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Chicago Pizza Is Back: Chicago Tavern Style Pizza
Chicago Pizza Is Back: Chicago Tavern Style Pizza
Pizza is a firm favourite with consumers across the globe, with new flavour trends emerging every year. The latest craze? Chicago Tavern style pizzas - here's how you can introduce them into your own menu.
Make Your Picnic Perfect This Season With Doughballs
Make Your Picnic Perfect This Season With Doughballs
Looking for a fun way to create some bitesize snacks for summertime picnics? Or maybe you want to introduce some smaller bites to your menu. This is all possible with our range of doughballs.
Feel Nostalgic With Retro Foods in 2023
Feel Nostalgic With Retro Foods in 2023
This year, nostalgic foods are making a comeback. We're talking Baked Alaska, dirty burgers, the lost. If you want to inject some nostalgia into your menus, take a look at the latest trends to hit the market this year.
Pub and Bar Trends For 2023
Pub and Bar Trends For 2023
2023 looks like it’s proving to be a testing time for both pub and bar owners. Rising running costs, constantly changing trends and, although it seems like a while ago now, many are still reeling from the after effects of COVID. There are many threats to our public houses at the moment, and if there’s […]
Top Hospitality Menu Trends for 2023
Top Hospitality Menu Trends for 2023
Consumer demands are changing - and so too are hospitality menu trends. In this blog, we guide you through adding these trends to your menu.
How to Make Your Valentine’s Day Menu Vegan
How to Make Your Valentine’s Day Menu Vegan
If you’re looking to make this year’s Valentine’s Day vegan-friendly, we’ve developed some special recipes that make consumers forget it’s vegan! Take a look at our recipes here.
Enjoy Veganuary With Our Vegan Brioche
Enjoy Veganuary With Our Vegan Brioche
Taking the plunge with Veganuary this year? It's easier than you think to achieve success when following a completely plant based diet but it's made easier with our vegan brioche range. Read more here.
Party Food: Season’s Feastings
Party Food: Season’s Feastings
With Christmas just around the corner, one of the aspects of the holiday that everyone looks forward to is the party food! On Christmas Day alone, the average person in Britain will consume roughly 5000 calories, so if there’s ever a time to be thinking about what you are going to be eating over the […]
The Crunch: The History of Fletchers Sliced Bread
The Crunch: The History of Fletchers Sliced Bread
The Fletchers bread brand that is rich in heritage and family tradition – but do you know the history behind it?
The Crunch: Burger Trends
The Crunch: Burger Trends
A staple through every season, you just can’t beat a good burger. So many options are available, and new trends are cropping up all the time. In this edition of the Crunch, we’re looking at the current trends for burger buns, the popularity of fast-food chains and, of course, the fillings to look out for […]
The Crunch: Crafting Healthy School Meals
The Crunch: Crafting Healthy School Meals
Do you work within the education sector? No one wants to serve an awful school lunch so we're here to help with ideas for school meals.
The Crunch: Summer Food Trends
The Crunch: Summer Food Trends
With the unpredictable weather making it hard to decide what to eat, we are looking at the trending foods to inspire operators this season. There have been a range of ingredients and meals that are seeing a rise in popularity in 2022, and personally, we can’t wait to try all of them: Childhood Cravings The […]
The Crunch: BBQ Food Trends
The Crunch: BBQ Food Trends
The weather is heating up, operators are taking their menus al fresco and putting their lockdown investments of outdoor space to good use. At its height in the lockdown period, BBQs and outdoor cooking are expected to become just as popular, as well as more adventurous. Here are some BBQ trends that we are expecting […]