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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27 March

Pubs and Bars

Lomond Leisure Group to refurb Glasgow bar with Star Pubs

The Lomond Leisure Group (LLG) is embarking on a joint £275,000 revamp of the Van Winkle bar on Sandyford Place in Glasgow with Star Pubs. The investment will transform the bar, which will close on 30 March, into Gael and Grain, a pub celebrating Scottish food, drink and music opening…
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26 March

Food and Drink

Hammerson launches street food market ‘District’ at Brent Cross

Property developer Hammerson is set to launch a new street food market at Brent Cross on 31 March as part of its expanded line-up of retail, leisure and hospitality brands. Occupying 20,000 sq ft of space, District will offer a 130-cover food court-style seating area encouraging communal dining and casual…
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25 March

Trade Associations

Hospitality Action reports record-breaking year of support in 2024

As Hospitality Action marks the fifth anniversary of its first COVID grant, the charity reports that it has seen a “lasting rise in demand for support”, making 2024 its “most challenging year yet”. According to its latest Impact Report, a surge in grant applications last year was driven by mounting…
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20 March

Food and Drink $Hospitality sees fractional sales growth of 0.1% in February$

Hospitality sees fractional sales growth of 0.1% in February

The top restaurant, pub and bar groups saw their like-for-like sales grow by a fractional 0.1% in February, as consumers continue to remain watchful of their disposable income, according to the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker. The 0.1% rise is still well below the current rate of inflation and…
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19 March

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Cornish Bakery appoints Tamweel as it explores sale

Cornish Bakery, a fast-growing bakery chain with 66 locations across the country, has appointed Tamweel to oversee a sale of the business. It comes as the chain has seen sustained year-on-year growth, with revenues and site EBITDA for the 12-month period to May 2025 expected to reach £37m and £8.3m…
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14 March

Food and Drink

Deliveroo delivers FY profit for the first time

Deliveroo has reported hitting a profit of £3m for the year to December 2024, following a loss of £32m in the year prior. It comes as the restaurant and groceries delivery platform had “a good year of growth”, in which its gross transaction value jumped 6% and revenues rose by…
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13 March

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Joe and the Juice to open Manchester flagship

Joe and the Juice will be officially opening its biggest UK location to date in Manchester on Saturday 15 March. According to the Danish juice bar chain, the opening was inspired by Manchester rap star Aitch, who slid into the brand’s Instagram DMs to voice his desire for a store…
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12 March

Food and Drink

Foodservice inflation falls for 19th month in a row in January

Foodservice inflation has seen its 19th consecutive month of decelerated year-on-year inflation in January, according to CGA and Prestige Purchasing foodservice Price Index (FPI). Monthly inflation in the total basket of items measured by the index stood at 1.8%, while month-on-month inflation was flat. While this data brings a welcome…
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7 March

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Gail’s opens two travel sites with Network Rail

Network Rail has welcomed two new Gail’s at London Bridge and London Liverpool Street stations, as part of the bakery chain’s entry into travel retail. Gail’s London Bridge, which has just opened, occupies 980 sq ft and gives customers a clear view of the bakery engine room to “add a…
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5 March

Features

The AA Rosette Awards: a benchmark of culinary excellence

For almost 70 years, the AA Rosette Awards have been a trusted mark of quality within the UK’s dining scene. First introduced in 1956, the AA Rosette scheme was the first nationwide system for assessing food quality in restaurants and hotels. “Our long-established Rosette scheme celebrates successful cooking at different…
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