Punch Taverns

From the Times on Boxing Day

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article5397688.ece

Whitbread (Premier Inn, Costa Coffee) Boss Profiled

in this Sunday Times
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article5336756.ece

Great Article on Starbucks

In this weekend's Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa9831ce-c266-11dd-a350-000077b07658.html

Interesting Articles on Restaurants

Here some good articles on restaurants, restaurant chains that I did not distribute in class...Enjoy!

Here is a link to a video about restaurants in Northern Ireland in the current economic climate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7610881.stm

Nicholas Lander's piece in the Financial Times about the term restaurant and how it may frighten people in difficult economic times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/862ad38e-b75b-11dd-8e01-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

Not sure if I distributed this to all groups or not
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/nov/05/foodanddrink.shopping

The national newspapers have been having a lot of articles about the optional service charge in UK restaurants...here is an article about the customer perspective
http://www.rimag.com/article/CA6594399.html

This is really PESTLE Technology...pay at table systems so guests don't even have to hand a guest a credit card
http://www.chainleader.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6590439&article_prefix=CA&article_id=6590439&nid=3458&rid=920185484