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Friday, April 18, 2008
Musselburgh Racecourse Awards 3 Catering and Bar Contracts
The race to win catering and bar contracts at Musselburgh Racecourse has ended in a 3-way tie.The ?1m-plus contracts covered corporate hospitality, fine dining, seven bars, a bistro and fast-food outlets at the East Lothian course.
Heritage Portfolio has retained the corporate hospitality and fine dining concessions and will provide capital to open and run a designated Pommery Champagne Bar adjacent to the existing champagne lawn area. Heritage will also take over the running of Freddie's Bar and there are plans to introduce food in the grandstand bar for the first time.
Rosie Cully has had her contract to run the Old Weighing Room Bistro renewed and will operate the Owners' and Members' Bar.
Meanwhile, Countryside Refreshments will take over the running of several bars, including the Rockavon Bar, Dizzy's Bar and the Pinkie Bar, and will continue to provide the fast food mobile units dotted around the course.
'We have changed from four to three operators and, as part of the new contract, Heritage Portfolio are financing improvements to certain facilities around the course,' says Musselburgh Racecourse General Manager, Bill Farnsworth.
'The racing and leisure industry is extremely competitive and only by constantly refining and improving our services will we stay ahead of the field and protect our position as one of the UK's leading racecourses.'
In addition to staging 25 flat and jump race days a year the East Lothian track hosts an additional 100 events each year which bring in an estimated 90,000 visitors.
