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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May- 2022 -13 MayBreweries and Distilleries
Adnams sales hit ยฃ57.4m in FY21
Adnams, the brewer, distiller and retailer, has revealed that sales rose by ยฃ7m to ยฃ57.4m in the 12 months to 31 December 2021, despite an operating loss of ยฃ0.9m over the period.ย Despite more โstringentโ restrictions in the early months of the year, trading months operated ahead of expectations, with…
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13 MayFood and Drink
Wendyโs sees Q1 profits fall by almost 10%
Wendy’s has reported that its operating profit dropped 9.9% to $74.9m (ยฃ61.46m) in the first quarter of FY22, compared to $83.1m (ยฃ68.19m) in the same period last year, due to higher general and administrative expenses and a decrease in the company-operated restaurant margin.ย Wendyโs company-operated restaurant margin fell 5.4% to…
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3 MayPubs and Bars
Greene King returns to profitability amid expansion plans
Greene King has reported an adjusted operating profit of ยฃ18.6m (loss of ยฃ186.9m) for the year ending 2 January 2022, with statutory operating profit of ยฃ63.8m (loss of ยฃ433m), after being โsignificantly impacted by Covid-19โ. It comes as the group celebrated a strong second half with group revenue rising 41.6%…
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Apr- 2022 -27 AprilRestaurants
City Pub Group hails recovery as it eyes 65 sites by 2023
The City Pub Group has reported a loss of -2.9m for the year end 2021, up from a-ยฃ6.5m loss over the same period in 2020, as it revealed trading is beginning to reach pre-pandemic levels. The group, which operates 41 pub sites, said Its revenues increased 37% during the period…
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20 AprilApps & Technology
Just Eat mulls Grubhub sale amid subdued Q1 orders
Just Eat has confirmed it is considering a partial or full sale of Grubhub, as it downgraded its full-year growth expectations and saw orders in the first quarter of 2022 remain largely flat against last year.ย While it maintained the โhigh levelโ of orders that were processed during the pandemic…
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Mar- 2022 -16 MarchRestaurants
Wagamama owner reports strong sales in FY results
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that its total sales hit ยฃ636.6m in the year ended 2 January 2022, marking an improvement from the ยฃ459.8m reported in FY20. Meanwhile, its adjusted EBITDA totalled ยฃ81.2m on a pre IFRS 16 basis, up from ยฃ8.7m in 2020, while profit before tax was…
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15 MarchRestaurants
Acquisitions drive Nightcap revenues to surge 700%
Nightcap has reported a 700% increase in revenues to ยฃ15.8m during the 26-week period ended 26 December 2021 boosted by a series of acquisitions. The group also revealed like-for-like revenues increased 22.4% compared with the same period in 2019. Excluding the โPlan Bโ period, group revenue increased by 28.3% on…
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2 MarchFood and Drink
Just Eat revenues surge 33% despite โpeak yearโ of losses
Just Eat has reported its revenues surged 33% to โฌ5.3bn (ยฃ4.41bn) for the full year in 2021, up from โฌ4bn (ยฃ3.33bn) in 2020, despite Just Eat reporting a โpeak yearโ for losses. Losses for the period on an IFRS basis were โฌ1.04bn (ยฃ8.69m) in 2021, widening from a loss of…
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1 MarchPubs and Bars
Revolution bars returns to profitability in H1
The Revolution Bars Group has announced its pre-tax profits for the 26 weeks ended 1 January 2022 (H1 FY22) hit ยฃ4.3m, up from a loss of ยฃ17.7m in the comparative FY21 period, and up from a loss of ยฃ1.6m for the same period in FY20. Additionally, the group returned to…
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Feb- 2022 -4 FebruaryRestaurants
Hub Box reports record sales for FY21
Hub Box, the Cornwall-based burger and barbecue business, has revealed FY21 total sales for the 11-strong restaurant group increased 75% to ยฃ12.6m. During the 52 week period ending December 2021, it also revealed that unaudited company EBITDA rose to ยฃ1.47m, up from ยฃ539k in FY20. Like-for-like sales for the 33…
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