Demand
Understand what’s driving, or dampening, customer demand across restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, 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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Jun- 2024 -28 JuneFood and Drink
Heavenly Desserts set to open new Solihull venue
Heavenly Desserts has revealed that it is set to open a new venue in Shirley, Solihull on Saturday 6 July. Located in Parkgate Shopping Centre complex in Solihull, the 44-capacity restaurant will replace part of the old Pizza Express unit. The launch brings Heavenly Desserts closer to 60 sites around…
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27 JuneNews
Donutelier to open new location in Carnaby Street
Donutelier, the boutique bakery specialising in handmade doughnuts and pastries, is set to join Carnaby Street later this year. Taking 50 Carnaby Street, the bakery will soon form a natural gateway from the renowned shopping destination into the dining hub, Kingly Court. Donutelier will open the 1,300 sq ft space…
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20 JuneRestaurants
Popeyes to open 50th store amid continued expansion plans
Popeyes UK has announced that it is set to launch its 50th UK site in Glasgow, marking its 18th opening this year. With the launch of the new restaurant, the brand is on track to deliver the growth it projected in January – doubling the size of its UK estate…
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19 JuneCatering Companies
Pure launches Food for Business division
Pure has officially launched its Food for Business division that will be catering for meetings and events, provide workplace feeding options, and a new wholesale range of longer-life food products. The launch coincides with Pure’s survey of over 500 people that revealed more than 50% rated the food at their…
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17 JuneNews
Today’s news in brief – 17/06/24
The number of pubs closing permanently saw a sharp 56% rise in Q1, according to analysis of official government data by Altus Group. This is a rise from the 51 pubs a month closing during the first quarter of 2023. England’s North West region lost 35 pubs, the most of…
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17 JunePubs and Bars
Pub closures spike 56% in Q1
The number of pubs across England and Wales closing for good saw a sharp 56% increase in the first three months of the year to 80 a month, according to analysis of official government data by Altus Group. This is a rise from the 51 pubs a month closing during…
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17 JuneFeatures
A culinary director’s trends and trials in event catering
Tell us a bit about your background and experience, and what inspired you to become a chef? My passion for cooking started at a young age. Coming from a large family with five brothers, my parents worked long hours, so my nan often spent time in the kitchen preparing meals…
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10 JuneNews
Greggs to open new production and logistics facility
Greggs has announced it has entered into a lease agreement for a new state-of-the-art frozen production and logistics facility in Derby, Derbyshire. Greggs’ strategic growth plan, announced in 2021, set out ambitious expansion targets requiring investment in significant supply chain capacity. At 12 May 2024, Greggs had 2,500 shops trading…
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10 JunePubs and Bars
St Austell Brewery FY23 revenues rise 10% to £229.5m
St Austell Brewery, which owns over 160 pubs, inns and hotels across the West Country, has reported another “record” year where total revenues rose 10% to £229.5m for the year to 31 December 2023. This comes as the group’s total operating profits for the financial period reached £13.2m, showing a…
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7 JuneAdvice
It’s all gravy: cutting costs while maxing sustainability
The hospitality and catering industry experienced a hugely challenging few years during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. With venues and events immediately closed and revenues devastated as a result, keeping the administrators at bay was about as much as most businesses could hope for. However, as the UK returned…
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