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This archive curates our coverage involving data, insights, and analysis from CGA by NIQ, one of the UK’s leading sources of foodservice market intelligence. From sales trackers and consumer behaviour reports to channel performance and out-of-home trends, we break down CGA’s findings with direct relevance to restaurant operators, pub groups, bar managers, caterers, and F&B executives. Whether you’re making data-informed decisions, benchmarking performance, or responding to sector trends, our reporting translates CGA’s industry research into actionable insights for hospitality professionals.

  • Jun- 2020 -
    15 June
    CoronavirusHospitality sector responsible for a quarter of GDP fall 

    Hospitality sector responsible for a quarter of GDP fall 

    The hospitality sector was responsible for nearly a quarter of GDP losses reported across the UK in April, according to the latest data from UKHospitality and CGA. According to the industry bodies, this figure highlights the “urgent need” for the sector to be allowed to reopen this summer. Total GDP…

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  • May- 2020 -
    22 May
    CoronavirusIndependent businesses set to decline ‘rapidly’, warns CGA

    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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  • 7 May
    CoronavirusHospitality sector prepares for post-lockdown trading

    Hospitality sector prepares for post-lockdown trading

    Hospitality operators remain “deeply pessimistic” about market prospects and the future of their own businesses, according to the latest CGA Business Confidence Survey. Its latest findings found that 32% of senior executives anticipate the need to permanently close their pub, bar or restaurant sites. According to the latest poll, only…

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  • 6 May
    CoronavirusDebt moratorium top demand for hospitality, says CGA

    Debt moratorium top demand for hospitality, says CGA

    Confidence is at rock bottom among the bosses of Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants, with securing a moratorium on debt payments now their main business objective, new research from CGA shows. According to the latest CGA Business Confidence Survey confirms, with cashflow concerns “topping their agendas”, rent has become the…

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  • Apr- 2020 -
    30 April
    CoronavirusNew Hospitality tracker sees first quarter sales drop 21.3%

    New Hospitality tracker sees first quarter sales drop 21.3%

    The UK hospitality sector saw sales decline 21.3% in the first quarter of 2020, as the country and the industry moved into Covid-19 lockdown, figures from the newly launched UKHospitality Quarterly Tracker reveal. The tracker combines data from all sub-segments of hospitality with it showing the “cliff edge impact” of…

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  • 17 April
    CoronavirusRestaurant, pub and bar sales nosedive 60% in March

    Restaurant, pub and bar sales nosedive 60% in March

    Collective like-for-like sales tumbled 57.6% in March amongst the pub, restaurant and bar sector as the nationwide lockdown began, according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker. According to its data, the entire sector was “hit hard”, with a slowdown in sales, which started in February, continuing over the first…

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  • 14 April
    CoronavirusFood and beverage inflation hits 12-month low

    Food and beverage inflation hits 12-month low

    Foodservice pricing reached its lowest point for 12 months in February 2020 with the majority of food and beverage categories showing no or minimal year-on-year inflation, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index has revealed. However, with the global Covid-19 pandemic now causing “major disruption” to global…

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  • Mar- 2020 -
    27 March
    CoronavirusCovid-19: Restaurant and pub sales fall 71% in last week of trading

    Covid-19: Restaurant and pub sales fall 71% in last week of trading

    Like-for-like sales in pubs, bars and restaurants nosedived 71% in the week that licensed premises were ordered to close amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Data from the CGA’s Coffer Peach Business Tracker revealed that like-for-like trading in restaurant chains was down 75% that week. Managed pub sales fell by 67%,…

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  • 25 March
    CoronavirusBritain ‘sees opportunity’ for food and drink deliveries, says CGA

    Britain ‘sees opportunity’ for food and drink deliveries, says CGA

    In the week prior to the Prime Minister’s stay-at-home order, 53% of the public used or planned to use delivery as an alternative, according to the latest research from CGA. Some 13% of the public received delivery from a restaurant or takeaway either for the first time, or more often…

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  • 20 March
    Pubs and BarsHospitality sales fell before PM’s warning, says CGA

    Hospitality sales fell before PM’s warning, says CGA

    Like-for-like sales across Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants fell 15% in the week ended 15 March, one day before the Prime Minister’s warning to avoid these destinations amid the Covid-19 threat. Figures from the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker, produced by hospitality consultancy CGA, revealed that like-for-like sales in restaurant…

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