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Consumer Confidence

We report on consumer confidence trends and how they influence spending habits across the UK foodservice and hospitality sector. This features our coverage of economic sentiment, household budgets, discretionary spend patterns, and the wider behavioural shifts affecting restaurant, pub, café, and catering trade. Whether you’re planning pricing strategies, forecasting sales, or adjusting marketing efforts, our reporting links consumer psychology to trading outcomes, helping foodservice operators make informed commercial decisions in a changing economic environment.

Consumer Confidence

We report on consumer confidence trends and how they influence spending habits across the UK foodservice and hospitality sector. This features our coverage of economic sentiment, household budgets, discretionary spend patterns, and the wider behavioural shifts affecting restaurant, pub, café, and catering trade. Whether you’re planning pricing strategies, forecasting sales, or adjusting marketing efforts, our reporting links consumer psychology to trading outcomes, helping foodservice operators make informed commercial decisions in a changing economic environment.

Private equity deals surge in F&B market

Of the 32 deals announced in the food and beverage sector in Q3, 44% involved private equity…

Growing consumer confidence boosts September sales, CGA reveals

Managed restaurant, pub and bar groups saw September total sales increase 42% compared with…

Hospitality sales boosted by 43.5%

Marston’s FY21 sales return to pre-pandemic level

Marston’s has revealed that for the full-year ending 2 October 2021, trading has been…

Hospitality sector still struggling despite customers’ return to venues, UKH warns

Despite 56% of consumers returning to hospitality venues in the first 10 days after ‘Freedom…

UKH warns of sector-wide staff shortages

UKHospitality has warned that the sector is facing a shortage of 188,000 staff workers…

April pub and restaurant sales down 60% against 2019 

Managed pub and restaurant groups recorded a 60%% drop in total sales in April compared to…

Scottish trade bodies offer gov route out of lockdown

Scottish Hospitality Group, UK Hospitality Scotland, Scottish Licensed Trade Association,…

Barkby Pubs ‘poised for significant growth’ post-lockdown

The Barkby Group, operators of Barkby Pubs, has announced that like-for-like sales across…

BBPA predicts ‘quietest Christmas’ on record

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has revealed it expects the “quietest Christmas”…
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