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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Oct- 2023 -9 OctoberFeatures
Environmentally-friendly beers are possible: Q&A with One Planet Brewery
What inspired the decision to power the brewery entirely with solar energy? The inspiration behind One Planet was to brew great beer while making as low an impact as possible on our planet. By harnessing the sun to power the brewing process, we are able to make a huge reduction…
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9 OctoberBusiness
Hospitality operators see price rises of up to 30%
Hospitality operators have seen price rises of up to 30% due to supply chain breakdowns, according to research from BRITA Professional. BRITA Professional revealed it surveyed a number of hospitality and education catering professionals to identify the biggest challenges within the supply chain as part of its Rely Chain campaign.…
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5 OctoberFeatures
How can technology support a more personalised guest experience against the backdrop of rising costs?
Food inflation hit a 41-year high of 11.1% in October 2022, according to government figures. And although the latest BRC data has revealed that food inflation decelerated to 11.5% in August (it’s lowest since September 2022), experts are still predicting that consumers will remain cautious with discretionary spending as we…
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Sep- 2023 -26 SeptemberNews
Today’s news in brief – 26/09/23
Brighton Pier Group reported a decrease in total revenues, falling from £17.3m to £16.2m in H1, primarily due to declining sales in its bar division. Ongoing inflationary pressures impacted operating margins, resulting in lower earnings compared to the previous year. EBITDA dropped from £3m to £1.4m, with a loss before…
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26 SeptemberPeople
Festive season hiring set to surge this year, says Axonify
Over half (53%) of retail hospitality and food service managers are hiring more new workers for the festive seasons this year due to the need for additional support. According to data from Axonify, some 29% of hospitality businesses and 30% of food service businesses will be hiring more seasonal staff.…
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26 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Brighton Pier revenues fall in H1 amid declining bar sales
The Brighton Pier Group has revealed that total revenues were down from £17.3m to £16.2m in H1, following a decline in sales from the group’s bar division. Following “exceptionally” strong trading from a post-pandemic surge in demand in the first half of 2022, ongoing inflationary pressures – in particular to…
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8 SeptemberTrade Associations
Strong sales unable to keep up with inflation, UKH finds
Turnover increased 6.7% in the last year to £137bn, but compared with 2019, remains almost 20% behind in real terms when accounting for inflation, according to UKH’s quarterly sales tracker. The tracker, in association with CGA, also showed that sales in the last year are 2.3% up on pre-pandemic sales.…
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4 SeptemberAdvice
How to tailor interactions for drive-thru customers in the QR industry
In 2022, the quick service (QSR) and takeaway industry in the UK amounted to a whopping £21bn, up from the previous year’s approximate £20bn. This year, the market is forecast to reach greater heights of £22bn. The UK’s 2,256 drive-thrus took in just over £2.8bn in the year to the…
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Aug- 2023 -30 AugustPubs and Bars
MOJO opens at Liverpool ONE
Liverpool ONE has welcomed the opening of MOJO, a “rock n’ roll Americana style” cocktail bar, after the site relocated from the city centre and upsized from its previous Back Berry Street location. Operating across two floors, MOJO Liverpool ONE has opened a 3,500 sq ft space, joining seven locations…
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29 AugustBusiness
Over 60% of business leaders optimistic about business prospects
New data from CGA Strategy has found that 62% of business leaders feel optimistic about prospects for their business over the next 12 months, an 8% increase from the last survey in May. Alongside this 45% of leaders are optimistic about the hospitality industry in general, an increase of 5%…
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