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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Jan- 2025 -28 JanuaryCafes and Coffee Shops
Black Sheep Coffee to open Bristol site
Black Sheep Coffee has agreed to let Urban Creationโs commercial space at 60 Queens Road, Bristol, which is split across the ground floor and basement.ย Previously occupied by Vodafone, the cafe chain will open in the 2,724 sq ft unit soon on a 15-year lease.ย The arrival of a Black…
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27 JanuaryFeatures
What can the UK food and drinks industry expect in 2025?
As the UK food and drinks industry braces for 2025, it finds itself at a pivotal point. With a drop in drink sales reported during the first week of January and mounting economic pressures, the sector must navigate shifting consumer behaviours, global trade uncertainties, and transformative trends.ย Yet, amid these…
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24 JanuaryAnalysis
How hospitality saved November and why it needs saving in April
The Office for National Statistics’ November 2024 GDP numbers highlight how important the hospitality industry is to the UK economy. It is evident that this industry continues to be a pillar of economic recovery, with the food and beverage subsector leading the economy in terms of performance, and hotels following…
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22 JanuaryCafes and Coffee Shops
Knoops welcomes Lush co-founder to board amid sales uplift
Knoops has appointed Lush co-founder Andrew Gerrie to the board as it recorded a 22% increase in like-for-like sales for the five weeks ended 29 December 2024.ย The companyโs revenue growth of 79% YTD is on track to deliver the business plan for the year ending March 2025 with annual…
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14 JanuaryFeatures
How will businesses deal with increased costs in 2025?
Since chancellor Rachel Reevesโ Autumn Budget those in the hospitality industry have been bracing for a year of increased costs. The question on everyoneโs lips as we enter 2025 is what effect these changes will actually have on the industry and how the industry will go about combatting them. How…
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13 JanuaryNews
Consumer confidence rebounds as dining out surges in November
Consumer confidence recovers as 75% of people have gone out to eat in November 2024,ย CGA by NIQโs latest On Premise Consumer Pulse Report revealed.ย The research, which provides suppliers and operators with insights into consumersโ latest habits and priorities, indicates that 92% visited the On Premise in November, up by…
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9 JanuaryFood and Drink
Greggs FY sales surpass ยฃ2bn mark
Greggs has revealed that it has posted sales of ยฃ2.01bn during 2024, for the 52 weeks ended 28 December, the first time the company has passed the ยฃ2bn mark. Despite the 11.3% sales increase Greggs warned that it would raise prices further to offset increased employment costs. The company reported…
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2 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 02/01/25
Pizza Hutโs UK operator is โin advanced talksโ with potential bidders to wrap up a deal to secure its futures, according to Sky News. Heart With Smart (HWS), Pizza Hutโs biggest UK franchisee, which operates roughly 140 Pizza Hut dine-in restaurants, is expecting to select a preferred bidder in January.…
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2 JanuaryNews
Star Pubs to invest ยฃ60k in Six Nations support for pubs
Star Pubs has announced it will invest over ยฃ60,000 in Six Nations 2025 Championship rugby pub support.ย Following unprecedented demand for its Six Nations 2024 Championship rugby materials, the ยฃ60,000 will be the groupโs biggest ever package of free support and will include 1,400 promotional kits, staff training and a…
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Dec- 2024 -24 DecemberGovernment
UKH calls on gov to rethink approach to NIC changes
UKHospitality has called on the government to “rethink its approachโ to upcoming changes to National Insurance contributions, warning that proper consultation and engagement is needed before the changes are implemented next year. It comes as revised figures from the Office for National Statistics yesterday showed that the UK economy had…
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