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- 2021 -

27 April

Apps & Technology

Waitrose announces two-year Deliveroo partnership

Waitrose has announced a two-year partnership with Deliveroo, following a successful trial period between the two groups. The deal will see the supermarket chain expand its service on Deliveroo by 110 new shops across the UK, bringing the total by the end of the summer to 150. Some 400 new…
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26 April

Features

Vish and chips does not spell an end to British culinary heritage

Popular culture is often led by narratives that a generation or population is exposed to en mass, with the mass media playing a crucial role in recent times. Whether it is David Attenborough cautioning of irreversible changes to the Earth’s environment on a primetime BBC slot, or a damning exposé…
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21 April

Food and Drink

Hospitality reopening sales 45% higher than in 2020, says CGA

Like-for-like sales at pubs, bars and restaurants that were trading in the seven days from last Monday (12 April) were 45% higher than in the week from 4 July 2020, when they were able to resume both inside and outdoor service. According to the latest data from CGA and Alix…
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19 April

Advice

Gourmet on-demand: The expanding delivery app market

Before the pandemic struck, businesses were lurching towards a new on-demand world, with rising apps making all manner of services available at the click-of-a-button. This was undoubtedly accelerated by Covid-19, as people sheltered at home and businesses looked for ways to adapt and continue to function despite the confines of…
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14 April

Coronavirus

Hospitality figures protest Covid-19 passports

Over 60 restaurant, nightclub operators and other hospitality figures have reportedly told Boris Johnson that they will not force customers to show Covid passports. According to The Telegraph, the opposers have written to the PM to show their disapproval of the Covid certification being used in hospitality settings. It is…
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13 April

Business

Sainsbury’s expands Deliveroo partnership

Deliveroo has expanded its partnership with Sainsbury’s with a new two year contract, which will allow customers to order grocery goods via the food delivery app. The trial was initially launched in 10 stores last November, however a further 22 stores in London will be added to the offering. In…
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13 April

Coronavirus

No hospitality spending bounce until late summer, says EY survey

There will not be a spending bounce for the hospitality sector until towards the end of summer, according to EY’s Future Consumer Index for April. The survey of 1,000 UK consumers revealed a “significant” pent-up demand for hospitality and leisure, how respondents showed hesitancy over returning to restaurants and bars…
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9 April

Features

An al fresco reopening is a tail of two fortunes

The time is nearing for Boris Johnson’s roadmap to recovery to finally facilitate the reopening of the hospitality industry, with outdoor venues once again allowed to return to trading on 12 April. The easing of restrictions is without doubt greatly anticipated by all involved, but does the four-staged strategy perpetuate…
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Mar- 2021 -

26 March

Food and Drink

Investors shy away from Deliveroo IPO amid wages report

A number of potential investors are reportedly shying away from investing in Deliveroo shares ahead of its stock exchange debut, after a surveyed report claims that a third of its riders were paid less than minimum wage. It comes as the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) in conjunction…
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23 March

Pubs and Bars

UKDSA warns of bouncer shortages post-lockdown

The UK Door Security Association (UKDSA) has raised concerns that six in 10 late night/pub/bars/club door supervisor positions are at risk of not being filled upon reopening later this year. The research follows a recent security business survey from door supervisors which estimated that 35% of the March 2020 workforce…
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