AlixPartners
Analysis and reporting on market intelligence, restructuring activity, and sector forecasts from a leading consultancy with deep ties to the hospitality and leisure space. This section features insight into sales trends, business failures, deal activity, and economic pressures shaping strategy for restaurant groups, pub operators, catering firms, and investors. Whether you are evaluating performance benchmarks, expansion risks, or turnaround potential, these updates help foodservice leaders make sense of the evolving commercial landscape.
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Aug- 2020 -10 AugustCoronavirus
Pubs ahead of restaurants in reopenings, says CGA
The pattern of reopening across hospitality sites has been “uneven” since lockdown eased, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners. Some 62% of Britain’s licensed premises were trading again by the end of July, though pubs were ahead of restaurants, and sites in London “lagged behind…
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3 AugustRestaurants
Casual Dining Group rebrands following takeover
The Casual Dining Group (CDG) has rebranded as The Big Table, following its acquisition by private equity firm Epiris. A new business formed by the firm has successfully concluded a deal to take control of the Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Café Rouge chains, alongside their existing management team led…
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1 AugustCoronavirus
Casual Dining Group falls into administration
The owner of Bella Italia and Café Rouge, Casual Dining Group, has fallen into administration. According to a report by the BBC, almost 1,900 of the group’s 6,000 strong workforce have been made redundant, with 91 sites closing their doors for good. The BBC said AlixPartners, the appointed administrators, will…
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Jun- 2020 -10 JuneCoronavirus
The Restaurant Group launches CVA, 125 sites to close
The Restaurant Group has announced a proposal to reduce the size of its Leisure estate and rental cost base through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). The CVA will relate to the group’s Frankie and Benny’s estate, Chiquito and Garfunkel’s sites, but will have no impact on the group’s Wagamama, airport…
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May- 2020 -22 MayCoronavirus
Independent businesses set to decline ‘rapidly’, warns CGA
The independent sector remained the largest in the hospitality market in March, though their future is “now under threat”, according to CGA. The group warned that their rate of decline would “accelerate rapidly” once the hospitality sector begins to reopen from 4 July. According to the latest figures from the…
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Mar- 2020 -9 MarchPubs and Bars
Pub, bar and restaurant closures reach lowest rate since 2018
The number of restaurants, pubs and bars across Britain fell by only 1.8% in the 12 months to December 2019, the lowest rate of year-on-year decline for almost two years. According to the latest Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners, Britain had a total of 116,203 licensed premises at…
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Dec- 2019 -6 DecemberPubs and Bars
Licensed premises, pubs and restaurant numbers dip in 2019
The number of licensed premises has declined by 2% in the past year, according to CGA and AlixPartner’s latest market growth monitor. This equates to a steady rate of 46 closures of licensed premises a week in the 12 months to September 2019. The result also marked the ninth quarter…
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Feb- 2019 -25 FebruaryRestaurants
UK managed restaurant numbers drop for first time in nine years
Britain’s supply of casual dining restaurants dipped for the first time in nine years in 2018 as a sustained decline in the wider licensed sector continued, according to new research. The new edition of the ‘Market Growth Monitor’ from CGA and AlixPartners revealed Britain had 5,780 managed restaurants in December…
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Dec- 2018 -6 DecemberBusiness
UK restaurant closures accelerate to over 10 a week
The number of restaurants in Britain slipped by 2% over the year to September 2018, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners has revealed. Research showed that Britain had a total of 26,892 restaurants at September. The net fall of 539 restaurants marked an “acceleration…
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Sep- 2018 -11 SeptemberBusiness
Number of licensed F&B businesses drops by 3000 in a year
Britain has 3,116 fewer restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises than 12 months ago, according to the latest Market Growth Monitor, from CGA and AlixPartners. The report showed there were 119,800 licensed sites across the country in June 2018 – a fall of 2.5% since June 2017. On average,…
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