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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Feb- 2021 -26 FebruaryRestaurants
Various Eateries FY20 revenues fall 36%
Restaurant group Various Eateries has reported revenues for the year ended 27 September 2020 of ยฃ16.5m, a year-on-year decline of 36%. The group also revealed that it swung to an EBITDA loss before exceptional costs of ยฃ1.7m, down from profits of ยฃ817,000 in 2019. While Various Eateries partly attributed its…
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11 FebruaryFood and Drink
Uber sees food-delivery revenues double in Q4
Uber has announced that its food delivery platform has experienced a 224% year-on-year revenue increase for Q4 2020. Despite the ยฃ984m in global revenues, the firmโs delivery arm posted an adjusted EBITDA loss of ยฃ105m for the period. While Uberโs delivery business did experience losses during the quarter, these had…
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Dec- 2020 -16 DecemberRestaurants
Wagamama sales boosted in Q3
Wagamama has announced that like-for-like sales rose by 7.4% in the third quarter ended 27 September 2020, attributed to the governmentโs Eat Out to Help Out scheme in August.ย UK revenue fell by 20.8% to ยฃ70.3m in the quarter, however, amid a phased reopening of its restaurants for eat in…
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14 DecemberNews
Chilango could โbecome the next Chipotleโ, says owner
Sameer Rizvi, CEO of RD Capital Partners, has predicted that Mexican restaurant chain Chilango could become the โnext Chipotleโ after he bought it out of administration in August.ย In an annual letter published by the investment company, Rizvi said Chilango is โone of the strongest brands in the UK hospitality…
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2 DecemberNews
Loungers posts 33% revenue drop
Loungers, the owner of Lounge and Cosy Club, has reported that revenue fell by a third for the 24 weeks ended 4 October, when compared to the same period last year. The group claimed that the drop in revenue of ยฃ26.3m to ยฃ53.5m was a direct result of the national…
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Oct- 2020 -30 OctoberFood and Drink
Pizza Express to axe a further 1,300 jobs
Pizza Express will reportedly cut 1,300 additional jobs across its 370 UK restaurants attributed to poor sales and the continued impact of Covid-19, according to the BBC. The losses come weeks after the firm launched a CVA bid that proposed 1,100 jobs would be cut and 73 restaurants close. The…
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14 OctoberFood and Drink
Just Eat sees sales surge 46%
Takeaway delivery company Just Eat has revealed its sales surged 46% during the third quarter of the year, boosted by its partnerships with McDonaldโs and Greggs. The company revealed that it delivered 151 million orders globally during the quarter up from 103 million the previous year. In the UK it…
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Sep- 2020 -28 SeptemberRestaurants
Partners Group acquires Cรดte Restaurants
Cรดte Restaurants has been acquired by global private markets investment manager Partners Group. It comes as the group said that coronavirus has had a โhuge impactโ on the business, despite โtrading wellโ before lockdown, with โrecordโ sales and strong EBITDA growth in the last financial year. Partners Group said it…
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10 SeptemberRestaurants
Various Eateries announces intention to float
Restaurant Group Various Eateries has revealed its intention to launch a public offering on the London Stock Exchange seeking to raise around ยฃ25m. The group operates two restaurant brands across ten locations โ Coppa Club, an all-day clubhouse offer in prime locations throughout London and the South-East and Tavolino, a…
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Aug- 2020 -19 AugustRestaurants
Pizza Express to close 73 sites, 1,100 jobs at risk
Pizza Express has formally launched a CVA in a bid to reduce its restaurant estate and rental cost base following the pandemic. The CVA proposal will see the permanent closure of 73 restaurants, resulting in a loss of 1,100 jobs.ย The casual dining chain first announced it had reached an…
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