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.

  • May- 2023 -
    5 May
    NewsYum! Brands income falls by 25% to $300m in Q1

    Yum! Brands income falls by 25% to $300m in Q1

    Yum! Brands, which operates restaurant chains KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger Grill, has announced that net income fell by 25% to $300m (£238m) in Q1, down from $399m (£316m) the prior year.  Despite this, revenues for the brand rose by 6% to $1.6bn (£1.4bn) in the first…

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  • 3 May
    BusinessHospitality loses 4,600 venues in 12 months

    Hospitality loses 4,600 venues in 12 months

    Britain has suffered a net decline of 4,593 licensed premises in the last year to March 2023, according to the Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA Strategy. The drop is equivalent to 4.3% of the licensed sector since March 2022, and an average of 12.6 closures a day. In better news,…

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  • 2 May
    Food and DrinkPopeyes to launch first UK drive-thru in Rotherham

    Popeyes to launch first UK drive-thru in Rotherham

    Popeyes has announced that it will launch its first UK drive-thru in Rotherham on 15 May. The drive-thru will be part of a 104-seat restaurant which will include seating indoors and outside. The restaurant will also have a dual-ordering lane to reduce expected vehicle queues, and a car park. Tom…

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  • 2 May
    NewsHeinkenen to invest £40m in Star Pubs upgrades

    Heinkenen to invest £40m in Star Pubs upgrades

    Heineken has recently announced it will invest £40m in upgrading almost a quarter of the pubs in its Star Pubs & Bars’ estate in 2023.  A total of 570 pubs will benefit from the improvements, with 100 of these scheduled for major revamps averaging £200,000 each, creating around 600 new…

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  • Apr- 2023 -
    28 April
    BusinessFresh rail strikes to heap ‘further pain’ on hospitality, says UKH

    Fresh rail strikes to heap ‘further pain’ on hospitality, says UKH

    Trade body UK Hospitality has called for all parties involved to “redouble” their efforts to reach a resolution ahead of planned strike action by train drivers. Train drivers from the ASLEF union are set to strike on three dates across May and June dashing hopes of a resolution to the…

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  • 27 April
    NewsMcDonald’s global sales increase by 13% in Q1

    McDonald’s global sales increase by 13% in Q1

    Fast food giant McDonald’s reported that sales increased nearly 13% for the quarter ended in March 2023, both globally and across each segment. Digital Systemwide sales in the top six markets, including the UK, were nearly $7.5bn (£6bn) for the quarter, representing almost 40% of the Systemwide sales.  Systemwide sales…

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  • 25 April
    BusinessWhitbread

    Whitbread’s profits hit £413m amid strong Premier Inn performance

    Premier Inn owner Whitbread Plc has reported that its annual adjusted pre-tax profit increased to £413m, for the 12 months to March 2, 2023 against a loss of £16m the previous year. The report revealed that the result topped the pre-pandemic annual profit level of £358m achieved in 2019-20. Revenue…

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  • 17 April
    Food and DrinkFoodservice price inflation falls slightly but remains over 20%

    Foodservice price inflation falls slightly but remains over 20%

    Foodservice price inflation fell slightly to 20.6% year-on-year in February 2023, according to data from CGA strategy. The figure is below the record high of 22.9% in December 2022 showing clear signs that food inflation is beginning to ease. The full basket of food measured by the Index increased by…

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  • 4 April
    NewsBurger & Sauce to open new sites in the Midlands, Liverpool and Sheffield

    Burger & Sauce to open new sites in the Midlands, Liverpool and Sheffield

    Restaurant chain Burger and Sauce has recently signed five new franchisees to open restaurants in the Midlands, Liverpool and Sheffield before the end of the year. Originally set up during the pandemic, the chain quickly became popular with its first restaurant turning over £1.5m in the first year.  The brand…

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  • 3 April
    FeaturesAll About the Cooks vs delivery apps

    All About the Cooks vs delivery apps

    Can you tell me about the history of All About the Cooks and how did you come up with the concept? My background is in marketing and advertising, and after having children, I worked as a consultant. Eating real meals prepared by real people rather than factory-produced goods has always…

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