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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Feb- 2024 -7 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Liberation Group revenues hit £140m
Liberation Group, a privately owned premium pub operator and brewing group, has reported a “record” performance for the year ended 27 January 2024, as its total group revenues were up 22.5% to £140m versus the same period last year. With sites stretching from Mayfair in London to St Aubin in…
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Jan- 2024 -26 JanuaryFood and Drink
CGA warns border checks threaten deceleration of foodservices inflation
Apprehensions are growing about a resurgence in inflation as a result of new border checks despite the recent general downward trend, CGA has revealed. The government is set to implement new paperwork requirements for EU businesses sending animal and plant products to the UK from the end of January, with…
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15 JanuaryNews
UK pubs see drinks sales growth in 2024, CGA finds
Britain’s pubs and bars have started 2024 with year-on-year growth in drinks sales, CGA by NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker shows. Average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday 6 January were 25% ahead of the corresponding week in 2022—though this is inflated by the inclusion of New Year’s…
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Nov- 2023 -6 NovemberBusiness
Closures slow after licensed premises drop below 100,000
The number of licensed premises in Britain has fallen by 3.6% over the last 12 months to 99,916 sites, according to data from CGA and AlixPartners. The total at the end of September 2023 marks the first time it has dropped below 100,000 since records began. The 3,766 drop over…
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Oct- 2023 -19 OctoberNews
UK managed groups see 12 months of growth, CGA finds
Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups completed 12 consecutive months of year-on-year sales growth in September, the new CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals. The tracker, which is produced by CGA by NIQ in partnership with RSM UK, indicated like-for-like growth of 5.9% last month—close to both the Tracker’s…
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4 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 04/10/23
Tortilla revenues grew 22% to £32.7m during the 26 weeks ending 2 July, due to eased cost pressures and increased consumer confidence. However, Adjusted EBITDA decreased from £2.5m in H1 2022 to £1.8m due to the absence of government support received in the prior year. The group also integrated Chilango…
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4 OctoberFood and Drink
Tortilla revenues increase 22% in H1
Tortilla revenues grew 22% to £32.7m during the 26 weeks ended 2 July, as cost pressures have eased and consumer confidence grew in the UK. However, while adjusted EBITDA reduced from £2.5m in H1 2022 to £1.8m in the current year, the fast-casual chain reports this is in-line with market…
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Sep- 2023 -14 SeptemberNews
Hospitality sales rise by 5.3% despite cool summer, CGA says
Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups overcame some dismal summer weather to record like-for-like sales growth of 5.3% in August 2023, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker shows. The tracker, produced by CGA by NIQ in partnership with the Coffer Group andRSM UK, has now been in year-on-year growth…
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5 SeptemberRestaurants
Restaurant spending down in August, Barclays finds
Restaurant spending dropped by 5.8% in August after dropping 2.7% in July, according to new data from Barclays. According to the data, 61% of people surveyed stated that they had deprioritised eating at restaurants. Alongside this 58% of people stated that they were deprioritising spending on takeaways. Despite this spending…
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Jul- 2023 -25 JulyNews
Brighton Pier Group reports ‘widespread decline’ in Q2
Brighton Pier Group has announced that total sales for the six months ending 25 June 2023 are expected to be in the region of £16.2m. The group said that the second quarter “has proved more difficult”, with sales remaining behind 2022. It added that the current macroeconomic environment is leading…
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