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.

Sep- 2025 -

17 September

Pubs and Bars

Young’s sales rise 5.6% over summer period

Young’s has reported that trading momentum has remained strong in the 24 weeks ended 15 September, with like-for-like sales up 5.6% and total sales up 5.3%. The group said this reflected a “healthy demand” for its pubs, supported by the ongoing sunny weather over the summer as customers “continued to…
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15 September

Catering Companies

Kimbo UK launches coffee brand La Tazza D’Oro in UK

Kimbo UK has announced that its Italian coffee brand La Tazza D’Oro, is to become available to the UK hospitality and catering sector for the first time. Responding to the growing demand for premium Italian coffee in the UK, Kimbo is partnering with two leading distributors: Divine Food Importers, serving…
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15 September

Pubs and Bars

Stonegate to offload 23 pubs

Stonegate Group has appointed Savills to market 23 of its pubs that are located across England, with the properties available for sale individually or as part of smaller packages. The pubs are let on long leases with rent reviews linked to the Retail Price Index. Locations include the Admiral Macbride…
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12 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Double Puc secures funding to expand café and catering business

Independent café operator Double Puc has received six-figure backing from the South West Investment Fund to support the expansion of its catering arm. The Bristol-based business, founded in 2021 by Ed Brown and Griff Holland, said the funding would allow it to increase capacity and meet rising demand from corporate…
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11 September

Restaurants

Chipotle to expand into Asia for the first time

Chipotle Mexican Grill has signed a joint venture to open restaurants in Asia for the first time. Through a new partnership with SPC Group, a leading South Korea-based food company, Chipotle plans to open the first Chipotle restaurants in South Korea and Singapore in 2026. Chipotle’s existing international portfolio includes…
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9 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Pret to trial new meal deal format amid strong FY24 sales

Pret A Manger has announced its plans to trial new meal deal formats later this year to capture demand for value-led food-to-go, as the company set out a new medium-term strategy to accelerate growth in its home market and internationally. The news comes after Pret reported sales of £1.2bn for…
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8 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Chocoberry to open Milton Keynes café as part of UK expansion

Chocoberry will open a new dessert café in Milton Keynes as part of its latest wave of UK expansion. The chain, which currently operates 18 cafés across the country, said the site will be among three new openings scheduled in the next three months, with locations also planned in Walsall…
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2 September

Catering Companies

Contract caterers’ sales rise 8% in Q2

Contract caterers saw sales and outlets “sharply” rise by 8% in the second quarter of 2025, according the latest Contract Catering Tracker from CGA by NIQ, Bidfood and UKHospitality. This continued a “long run of growth” in every quarter since mid-2021, when caterers began to recover from the pandemic. After…
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Aug- 2025 -

26 August

Restaurants

Top 100 restaurant groups saw profits jump 18% to £365m in 2024

Profits at the UK’s 100 largest restaurant groups have risen 18% in the past year to £365m, according to new figures from accountancy group UHY Hacker Young. Turnover across the top 100 groups increased by 19% to £12.9bn in 2025, up from £10.8bn the previous year. The report attributes the…
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21 August

Features

Ebb and flow or terminal decline: the state of summer hospitality jobs

For generations, the “Great British summer job” has been a rite of passage. Students pulling pints in pub gardens, teenagers serving fish and chips on the pier, and young workers scooping ice creams at busy seaside resorts all became part of the seasonal rhythm of hospitality. These short-term roles give…
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