Demand
Understand whatโs driving, or dampening, customer demand across restaurants, pubs, bars, cafรฉs, 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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Jan- 2023 -16 JanuaryFeatures
The Ice Cream & Artisan Food Show: it’s ice cream time
The Ice Cream & Artisan Food Show is organised by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the trade body for the ice cream sector. This yearโs show will feature the biggest free seminars programme it has ever hosted. โWe are delighted to have what we think is the most compelling seminar…
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13 JanuaryPubs and Bars
High demand for live music in pubs and bars, CGA finds
Nearly 80% of people said that they were more likely to visit a pub, bar or other similar venue if it offers live music, according to data from CGA and artist booking platform Gigrealm. As well as this 73% of people said they were more likely to stay at a…
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9 JanuaryRestaurants
Giggling Squid FY turnover doubles to ยฃ66m
Thai restaurant chain Giggling Squid has announced that its FY turnover doubled to ยฃ66m, up from ยฃ33.9m the previous year. For the full-year period ended April 2022, the company stated that its EBITDA was ยฃ11.1m for the period compared with ยฃ5.5m in the year to March 2021. It believed that…
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9 JanuaryRestaurants
Tortilla revenues rise 20% in FY22
Tortilla has seen group revenue rocket 20% to ยฃ57.7m in FY22, up from ยฃ48.1m the prior year, as it welcomed a โhighly resilientโ performance despite macroeconomic challenges. UK like-for-like sales were up by 16.4% against FY19, as trading was boosted by a net increase of 18 sites in the period,…
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5 JanuaryCafes and Coffee Shops
Greggs sales surge 23% in FY22
Greggs has announced that its FY22 sales were ยฃ1.5bn, an increase of 23.0% compared with the equivalent period in 2021 (ยฃ1.2bn). During the 52-week period, like-for-like sales in company-managed shops were 17.8% higher than sales seen in 2021, with fourth quarter like-for-like sales in company-managed shops growing by 18.2%. It…
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Dec- 2022 -15 DecemberNews
Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.5% to 3.5%
The Bank of England (BoE) has announced that interest rates will be raised by 0.5%, bringing the base rate of interest to 3.5%, the highest level in 14 years. At a meeting held on 14 December 2022, the Bankโs MPC voted by a majority of 6-3 to increase rates by…
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14 DecemberNews
Chopstix opens Livingston store amid Scottish expansion plans
Chopstix, opened its second site in the Scottish town of Livingston this month, with further Scottish locations in the pipeline. Chopstixโ estate in Scotland includes stores in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen as well as an existing site in the Livingston designer outlet, the largest outlet mall in Scotland. The new…
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13 DecemberPeople
Q Catering appoints sales director as part of growth planย
Q Catering has appointed Caroline Martin as its new sales director as part of the companyโs continued growth plan to turnover ยฃ20m by 2030.ย ย Martin, who stepped down from Kent Frozen Foods (KFF) as regional sales manager after 16 years at the company, will join Steve Clarke, Q Cateringโs managing…
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6 DecemberPubs and Bars
Marstonโs returns to profit in FY22
Marstonโs has returned to profit in the year ended 1 October 2022, with pre-tax profits hitting ยฃ163.4m, up from a loss of ยฃ171.1m the prior year, as the group welcomed a return to normalised trading.ย It comes as like-for-like sales reached 99% of 2019 levels despite a disrupted Christmas trading…
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6 DecemberCatering Companies
SSP profits hit ยฃ91.5m in FY22
The operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations, SSP Group, has reported operating profits of ยฃ91.5m for the year ended 30 September after suffering a loss of ยฃ209m in 2021.ย The group has attributed its return to profitability to the rapid recovery in passenger demand through the year,…
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