Case Study: Pub & Menu Data Scraping from Nicholson’s Pubs
The Challenge
Our client, a hospitality insights company, wanted to collect pub details, menu data, pricing, and contact information from the Nicholson’s Pubs website. The goal was to build a centralized database for analyzing menu trends, offers, and pub locations across the UK.
Hurdles We Faced
- Dynamic Menu Loading: Menu items and pricing were fetched asynchronously from internal APIs.
- Multiple Venues: Each pub had a separate page with unique menus and offers.
- Structured Media Data: Images and PDF menus required special parsing and downloading.
- Bot Detection & Rate Limits: The platform employed anti-scraping measures and access throttling.
Our Step-by-Step Approach
Requirement Analysis:
Identified key data fields – pub name, address, menu items, categories, prices, and contact details.
Custom Scraper Development:
Developed a Python-based scraper capable of traversing all pub listings, parsing menu APIs, and collecting structured venue data.
Proxy & Anti-Bot Handling:
Used rotating proxies, randomized user agents, and controlled request timing to maintain consistent data extraction.
Data Structuring & Cleaning:
Standardized all extracted pub and menu data into a clean, uniform format suitable for analytics and publication platforms.
Automation & Scheduling:
Configured automated crawling to update menu and venue information periodically, ensuring real-time accuracy.
Results & Impact
- Collected complete menu and venue datasets across all Nicholson’s Pub locations.
- Enabled pricing trend analysis and offer tracking for hospitality insights.
- Reduced manual research and data entry time by over 90%.
Our Services & Expertise
At Ascendance Solutions, we specialize in:
- Restaurant & Pub Data Scraping
- Dynamic Menu & API-Based Extraction
- Proxy-Managed Secure Crawling
- Automated Data Pipelines for Hospitality Analytics
📧 Connect with us at connect@ascendancesolutions.com to automate data scraping from Nicholson’s Pubs or similar hospitality platforms for venue listings, menu analytics, and pricing intelligence.
