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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Jul- 2021 -19 JulyVenues & Properties
Hospitality venue sales dip 1% in June
Britain’s managed pub, restaurant and bar groups saw sales drop 1% in June 2021 from the same month in 2019, according to the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker. The tracker showed that sales were “nearly level” on both a total and like-for-like basis with consumer demand particularly strong in restaurants,…
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9 JulyFood and Drink
Foodservice inflation reached ‘highest ever level’ in May, says CGA
Foodservice price inflation reached its “highest ever level” in May 2021 as indoor service resumed in hospitality venues, according to the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index. The index showed that food and drink prices increased by 2.5% from April 2021, which were the result of a…
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7 JulyFood and Drink
Deliveroo to create 400 new tech jobs
Deliveroo has announced that it will create 400 new tech jobs as it looks to support its “rapid growth”. The company is currently seeking to hire across a range of skill sets including software engineers, product managers, user researchers, designers, and data scientists. The expanded team will work on a…
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6 JulyTrade Associations
Hospitality sector praises restriction easing announcement
The UK’s hospitality sector has overwhelmingly issued its support behind the government’s decision to scrap almost all existing Covid-19 restrictions in England by 19 July. This includes limits on the number of people who can meet together, legal requirements on wearing face masks, and social distancing in pubs and bars.…
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1 JulyPubs and Bars
Revolution Bars Group FY21 performance to be ‘ahead’ of expectations
Revolution Bars Group said it expects FY21 performance for the year ended 3 July 2021, to be “ahead” of previous management expectations with an EBITDA loss pre adjustments of £12.5m. The news follows a “significant improvement” to the group’s net bank debt of £5m following the period of trading and…
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Jun- 2021 -29 JuneRestaurants
Tasty sees takeaway and delivery sales ‘perform well’
Tasty, the operator of restaurants in the casual dining sector, has revealed that for the six-week period to 27 June 2021, takeaway and delivery sales “performed well” during the most recent lockdown. Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on 17 May 2021, most of the company’s estate reopened, with 49…
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25 JuneFood and Drink
Junk food ads to be banned on TV before 9pm
Fast food businesses in the UK are set to be banned from advertising junk food before the watershed on television. The government’s new rules will come into effect by the end of 2022 and will affect establishments with 250 or more employees that either produce or sell foods with which…
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24 JuneCoronavirus
Industry leaders predict ‘positive outlook’ for hospitality after lockdown
The UK’s hospitality industry will have a “broadly positive future”, according to leading industry figures who spoke at the latest installment of Colliers’ ‘Real Estate Restructuring Strategies: Beyond Covid-19’ webinar series. Among the panellists were Peter Stevens, the former UK TMA president and senior advisor at SME Capital; Nicholas Northam,…
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22 JuneBusiness
Recreation and tourism sector fuelling UK recovery, says Lloyds Bank
The UK’s tourism and recreation sector accelerated the country’s economic recovery in May coming out of lockdown, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker. Due to the pent-up demand from consumers, the sector recorded the sharpest rise in output growth month-on-month due to renewed interest in the country’s…
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9 JuneBusiness
SSP H1 losses widen to £300m
SSP Group, the travel food and beverage outlets operator, saw its pre-tax loss on a reported basis under IFRS 16 spike to £299.7m for the six months ended 31 March 2021. The 774% increase in losses can be attributed to a 78.8% year-on-year decline in group revenues, falling from £1.21bn…
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