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.

  • Aug- 2019 -
    12 August
    RestaurantsPub and restaurant groups see steady sales growth in July

    Pub and restaurant groups see steady sales growth in July

    Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 1.2% in July compared with the same time last year. The latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show restaurant chains recovering strongly after a “poor” summer in 2018. Restaurant groups saw like-for-like sales up a healthy 3.8%…

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  • 5 August
    RestaurantsCarlton Park launches first vegan menu

    Carlton Park launches first vegan menu

    Carlton Park Hotel is to its first vegan menu after seeing a “rising demand” from guests requesting plant-based meals. Set to be launched at the end of August, the new menu will bring together to range of meat-free and dairy-free dishes which are all made using locally sourced produce. The…

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  • 1 August
    AdviceHow to protect your restaurant business from employee fraud

    How to protect your restaurant business from employee fraud

    Employee fraud is an issue that can affect any business, but due to the transient nature of hospitality sector workforce, it is a problem that many restaurant operators experience. According to Action Fraud, between 2017 and 2018, UK businesses reported losses of £88m due to employee fraud. In order to…

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  • Jul- 2019 -
    24 July
    Catering CompaniesOrderswift and Stuart increase direct delivery coverage to 34 UK cities

    Orderswift and Stuart increase direct delivery coverage to 34 UK cities

    Online ordering platform Orderswift and on-demand logistics specialist Stuart have expanded their direct delivery partnership to cover 34 cities and towns around the UK. The move comes after a successful two-year collaboration between the two companies in London. With direct delivery, customer orders are placed through a restaurant’s own website…

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  • 10 July
    AnalysisThe hungry searcher

    The hungry searcher

    Last month, it was revealed Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain collapsed with 22 restaurant closures. This is the continuation of a trend which has seen a number of food outlets – including Ed’s Easy Diner, Giraffe and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) – close their doors, and has prompted speculation that Brits…

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  • 5 July
    AnalysisHow smart tech is futureproofing the F&B sector

    How smart tech is futureproofing the F&B sector

    There’s no denying that we live in an age of digital dependency: a user interacts with – taps, types, swipes and clicks – their phone almost 3,000 times a day. By 2020, there will be six billion smartphone users worldwide and almost 75% of the global population will be connected…

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  • Jun- 2019 -
    25 June
    AnalysisWhy are chain restaurants losing customers?

    Why are chain restaurants losing customers?

    After the recent news of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain going into administration, concerns have been raised that the food industry is on a steep decline. Food and drink chain establishments such as Carluccio’s, Byron Burger and Gourmet Burger kitchen have also closed down some of their stores to cut costs,…

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  • 21 June
    AnalysisThe growing appetite for QSR content on YouTube

    The growing appetite for QSR content on YouTube

    It seems consumers can’t get enough of their fast food fix on social platforms these days, with Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) video content growing in popularity. On YouTube alone, the QSR space is expanding rapidly, achieving a dramatic 44% growth in views over the past two years as audiences become…

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  • 19 June
    BusinessBakeries competing with sandwich chains as sales outperform market

    Bakeries competing with sandwich chains as sales outperform market

    Bakery outlets have seen the strongest growth in on-premise business among major British quick service restaurant (QSR) channels, with sales and visits up more than 19% and nearly 18% respectively in the past year, data from global information company The NPD Group has shown. Based on its new Bakery Trends…

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  • 3 June
    RestaurantsSocial media delivery only restaurant, Twisted London, expands

    Social media delivery only restaurant, Twisted London, expands

    Twisted London, the delivery only restaurant born from Jungle Creations’ Twisted, which specialises in creating recipe videos for its 20 million followers across social media, has expanded with the launch of five new sites. The new sites include London-based branches in Bayswater, Gloucester Road, Russell Square, Piccadilly and Edgware Road.…

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