The KAM Blog

Opinion and insight on the latest trends, news and innovations within hospitality and foodservice.

Staff insights: Never forget!

Sometimes it's easier to forget about staff insights and to focus solely on the customer. I carried out research for...

Pub Charity

Firstly, congratulations to all the shortlisted and winning pubs at last night's GBPAs. I hope there are many sore heads...

Remote working

This blog was written by Jack Ronayne, a student of Warwick University, studying Economics. Jack spent 2 weeks interning at...

Zoning within pubs

Zoning within pubs is nothing new. After all, back in the olden days we had the most basic of area...

Healthy snacking

We are officially a nation that loves to snack, there are apparently more than 19 billion snacking opportunities in the...

Customer experience

When customer experience goes bad. Sounds like a show that Gordon Ramsey should be presenting on ITV3. In all honesty...

Ninth Life

A pub experience at the Ninth Life in Catford is the cat's whiskers. Katy Moses, Managing Director I had the...

Value of customer insight

Realising the true value of customer insight. Why knowing your customers is more important than them being right or wrong....

Alcohol free pub

Pub customers drunk on virtue. Alcohol-free pub pop-up, Clean Vic, by Sainsbury's, pulls in the crowds. Katy Moses, MD &...

Coffee trends in convenience

Wake up and smell the coffee. Why coffee trends in convenience are growing but still fall behind the growth of...

Health and wellness

The only way you won't have heard the phrase "health and wellness" is if you've been living under a rock...

Community

Community The local store must go deep to understand their shoppers. Only then can they deliver an experience that brings...

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Driving a digital connection with customers

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A look at the importance of building digital connections with pub customers away from venue

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Plan to Plate – May 2025

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This bi-annual report tracks UK consumer behaviour with regards to hospitality venues.

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Low+No 2025: Drinking Differently

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A look at Brits evolving relationship with alcohol and the growth of the low & no category. Report in partnership with Lucky Saint.

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Competitive Socialising 2025

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A look at the Competitive Socialising customer and the growing demand for activity-led venues and experiential leisure.

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LTC x KAM | Wellbeing at Work

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A look at employee wellbeing in the Hospitality industry and how we can improve the experience.

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The UK’s Largest Hospitality Salary Survey 2025

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This annual survey is based on feedback hospitality employees and aims to provide a benchmark of current salaries and benefits available as well as what is important to these employees.

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