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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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Pasta Evangelists has secured Safe to Trade approval across all 47 of its locations, meeting…

Big Table Group halves FY losses following job cuts

The Big Table Group, owner of Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia, has seen losses before tax narrow…

Hospitality insolvencies down but downturn in trade could spell trouble, RSM warns

Accommodation and food services insolvencies decreased 12% year-on-year from 313 in April…

Hospitality sales fall 1% in May amid poor weather

Sales across Britain’s managed hospitality groups fell by 1% year-on-year in May, according…

St Austell FY turnover hits £231m despite low visitor numbers

St Austell Brewery has reported a record turnover of £231m in the year to December 2024,…

Contract caterers see Q1 sales rise 9.5% year-on-year

Contract caterers’ sales rose 9.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025,…
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