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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Jan- 2019 -11 JanuaryAdvice
How to save energy on your cooking equipment
Selecting the right cooking equipment is crucial to any restaurant or other catering business as acquiring the best solution saves a lot of energy and reduces running costs, which ultimately increases profits. But which are the most energy efficient equipment on the market and how difficult is it to compare…
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Dec- 2018 -21 DecemberOpinion
Food and drink culture โ the rebellion is here
For decades, there has been strict control on how we eat, when we eat and what we eat. Historically, there existed an old routine of only having porridge or sausages in the morning; or only having a club sandwich at noon; or indeed roast beef and mashed potatoes in the…
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21 DecemberRestaurants
New Indo-Chinese โconceptโ restaurant to open in Soho
The restaurant group behind Bombay Chow, Station 31, and Imperial Lounge, has announced it is to open a fourth Indo-Chinese โconceptโ restaurant in Soho. Opening at the former site of Tabun Kitchen at 77 Berwick Street, the restaurant is expected to start serving from March 2019, following โa comprehensive refurbishmentโ.…
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20 DecemberBusiness
Confidence ‘under pressure’ across eating and drinking-out market
Business confidence among leaders of Britainโs eating and drinking-out market remains strained, the latest edition of the CGA Business Confidence Survey, produced in partnership with Fourth has revealed. While 63% – slightly down from the last poll in July – are optimistic about their own businessesโ prospects for next 12…
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18 DecemberOpinion
Four drinks trends for 2019
Independent drinks company Global Brands supplies a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to restaurants, bars and pubs around the world. Based on consumer research, sales data and customer relations, the company has identified four trends that will influence on-trade drinks purchasing in 2019. Marketing director, Jen Draper, shared these…
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14 DecemberBeverages
Franklin & Sons sees gin sales double due to โdemandโ for natural ingredients
Independent drinks company Global Brands has seen sales of its premium tonics, mixers and soft drinks range Franklin & Sons more than double on the back of the gin boom as it says customers โdemand natural ingredientsโ. Total value sales of the range increased by more than double in the…
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12 DecemberBreweries and Distilleries
Angleseyโs The Seacroft pub sold to Robinsonโs Brewery
The Seacroft pub in Trearddur Bay, Anglesey has been sold to independent family brewer Frederic Robinson Ltd by property specialists Fleurets. The property was previously privately owned, and features a lounge bar and dining area with approximately 120 covers as well as six ensuite letting bedrooms alongside an external terrace…
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11 DecemberFeatures
Is tea about to have its speciality moment?
Despite being an integral part of the British psyche, tea is set to be overtaken by coffee as the UKโs preferred hot beverage of choice by 2021, according to Euromonitor. This is driven by a perception that coffee is a more modern drink which, coupled with the explosion in coffee…
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7 DecemberBusiness
Hospitality pay gap between permanent and temporary staff as much as ยฃ2.54 per hour
New research has found that the pay gap between permanent and temporary hospitality staff could be as high as ยฃ2.54 per hour. The recently published report by Blue Arrow analyses all advertised rates of pay across a wide range of job roles in hospitality and catering, including chef de partie,…
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6 DecemberBusiness
UK restaurant closures accelerate to over 10 a week
The number of restaurants in Britain slipped by 2% over the year to September 2018, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners has revealed. Research showed that Britain had a total of 26,892 restaurants at September. The net fall of 539 restaurants marked an โacceleration…
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