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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Aug- 2025 -18 AugustRestaurants
The Sushi Co opens Tower Bridge site
The Sushi Co has opened a new site in Tower Bridge, following recent openings in Brighton, Harringay and Hampstead. It comes as the company said it is actively recruiting more franchisees to meet rising demand for sushi in the UK.ย The Sushi Co is on target to have 30 live…
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18 AugustPubs and Bars
Bam Boo launches new Liverpool venue after six figure investment
Brunch and cocktail bar business Bam Boo has expanded with a new venue in Liverpool following a six-figure investment. The new venue has 80 covers and is Bam Booโs second site. Its other restaurant is on Bold Street in Liverpool city centre. The company has taken over a former cafรฉ…
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14 AugustFood and Drink
XP Factory revenues bounce back following difficult Q1 trading
Experiential hospitality operator, XP Factory, has seen owner-operated revenues rise 12% year-on-year for the 19-week period to 10 August with the support of new openings and improving consumer demand.ย The update follows a difficult start to the financial year, with like-for-like said to be returning to growth across both its…
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13 AugustCafes and Coffee Shops
Wenzelโs signs first-ever franchise partnership
Wenzelโs has signed its first-ever franchise partnership following a new deal with Southern Co-op, in a move that will see it expand its customer base into new regions across the country.ย It comes as the independent family-run bakery, which is led by founder Peter Wenzel and his daughter Sarah as…
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12 AugustRestaurants
Pasta Evangelists to open 100 restaurants across the UKย
Pasta Evangelists has unveiled its plan to open 100 restaurants across the UK in the next five years.ย The company, together with its franchise partners, will invest over ยฃ30m in the new restaurants and said it is actively looking for sites and new partners across the South of England, Midlands…
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11 AugustRestaurants
Wingstop UK opens fifth site in Leeds
Wingstop UK has opened its fifth site in Leeds, with a new 3,014 sq. ft site located at The Springs retail and leisure centre. The site hosts 77 covers and brings 50 jobs to the local community, and will serve the full Wingstop UK menu of wings, tenders, burgers and…
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8 AugustPubs and Bars
Butcombe sees 9.8% rise in H1 LFL sales
Butcombe Group has reported a 9.8% increase in like-for-like (LFL) sales across its managed pubs division for the six months to 26 July 2025. The growth, which covers the period from 26 January to 26 July 2025 (H1 2025), was driven by favourable weather and continued strategic investment across the…
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8 AugustCafes and Coffee Shops
Harris and Hoole summer sales rise 14.7%
Speciality coffee chain Harris and Hoole has reported a 14.7% increase in like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks from May to July. Gross sales jumped by 11% to ยฃ2.1m during the period, up from ยฃ1.9 million in the previous quarter. The company attributed the growth to strong demand for its…
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1 AugustCafes and Coffee Shops
Chocoberry revenues up 53% in H1 as it targets 50 stores by 2026
Leicester-based dessert cafรฉ chain, Chocoberry, has reported a 53% increase in revenues in the first half of 2025 as the business accelerates plans to open 50 UK sites by the end of 2026.ย Chocoberry has attributed its performance to growing demand for its premium dessert offering.ย Founded in 2018, the…
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Jul- 2025 -31 JulyFood and Drink
SSP sales rise 6% in Q3 despite UK and Asia slowdown
Food and drink operator, SSP Group, has reported a 6% rise in sales in the third quarter of its financial year, helped by growth in Australia, Egypt and Malaysia, but warned of softer trading in the UK and Asia. The company, which runs restaurants, cafes and bars in travel hubs…
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