotland

John Porter

Alcohol education charity Drinkaware has become the research partner of walking football in Scotland, supported by the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and Walking Football Scotland.

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