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For many chefs, there is a traditional start-of-shift ritual firing up the oven, as much to get some heat into a chilly kitchen as it is to be ready to start preparing for the day’s orders. Old habits and bad practices can easily get in the way of savings and efficiency drives, but so can

If you think having an extensive menu means making extra profit, think again. In the current climate, the simpler your menu options, the more you can achieve sustainable profit margins in these difficult times. Here’s why and how… Engineered to deliver  Simplifying your food offering is known as ‘Menu Engineering’ and it’s catching on across

With the Bank of England having downgraded its economic forecasts once again this month, it’s clear that hospitality businesses will have to plan both for cash-strapped, cautious consumers, and rising costs for food, drink and other essential goods and services, for some time to come. The official expectation is now that inflation is expected to

If rising utility bills are giving you that sinking feeling, it might be a good idea to sit down for this news – the challenges facing energy supply are unlikely to be just a short term issue. In fact, the utilities specialists that we work with at Lynx Purchasing are warning that energy prices could

We all live in hope, but it was always a safe bet that 2022 would start with the eating-out market no less challenging than it was during 2021. Operators who had seen lower sales and the cancellation of bookings in December the omicron variant of covid spread, went into the new year knowing that trade

New figures show, as if we needed any more proof, that the supply chain challenges facing catering and hospitality businesses are being experienced right across the sector: 99% of businesses are experiencing supply chain issues; 88% are being offered reduced product lines by suppliers; 84% have had some product deliveries fail to arrive; 82% have

We’ve been warning of potential problems in the supply chain over the coming months for some time. Behind the recent headlines about looming shortages of chicken and potato products are some more fundamental problems. The labour shortage many hospitality businesses are experiencing is a problem that goes right back through the supply chain from picking

Taken in isolation, headlines in the media flagging up a series of challenges in the hospitality supply chain are worrying enough. When you put all the factors together, it’s clear that there’s quite a bumpy road ahead over the coming months. In the space of few days recently we were told that some fresh produce

As the last year of lockdowns and restrictions has shown only to clearly, for anyone running, or working in a hospitality business, ‘working from home’ is not an option.  For many other people, though, new and different working patterns may be one of the permanent changes brought about by the pandemic. A recent survey of

The wide range of fish and seafood found in UK waters has been in the headlines recently – and, sadly, not for the most positive reasons. The opportunity for the UK fishing fleet to take back control of the catch was promoted as a key benefit of Brexit, but unfortunately, the reality that much of