Demand
Understand whatโs driving, or dampening, customer demand across restaurants, pubs, bars, cafรฉs, and contract catering. Our focused reporting features dining trends, footfall patterns, booking behaviour, menu shifts, delivery and takeaway volumes, and the wider economic factors impacting consumer spend in hospitality. Whether you’re adapting to shifting weekday trade, reacting to seasonal fluctuations, or planning promotional strategies, this archive offers data-driven insights to help operators, chefs, and F&B leaders align operations with real-time market dynamics.
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Mar- 2025 -4 MarchFeatures
Whatโs behind increased hospitality churn?
In recent years the prevailing narrative in the hospitality industry has been that venues are closing at an alarming rate. Data from CGA revealed that 27,951 hospitality venues closed their doors between March 2020 and September 2024 at a rate of 119 per week. However, what gets lost in this…
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Feb- 2025 -28 FebruaryRestaurants
Heavenly Desserts and Burger and Sauce set to open in Merry Hill
Heavenly Desserts and Burger and Sauce are set to open two new locations in Merry Hill shopping centre. Opening in April, Heavenly Desserts has signed for a 68-cover, 2,189 sq ft unit. Located next to Wingstop and opposite the recently opened Loungers, the brand will offer a dedicated dessert menu…
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19 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 19/02/25
Hospitality insolvencies were down 7% year-on-year from 3,737 in 2023 in 2023 to 3,464 in 2024, according to ONS data. Insolvencies in the sector saw an even bigger drop month-on-month, down 31% from 327 in November 2024 to 224 in the following month, and fell 29% compared with the same…
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19 FebruaryFood and Drink
Roadchef to welcome new F&B brands at Folkestone Services
Roadchef has announced that a number of new brands, including McDonalds, Costa and WH Smith, will be arriving at Folkestone Services on the M20.ย The new on-site venues will be open 24/7 to offer round-the-clock access to food, drinks and shopping for travelers.ย Costa has benefited from additional upgrades such…
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18 FebruaryPubs and Bars
BBPA calls for govt action as 300 pubs closed for good in 2024
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said that urgent government action is needed to halt โcompletely avoidableโ closures, as its latest figures showed that nearly 300 pubs closed across England and Wales last year โ an equivalent of six a week.ย The industry body, which represents more than 20,000…
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12 FebruaryFeatures
Why are American brands taking over the UK QSR market?
The British QSR market has seen an influx of American fast food brands coming into the UK and rapidly expanding. According to data from various sources there are over 6,500 American QSR sites in the UK. This can be best seen in the recent announcement from Popeyes that it is…
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10 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Number of late-night hospitality venues falls by 2.8% in 2024
Britainโs late-night hospitality sector had a total of 2,264 nightclubs, late-night bars and casinos at the end of 2024, spelling a reduction of 2.8% in a year and 25.2% less than pre-pandemic, according to CGA by NIQโs first edition of the Night Time Economy Market Monitor.ย ย Nightclubs have borne the…
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5 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Storm รowyn curtails drinks sales revival in January
Drinks sales in the UK fell 5% year-on-year in the seven days ended Saturday 25 January as Storm รowyn caused people to stay at home, according to data from hospitality consultants CGA. Daily trade slumped 14% on Friday 24 January as Storm รowyn raced in and many consumers were advised…
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3 FebruaryRestaurants
Glasgow sees highest volume of F&B deals in 2024
Glasgow city centre saw the highest volume of F&B transactions for over six years in 2024 with over 34 new openings, signifying a 25% rise on the year before, according to Savills.ย Of those 34 openings, almost 90% were local independent operators. This is a marked change since 2023, when…
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Jan- 2025 -31 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Butcombe sees 7.8% rise in FY24 revenues
Butcombe Group, a privately owned premium pub operator and brewing group, has reported that its full-year LFL revenues were up by 7.8%, including 23% LFL across the two week Christmas period. For the year ended 25 January 2025, its standout performance was in food at 12% growth, with both accommodation…
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