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Maki & Ramen to open first permanent London site

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Wetherspoon boss backs 10% VAT rate for UK pubs

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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.

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.

Double Puc secures funding to expand café and catering business

Independent café operator Double Puc has received six-figure backing from the South West…

Chipotle to expand into Asia for the first time

Chipotle Mexican Grill has signed a joint venture to open restaurants in Asia for the first…

Pret to trial new meal deal format amid strong FY24 sales

Pret A Manger has announced its plans to trial new meal deal formats later this year to…

Chocoberry to open Milton Keynes café as part of UK expansion

Chocoberry will open a new dessert café in Milton Keynes as part of its latest wave of UK expansion.

Contract caterers’ sales rise 8% in Q2

Contract caterers saw sales and outlets “sharply” rise by 8% in the second quarter of 2025,…

Top 100 restaurant groups saw profits jump 18% to £365m in 2024

Profits at the UK’s 100 largest restaurant groups have risen 18% in the past year to £365m,…

Ebb and flow or terminal decline: the state of summer hospitality jobs

For generations, the “Great British summer job” has been a rite of passage. Students pulling…

The Sushi Co opens Tower Bridge site

The Sushi Co has opened a new site in Tower Bridge, following recent openings in Brighton,…

Bam Boo launches new Liverpool venue after six figure investment

Brunch and cocktail bar business Bam Boo has expanded with a new venue in Liverpool…

XP Factory revenues bounce back following difficult Q1 trading

Experiential hospitality operator, XP Factory, has seen owner-operated revenues rise 12%…
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