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Licensees consider temporary kitchens

Posted by admin in classifieds on November 17, 2008

23 April 2007 at 11:02
Kitchen supplier says more pubs are looking into the ideaMore and more licensees are looking at temporary kitchens ahead of the smoking ban. 

Kitchen supplier CKS says hiring a kitchen to trial in the wake of the smoking ban is a popular option for concerned publicans.

“On the one hand, lots of sites are expanding their outside eating areas – which means they’ll have more tables, which in turn will put extra pressure on the kitchen,” said managing director Mark Kingston. “At the same time, many are looking to upgrade their foodservice to compensate for the business they lose from kicking out the smokers.

“Either way, they are looking at major investment in the kitchen and many will need a temporary kitchen to tide them over.”

For more information contact Container Kitchen Systems by phone on 0845 812 0800, email sales@cksltd.co.uk or visit the company’s website at www.cksltd.co.uk.

Taken from: www.thepublican.com

 

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Beer keg deposit plan to hit by 2008

Posted by admin in Casks, classifieds on September 30, 2008

09 March 2007 at 10:52
A plan to charge licensees deposits of around £50 on kegs is now expected to be implemented at the end of the year.The call to have a deposit scheme in place as a matter of urgency came last week after Brewers Logistic Management (BLM), which owned Coors’ kegs, went into administration. 

BLM director Stuart Facey said the company’s collapse “highlights the major issue of keg and cask loss in the pub trade”.

Graham Slight, chairman of the British Beer & Pub Association-backed working party looking into the problem, said they hope to have an outline of proposals ready for June.

The BBPA would then discuss these and decide what action to take.

The BBPA’s director of brewing David Long said he expected it to be the end of the year before the scheme went live.

Slight, who is distribution director of Coors UK, said the main area of discussion was setting the right level for deposits. “We want a scheme that will put a value on the containers so people look after them, but that won’t have an adverse financial impact on those who return containers to us,” he said.

Taken from: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk

 

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