Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 26 June 1997
Pizzaland will begin to disappear from the high street this summer, as Whitbread puts the rump of its inherited BrightReasons estate on the market.
The 21 properties for sale include several Pizzalands which were unsuitable for conversion to other Whitbread brands, and two underperforming Bella Pastas.
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 22 June 1967
The prospect of Lancaster University becoming a direct competitor to Morecambe's hoteliers and boarding house keepers in providing accommodation for holiday visitors has angered members of the resort's holiday industry.
The university has negotiated a £500,000 loan to finance a scheme for building blocks of flats at the Bailrigg site, which is close to the M6 Motorway. It is suggested that the flats be made available to holiday visitors during vacations.
One of the biggest worries to Morecambe hoteliers is that, if the university does go out to cater for holiday-makers, it will take away the bulk of the casual trade, particularly motorists heading for the Lake District.
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 26 June 1986
Wimbledon restaurants have entered the busiest fortnight of their year, as tennis lovers from all over the world pour into the small London village.
Americans are not conspicuously absent, and restaurateurs are relishing the extra trade. According to Nicholas Rochford, co-owner of the Village Restaurant, thanks to the tennis, Christmas comes twice a year. He said: "Last year, we could have filled over twice again if we had the seats." And Lewis Rogers of Volleys Wine Bar is expecting a bumper fortnight. "I have seen a hell of a lot of Americans in here, and things look good," he said.
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 20 June 1959
Richard Hogan, caf‚ proprietor, the 81 Espresso Bar, Gillingham, Kent, was fined £100, with 50 guineas costs, and Leonard Supple, proprietor of the Cosy Caf‚, Chatham, £50, with 30 guineas costs, by Chatham magistrates recently. They were both found guilty of keeping a place for public music without having a licence. Both pleaded not guilty, but their claim, on legal grounds, that they did not require licences to operate their juke boxes was turned down. They both admitted that they had continued to allow their juke boxes to be used after Chatham magistrates refused them licences.
Reader's letter 1979
Caterer & Hotelkeeper, 21 June 1979
I feel I must protest against the misleading practice of some hotels of advertising living-in posts when, in fact, the "living-in" is at a hostel miles away from the hotel.
I have recently been for interviews for two such jobs in London - jobs for which I would not even have applied had I known that "living-in" would involve travelling to the other side of London at 11.30pm and returning at seven o'clock next morning.
A phrase in job ads on the lines of "accommodation available" would not be taken quite so literally and would, I'm sure, avoid disappointment for many job-hunters.
Name and address withheld at the request of the writer