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.

  • Nov- 2021 -
    15 November
    Pubs and BarsNightcap sees FY21 losses widen to £5.3m

    Nightcap sees FY21 losses widen to £5.3m

    Nightcap has revealed that its pre-tax losses for the full-year ending 27 June 2021 have widened to £5.3m from £616,301 the previous year. Despite the losses, revenue grew to £5.9m from £5.2m and was boosted by the acquisitions of The London Cocktail Club Limited and its subsidiaries. In addition to…

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  • 11 November
    RestaurantsYoung’s reports strong H1 as revenues surge

    Young’s reports strong H1 as revenues surge

    Pub group Young’s has reported its total revenue for the 26 week period ending on 27 September was £149.6m, up 183.9%, with adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £42.7m. The group said it benefited from an increased demand following the re-opening and its major capex programme…

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  • 11 November
    Catering CompaniesContract catering sales up 52%, CGA reveals

    Contract catering sales up 52%, CGA reveals

    Contract catering sales during the period July to September 2021 were up by 52% when compared to 2020, according to the latest edition of CGA’s Contract Caterer Tracker. However, the tracker also indicated a 36% drop in third-quarter sales from the same period in 2019, when businesses were trading as…

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  • 9 November
    FeaturesCan catering SMEs weather the supply storm?

    Can catering SMEs weather the supply storm?

    Using the words of Nando’s, restaurants have had “a bit of a mare” recently amid an increase in supply chain shortages. Earlier this year, the chain had to temporarily shut around 50 UK outlets, with its signature peri peri chicken stripped from the menu. As well as chicken being unattainable,…

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  • 8 November
    FeaturesQ&A with Alan Morgan, CEO of The Big Table Group

    Q&A with Alan Morgan, CEO of The Big Table Group

    What is the history of the business?  The Big Table Group was formed last summer to acquire and operate the Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas restaurant brands. In a process handled by AlixPartners, parts of the business formerly known as Casual Dining Group were acquired from administration, preserving…

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  • Oct- 2021 -
    25 October
    Trade AssociationsOver 200 CEOs sign letter urging chancellor to permanently keep 12.5% VAT

    Over 200 CEOs sign letter urging chancellor to permanently keep 12.5% VAT

    Over 200 chief executives of the UK pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés, hotels, leisure parks, nightclubs, entertainment venues, and visitor attractions have signed a letter to the chancellor urging for a permanent cut to VAT. Ahead of his Budget next Wednesday (27 October), industry leaders have called for a permanent reduced…

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  • 19 October
    Food and DrinkUK hospitality growth outpaces all sectors, Lloyds Bank finds

    UK hospitality growth outpaces all sectors, Lloyds Bank finds

    Hospitality businesses outpaced the rest of the UK economy for the first time in more than nine years during September, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK recovery tracker. Tourism and recreation including pubs, hotels, restaurants, leisure facilities and travel agents, was the fastest growing UK sector monitored by the…

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  • 19 October
    BusinessAugust labour and material shortages drive prices up 1.2%, warns CGA

    August labour and material shortages drive prices up 1.2%, warns CGA

    Widespread supply problems and increased demand from the hospitality sector combined has pushed prices up by 1.2% in August, according to the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (FPI). The report highlighted the impacts of acute shortages of labour, and of HGV drivers, pickers and manufacturing and production staff in…

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  • 18 October
    Venues & PropertiesGrowing consumer confidence boosts September sales, CGA reveals

    Growing consumer confidence boosts September sales, CGA reveals

    Managed restaurant, pub and bar groups saw September total sales increase 42% compared with 2020, according to the latest edition of the Coffer CGA Business Tracker. Trading was boosted by growing consumer confidence about safety and spending, good weather in many areas and ongoing staycations. The tracker, produced by CGA…

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  • 15 October
    PeopleBritish workers filling more jobs in hospitality, data finds

    British workers filling more jobs in hospitality, data finds

    British workers are beginning to fill more numbers of job positions in pubs, restaurants and hotels “than ever before” as labour shortages continue, according to the latest figures from hospitality software provider Fourth.  It said this trend has been consistent over the last six months, as the number of British…

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