Flavour: Mark Poynton on The Future of Restaurants

Flavour: Mark Poynton on The Future of Restaurants

January 25, 2026 · 56 min

About this episode

Mark Poynton discusses the financial challenges facing restaurants and shares insights on survival strategies and community initiatives.

Restaurants are suffering financially. Mark Poynton of the Ancient Shepherds talks about which ones are likely to survive and how the situation compares with recent years. Scott's All Day's new community offer and how the restaurant came to be. Ideas for cheap, warming, vegetarian meals. A report from the Community Garden. Lots of local food and drink news too.

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