Christmas wine

Making a drinks list and checking it twice

Christmas remains a key sales driver but licensees must be prepared, say drinks firms
Licensing policy statements set out each board’s approach to selling alcohol in their area. They are of huge importance to pubs and bars.

The next chapter is about to begin

Boards are expected to start working on policy statements imminently
Ikebana Novello of the Abruzzo region.

Good things come in threes

WINE importer Continental Wine & Food (CWF) has introduced three new season wines which it says are ideally suited to “kick off” the pre-Christmas period.
A soft drinks range which offers classics as well as something different is essential, say firms.

Moving beyond the old favourites

Soft drinks can drive sales this festive season, providing the offer is right
The festive period offers more opportunities to encourage consumers to trade-up.

Appy Christmas is there for the taking

New menu-making app designed to help operators tap into sales opportunity
Snowy cocktail

Cocktail serves in time for Christmas

COCKTAIL and mixer brand Funkin has introduced a range of festive cocktail mixes to help licensees drive seasonal sales throughout Christmas and New Year.
Douglas Laing Big Peat bottle

A festive whisky for peat’s sake

WHISKY bottler Douglas Laing & Co has kept to its festive tradition and released Big Peat Christmas Edition – the seventh annual release of the limited edition whisky.

Mixing fun back into cocktails

Bar Soba’s lead mixologist Scott Stevens tells all about group’s new drinks menu.

A drink that is far from old fashioned

Simple but effective steps can be taken to maximise whisky’s appeal.

Help to get everything in order

Glasgow-based Alliance Till Systems offers operators the full EPOS package

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Jack Cummins
LEGAL
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