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.

  • Apr- 2022 -
    12 April
    PeopleFront of house workers to benefit most from NLW rise, data finds

    Front of house workers to benefit most from NLW rise, data finds

    The new National Living Wage (NLW) rates will mostly benefit front-of-house workers, who will see their hourly wage increased to be more in line with that of their counterparts in back-of-house roles, according to new research from Fourth.   For businesses, however, it said this means a further squeeze on margins…

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  • 12 April
    Food and DrinkFoodservice inflation hits double-digits in February

    Foodservice inflation hits double-digits in February

    Cost pressures are intensifying as year-on-year inflation in the foodservice sector hit 10.2% in February 2022, according to the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing. The double-digit increase was fueled by challenges including a surge in demand, the “lingering” impacts of Covid, additional costs…

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  • 11 April
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsPret to expand into Ireland with Carebrook Partnership

    Pret to expand into Ireland with Carebrook Partnership

    Pret A Manger is set to expand into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for the first time after an agreement of terms were reached with franchise partner Carebrook Partnership Ltd. Through the partnership, 20 Pret shops will be established across the island of Ireland over the next decade,…

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  • 7 April
    NewsGusto partners with PayCaptain to strengthen ‘people-centric agenda’

    Gusto partners with PayCaptain to strengthen ‘people-centric agenda’

    Gusto Italian, the casual dining restaurant group, has announced a new partnership with PayCaptain, which will further strengthen its employee proposition and “people-centric agenda”. It said Gusto employees will benefit from greater flexibility over pay, savings and pension planning, as well as having the opportunity to access pay on-demand. The…

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  • 4 April
    RestaurantsWagamama reopens all airport restaurants

    Wagamama reopens all airport restaurants

    Wagamama has announced that it is to reopen all of its airport restaurant locations in order to “meet the demand for international holidays”. The airport restaurants are the last to reopen after the pandemic closed all restaurants following the national lockdown two years ago. It said this final phase of…

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  • 1 April
    GovernmentVAT rise to result in double-digit price increases, UKH warns

    VAT rise to result in double-digit price increases, UKH warns

    VAT in hospitality will rise from 12.5% to 20% on 1 April 2022, which UKH said “will result in double-digit price increases for consumers as operators struggle to survive” as the sector is forecasting cost inflation running at 18%. Recent business surveys show the industry is facing a 95% hike…

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  • Mar- 2022 -
    28 March
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsStarbucks UK revenue soars 35% in FY21

    Starbucks UK revenue soars 35% in FY21

    Starbucks has announced that UK revenues rose by 35% to £328m in the full-year ending 3 October 2021, largely driven by the recovery of sales in both company owned stores and franchised stores following the pandemic.  Profit before tax hit £13.3m, up from a £41m loss reported in FY20, despite…

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  • 24 March
    PeopleItsu appoints new CFO

    Itsu appoints new CFO

    Itsu has appointed Greg Thorp as its new group CFO after a successful 16 years at Pret a Manger. Thorp joins the leadership team alongside CEO Ganan Kanagathurai and founder Julian Metcalfe. Ganan Kanagathurai, retail CEO, said: “I am thrilled to have hired someone with the experience and gravitas to…

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  • 15 March
    RestaurantsAcquisitions drive Nightcap revenues to surge 700%

    Acquisitions drive Nightcap revenues to surge 700%

    Nightcap has reported a 700% increase in revenues to £15.8m during the 26-week period ended 26 December 2021 boosted by a series of acquisitions. The group also revealed like-for-like revenues increased 22.4% compared with the same period in 2019. Excluding the ‘Plan B’ period, group revenue increased by 28.3% on…

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  • 14 March
    RestaurantsRestaurant insolvencies rise to 354 in Q4

    Restaurant insolvencies rise to 354 in Q4

    Restaurant insolvencies jumped by a fifth to 354 in the last quarter of 2021, rising from 296 in Q3, according to UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group. UHY Hacker Young said “despite the end of coronavirus restrictions, the sector faces considerable challenges”. The invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions…

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