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.

Oct- 2025 -

9 October

Business

Soaring operational costs pile pressure on hospitality capex, CGA finds

Rapid rises in operational costs are damaging hospitality’s capital expenditure programmes, according to a survey from CGA and Sona. The survey of industry leaders found that nearly two thirds (63%) have increased their operational expenditure over the last 12 months, following inflationary pressures on the costs of labour, food and…
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7 October

Comment

Experts call for a return to seasonal food joy

Britain’s kitchens have been spoiled for choice for decades but industry experts say there could be a costly price to pay for eating whatever we want, whenever we want it. Instead of dining on all things all year round, a return to enjoying the occasion of certain foods at certain…
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6 October

Food and Drink

Chaiiwala FY sales hit ‘record’ £89.4m amid global expansion

Chaiiwala has reported record global system sales of £89.4m for the year to 31 December 2024, up 35% on the previous year, as the Indian street food and café brand expanded across the UK and overseas. The Leicester-based company said growth was driven by new store openings and rising demand…
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Sep- 2025 -

30 September

Food and Drink

Tortilla UK posts record H1 profits amid European expansion

Tortilla has reported record profitability in its UK operations for the 26-week period to 29 June, which has helped offset early-stage investment losses in France as the company continues its European expansion. The fast-casual Mexican restaurant group revealed that its adjusted EBITDA in the UK rose 33% to £2.4m, which…
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29 September

Restaurants

Wingstop opens second Liverpool site as expansion continues

Wingstop has opened a second restaurant in Liverpool, following the brand’s debut at Liverpool One earlier this year. The new site, in Edge Lane’s Liverpool Shopping Park, spans 3,305 sq ft and seats 115 diners. It will serve the chain’s full menu of wings, tenders, burgers and sides. The opening…
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29 September

Pubs and Bars

RedCat Hospitality sales up 2% in ‘transformational year’

RedCat Hospitality has revealed that its like-for-like sales rose 2% in the year ended 30 March 2025, a year which CEO Richard Lewis has branded “transformational”. In the period, the company saw its adjusted EBITDA rise 290% to £8.8m, up from £2.2m, and its site EBITDA rise 42% to £18.7m,…
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26 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Investor pushes for private equity takeover of SSP Group

An activist investor is reportedly encouraging private equity firms to enter takeover bids for Upper Crust operator SSP Group, after raising its stake in the company. According to The Financial Times, Irenic Capital Management is pushing the move having raised its stake in the food-to-go operator to 3%, up from…
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25 September

Restaurants

Comptoir Group reports modest profit and sales growth in H1

Comptoir Group has seen gross profit rise by 3.1% to £13.1m in its half year results, up from £12.7m the prior year, as the group looked to streamline management focus and operational efficiency. Over the period, revenues rose by 0.6% to £16m, up from £15.9m the prior year, marking a…
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25 September

Pubs and Bars

Historic pub in Monkton Farleigh changes hands to new operator

Christie and Co has revealed that The Kings Arms in Monkton Farleigh has been let to South West-based hospitality group The Beckford Group. Located around five miles from Bath, The Kings Arms in Monkton Farleigh is a traditional public house, with parts of the stone-built property dating back to the…
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17 September

Food and Drink

Hospitality food and drink prices rise again amid global pressures

The UK foodservice sector saw a significant resurgence of inflationary pressures in June 2025, with nine out of 10 categories seeing month-on-month inflation, according to data from CGA. The oils and fats category has been hit particularly hard, with prices rising 6.7% over the last year and by 1.6% in…
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