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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Apr- 2020 -2 AprilCoronavirus
Shepherd Neame creates hand sanitiser for frontline workers
Shepherd Neame announced that it is partnering with Copper Rivet Distillery to create hand sanitiser for emergency services and frontline workers. The brewery and pub operator has begun brewing ‘clean beer’ for the initiative, which is around 10% ABV. No hops will be used to ensure it is aroma and…
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1 AprilComment
Key take-outs for new takeaways: how to adapt your business during lockdown
Following the Government’s call to close cafes, pubs and restaurants, many establishments have taken the initiative to temporarily change their business models and operate solely as a ‘takeaway’ or delivery service. Customers are keen to show their support, as demonstrated by the widespread use of #supportlocal on social media. During…
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Mar- 2020 -25 MarchCoronavirus
Britain ‘sees opportunity’ for food and drink deliveries, says CGA
In the week prior to the Prime Minister’s stay-at-home order, 53% of the public used or planned to use delivery as an alternative, according to the latest research from CGA. Some 13% of the public received delivery from a restaurant or takeaway either for the first time, or more often…
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24 MarchBreweries and Distilleries
Distiller pledges alcohol towards 8 million bottles of hand sanitiser
Distiller Diageo has pledged to enable the creation of more than eight million bottles of hand sanitiser, by donating two million litres of alcohol to manufacturers amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The group behind Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff will now provide grain neutral spirit (GNS) to hand sanitiser producers across the…
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23 MarchAdvice
Waste reduced food life cycle
We can get so wrapped up in our daily lives, it’s easy to forget that throwing away a plate of food contributes to nearly one-third of food wasted or lost globally each year. If we were to reduce food waste, there would be more available to those who go hungry. …
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18 MarchComment
Goodbye to the traditional kitchen
It is estimated that the size of commercial kitchens has shrunk by a third in the past decade, so much so that in many cases, outlets will no longer have a behind the scenes kitchen but more a front of house area prep area. Not only is this down to…
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16 MarchTrade Associations
UKHospitality calls for ‘enhanced’ government support amid coronavirus outbreak
UKHospitality has called on the UK Government to “step up” its package of business support as the effect of coronavirus continues to spread. It said the package of measures announced in the Budget on Wednesday were “helpful”, but do not go “nearly far enough” to support the vast majority of…
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13 MarchBusiness Bites
BT’s boss catches it, markets rebounding, pain medication prices spike
Today I am going to rattle through a wider selection of stories than normal because the spread of the virus is hitting so many sectors hard, with key figures in the business community affected. The markets are recovering some of their losses this morning after having their worst selloff since…
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12 MarchAdvice
The coronavirus impact on the UK travel industry: 5 marketing actions to take now
It was inevitable that the travel and tourism industry would see an impact from the coronavirus outbreak. Travelling is a choice, and in the midst of safety fears, many are choosing to stay put or travel closer to home. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that January saw…
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12 MarchComment
How will the new immigration laws impact the catering and hospitality industry?
New government immigration laws outlined on Friday the 21st of February promised to permanently end so-called ‘unskilled’ immigration into the UK from abroad. A new points-based system with a minimum annual salary threshold of £26,500 is set to be introduced on January 1st, 2021. As an HR technology platform that…
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