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.

  • Aug- 2022 -
    24 August
    RestaurantsYO! operator hails ‘record’ FY21 revenues of £197.3m

    YO! operator hails ‘record’ FY21 revenues of £197.3m

    The Snowfox Group, the operator of YO! Sushi, has announced that it delivered “record” sales of £197.3m for the 52-week period ended 28 November 2021, driven by growth across the group’s restaurants, kiosks, and commissaries. Adjusted EBITDA for the multi-channel and international Japanese food business also doubled from £17.1m to…

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  • 22 August
    Pubs and BarsNightcap

    Barrio to open largest site in Covent Garden

    Nightcap, the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group and the Barrio Familia group of bars, has announced the opening of a Tequila-focussed bar, the first new site for its Barrio brand following the acquisition of the Barrio Familia Group in November 2021. The latest lease signing at…

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  • 19 August
    NewsTim Hortons continues UK expansion with first dark kitchen

    Tim Hortons continues UK expansion with first dark kitchen

    Tim Hortons has announced the opening of its first dark kitchen in London to help “facilitate demand for its renowned offering in the capital”. The brand’s delivery-only kitchen, located in Kentish Town, will allow those within two square miles of the kitchen to access its products via platforms including UberEats,…

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  • 18 August
    BusinessHospitality numbers ‘stable’ in Q2 but costs crisis threatens recovery

    Hospitality numbers ‘stable’ in Q2 but costs crisis threatens recovery

    The number of licensed premises was just under 106,000 at the end of June 2022, almost exactly the same number as in both June 2021 and March 2022, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA by NielsenIQ and AlixPartners. The CGA’s research recorded nearly 1,000 closures over the…

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  • 17 August
    Food and DrinkInflation hits new 40-year high at 10.1%

    Inflation hits new 40-year high at 10.1%

    Inflation has once again broken records with a new 40-year high recorded last month, as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit 10.1% in the 12 months to July 2022, up from 9.4% in June.  According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the biggest contribution to this figure was rising…

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  • 16 August
    RestaurantsCreams Cafe to open four new regional restaurants

    Creams Cafe to open four new regional restaurants

    Creams Cafe has announced it will open four “key” regional openings in the next quarter in a bid to strengthen its market position, located in Manchester, New Haw, Sheffield and York. The Manchester restaurant is set to be the newest flagship for Creams Cafe. Situated within Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre,…

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  • 15 August
    Pubs and BarsCity of London sees 14% decrease in pubs since Pandemic

    City of London sees 14% decrease in pubs since Pandemic

    The City of London has seen a net decline of one in seven (14%) licensed premises since March 2020, the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA by NielsenIQ and AlixPartners has revealed. The 14% decline in The City is a steeper decline than London as a whole, which saw a…

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  • 9 August
    Catering CompaniesQ Catering expands warehouse by 11,600 sq. ft

    Q Catering expands warehouse by 11,600 sq. ft

    Independent foodservice wholesaler, Q Catering, has reportedly started its warehouse expansion development this month, resulting in an extra 11,600 sq. ft of storage facilities across the site. It is reported that this expansion plays a part in the company’s investment and wider goals for business growth, and to meet “increasing”…

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  • 2 August
    PeopleGreggs names new chair as revenues rise

    Greggs names new chair as revenues rise

    Greggs has announced the  appointment of Matthew Davies as an independent non-executive director and chair designate. Davies joins the board with immediate effect, and will be appointed as chair on 1 November 2022, when the current chair, Ian Durant, steps down. He is widely experienced in retail, and during his…

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  • Jul- 2022 -
    27 July
    Pubs and BarsMarston’s like-for-like sales drop 2%

    Marston’s like-for-like sales drop 2%

    Marston’s plc has revealed its like-for-like sales dropped 2% for the 42 weeks to 23 July FY22, compared to the same period in FY2019, due to the reintroduction of trading restrictions in December and January, and the impact on consumer sentiment in H1. However, total retail sales in the group’s…

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