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.
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Mar- 2022 -14 MarchFood and Drink
Hospitality managed groups’ sales up 3% in February
Managed groups’ like-for-like sales in February were 3% higher than in February 2019, according to the Coffer CGA Business Tracker, produced by CGA in partnership with The Coffer Group and RSM. It revealed the lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions helped Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups to raise sales…
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8 MarchRestaurants
Only 20% of hospitality firms track food waste, survey finds
A joint survey of leading hospitality operators, representing more than 2,300 sites, has revealed that only one fifth of sector businesses are currently tracking whether their food waste comes from preparation, spoilage or plate waste. The survey, conducted by Fourth, the global software provider for the hospitality, retail and leisure…
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Feb- 2022 -28 FebruaryNews
Surgeons Quarter to employ up to 70 new staff amid events rebound
Hospitality venue Surgeons Quarter has reported that 2022 is projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels, and looks to expand its headcount by 70 positions. In a positive sign for Edinburgh’s “crucial” hospitality and business tourism sectors, the firm said it has experienced demand for in-person meetings and events well ahead of…
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28 FebruaryNews
Deliveroo reveals pandemic impact on UK ordering habits
More than 8 out of 10 UK customers report ordering deliveries with the same or higher frequency than a year ago – despite the lifting of lockdown restrictions Nutrition and environmental concerns increasingly driving decisions around food – with 60% of UK customers wanting to control what they eat, and…
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25 FebruaryFeatures
Pay increases: A balancing act
“While the pandemic has impacted all industries, few have had to overcome ‘harder’ or ‘more numerous blows’ than the hospitality sector,” as evident from Peckwater Brands latest research. Whilst many challenges continue to hinder the industry today – it has decided to award “record” pay rises in a bid to…
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24 FebruaryBusiness
Some 80% of customers ordering delivery food as frequently as 2020
A new report published by Deliveroo into the UK public’s food delivery preferences has revealed more than eight out of 10 UK customers ordered deliveries at the same rate or more frequently in December 2021 than they did the year before. The “Share of Stomach” report aims to “help restaurants…
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22 FebruaryRestaurants
Clean Kitchen Club secures Battersea Power Station venue
A new plant-based eatery, Clean Kitchen Club, has been revealed as one of the restaurants to be opening its doors inside Battersea Power Station from September 2022. Clean Kitchen will join the Grade II Listed Power Station as one of the newest restaurants on the market, sitting alongside a tranche…
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16 FebruaryRestaurants
Some 58% of UK hospitality business at risk of closure, survey finds
The majority (58%) of UK hospitality businesses say the pandemic has put them at risk of closure, according to new research from Peckwater Brands. Furthermore, it found 43% do not believe their business will exist in five years’ time, and 67% have seen a substantial decline in income since the…
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15 FebruaryRestaurants
UK restaurant market to recover to 94% of 2019 value in 2022
The UK restaurant market is set to recover to 94% of its 2019 value in 2022, according to the new Lumina Intelligence UK Restaurant Market Report 2021/22. The report indicates that the UK restaurant market grew +25.9% or £2.3bn in 2021 to a total value of £11.2bn. Coronavirus restrictions in…
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15 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Managed groups see sales recover in January
Rising consumer confidence about safety and the easing of restrictions have boosted sales across managed pub, bar, and restaurant groups in January, according to the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker. Total sales across these groups were 3% higher than pre-pandemic trading in January 2019, and represent a “solid recovery” from…
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