EBITDA
Our coverage highlights EBITDA disclosures from restaurant groups, pub chains, contract caterers, and bar operators, offering context on profitability, operational efficiency, and business resilience. Whether you’re benchmarking performance, preparing for investment, or assessing the health of competitors, we break down the numbers and explain what they mean for decision-makers across the sector. Our reporting helps F&B executives, operators, and finance leads make sense of the metrics behind the margins.
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Jan- 2025 -8 JanuaryRestaurants
JKS Restaurants sees FY turnover hit ยฃ73m
The operator of multiple F&B concepts across the UK and Middle East, JKS Restaurants, has reported a turnover of ยฃ73m for the 65-week period ended 31 March 2024.ย The business, which is best known for Gymkhana, has also seen its losses before tax widen to ยฃ5.5m during the period from…
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2 JanuaryRestaurants
Pizza Hut’s UK operator in ‘advanced talks’ with potential bidders
Pizza Hutโs UK operator is reportedly in “advanced talks” with potential bidders to wrap up a deal to secure its future, Sky News has learnt. According to Sky, Heart With Smart (HWS), Pizza Hutโs biggest UK franchisee which operates roughly 140 Pizza Hut dine-in restaurants, is expecting to select a…
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Dec- 2024 -20 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 20/12/24
Drake and Morgan reported that turnover rose 5% to ยฃ45.5m for the year to 31 March. Alongside this, the companyโs adjusted EBITDA rose to ยฃ4.4m, up from ยฃ4.1m the previous year. It comes as the company has stated that Christmas bookings are set to eclipse last yearโs record across its…
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20 DecemberPubs and Bars
Drake and Morgan FY turnover rises 5% to ยฃ45.5m
Drake and Morgan has revealed that its turnover has risen 5% to ยฃ45.5m for the year ended 31 March 2024. Alongside this, the companyโs adjusted EBITDA rose to ยฃ4.4m, up from ยฃ4.1m the previous year. It comes as the company has stated that Christmas bookings are set to eclipse last…
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18 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 18/12/24
Azzurri Group has seen profits rise from ยฃ21.3m to ยฃ41.9m in FY24, amid a year of โstrong financial performance and transactional strategic progress. The Zizzi owner reported that revenues rose by 185 to ยฃ303.1m, while EBITDA more than doubled to ยฃ32.1m. It also acquired the UK&I master franchise rights for…
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18 DecemberRestaurants
Azzurri Group profits double to ยฃ42m in FY24
Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian,ย Zizzi and Coco di Mama, has seen profits rise from ยฃ21.3m to ยฃ41.9m in its full-year results, amid a year of โstrong financial performance and transformational strategic progressโ.In the year ended 30 June, 2024, revenues rose by 18% to ยฃ303.1m, up from ยฃ257.8m…
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13 DecemberCafes and Coffee Shops
McWin Capital in talks to acquire Gailโs
London-based investment firm McWin Capital Partners is reportedly in talks to acquire bakery-cafรฉ chain Gailโs from parent company, Bread Holdings, according to Bloomberg.ย It comes as McWin Capital owners, Henry McGovern and Steven Winegar, already hold shares in Gailโs via their EBITDA Investment business, which partnered with Bain Capital Credit,…
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Nov- 2024 -21 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Cooks Coffee UK&I sales surge to ยฃ15.7m
International coffee focused cafรฉ chain Cooks Coffee Company has reported that its total store sales for the UK and Ireland were up 26% to NZ$33.8m (ยฃ15.70m) and like-for-like sales were up +5.1%. In the UK, total store sales increased by 36% to NZ$23.4m (ยฃ10.87m) for the six months ended 30…
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15 NovemberPubs and Bars
Youngโs H1 revenues rise 27.2% to ยฃ250m
Youngโs has reported that total revenues rose 27.2% to ยฃ250m for the 26-week period to 30 September, as like-for-like revenues rose 4.4% due to an โexcellentโ Euros turnout.ย During the period, adjusted EBITDA also rose 23.2% to ยฃ59m and managed house EBITDA increased by 25.1% to ยฃ73.8m.ย Despite continued National…
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13 NovemberPubs and Bars
Fullerโs PBT jumps 21% to ยฃ17.6m in H1
Fullerโs has reported that adjusted profit before tax jumped by 21% to ยฃ17.6m for the half year to 28 September, as like-for-like sales in its managed pubs and hotels rose by 5.2% during the period.ย ย While statutory profits before tax hit ยฃ29m during the period, this significant increase was attributed…
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