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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.

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Warm weather draws Brits to pubs and restaurants as spending rises

Consumer spending grew by 2.5% year-on-year in April, as milder temperatures encouraged…

British communities lost 914 pubs in 2018

During the 2018 calendar year, a total of 914 pubs closed down according to real estate…

Pub and restaurant closures lead to 31% rise in insolvency costs

Insolvent companies, across all sectors of the British economy, that couldn’t pay their…

Greene King Christmas day sales hit £7.7m record despite cost cutting

Greene King has announced it hit a record sales figure of £7.7m for Christmas day despite…

Confidence ‘under pressure’ across eating and drinking-out market

Business confidence among leaders of Britain’s eating and drinking-out market remains…

Restaurant insolvencies reach highest level in eight years

The number of restaurant businesses going bust has reached its highest level since 2010,…

Hospitality sector ‘faces £113m business rates hike next April’

UKHospitality (UKH) is warning that a large part of the UK economy, including hotels, pubs,…

Taking a proposition from ‘meh’ to ‘yeah’

During the reign of casual dining brands, reliability, know-what-you’re-getting and…

Hospitality consumer spending increases 2.5% in July

Consumer spending in the hospitality sector increased by 2.5% in July, according to Visas’…
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