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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Nov- 2018 -16 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Patisserie Valerie CEO Paul May quits
Patisserie Valerie CEO Paul May has resigned from his role a month after a fraud inquiry began at the cake chain. May has been replaced by Steve Francis, who the company says has “proven track record of rapid operational performance improvements”. The companyโs statement announcing Mayโs departure offered no thanks…
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Oct- 2018 -26 OctoberBeverages
C&C Group settles Matthew Clark and Bibendum ยฃ160m debt
C&C Group, the drinks company which bought Matthew Clark and Bibendum out of administration, has paid off ยฃ160m of the drinks distributorโs debt. C&C Group acquired the company in April after its former parent company Conviviality issued a profit warning following the discovery of a ยฃ30m unpaid tax bill. In…
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12 OctoberBusiness
Patisserie Valerie saved from collapse with ยฃ20m rescue plan
Crisis-hit cafe chain Patisserie Valerie has been saved from collapse after entrepreneur Luke Johnson offered the company a rescue plan with two loans of up to ยฃ20m. Johnson, who owns a 37% stake in the company, has committed to a bridging loan of up to ยฃ10m to help the company…
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Sep- 2018 -21 SeptemberBusiness
City Pub Group reports 24% sales increase
City Pub Groupโs sales are up 24% to ยฃ16.1m for the 26 weeks to 1 July 2018, as the group focused on wet-led sales and increased its portfolio. The pub company has saw its adjusted EBITDA increase by 25% increase to ยฃ3m compared with ยฃ2.4m in 2017. Its adjusted profit…
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Aug- 2018 -31 AugustRestaurants
Frankie and Bennyโs owner The Restaurant Group reports drop in sales
The Restaurant Group, owner of American chain Frankie and Bennyโs, has reported a number of losses in its half year financial results. Its EBITDA suffered a decline of 14%, down to ยฃ38.1m from last yearโs ยฃ44.3m. Its like-for-like sales fell by 3.7% for the 26-week period, while total revenue fell…
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29 AugustBusiness
Yo Sushi defies high street woes with 4% sales increase
Yo Sushi has announced it has seen a 4% rise in like-for-like sales for the year ending 27 November 2017. The groupโs EBITDA also saw a 21% rise, while overall sales increased marginally from ยฃ88.4m to ยฃ89.9m. Yo Sushi Holdings was dissolved in 2017 leading to intercompany debt owed to…
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Jul- 2018 -6 JulyBusiness
Carluccioโs reports ยฃ27.7m pre-tax loss for 2017
Italian restaurant chain Carluccioโs has reported a pre-tax loss of ยฃ27.7m for the year ending 24 September 2017. Describing 2017 as a โchallenging trading yearโ, the company attributed its decline in profits to increasing competition and costs. Turnover also declined by 2% to ยฃ138.2m. The chain’s EBITDA fell to ยฃ6.5m…
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5 JulyBusiness
Carluccioโs gets ยฃ10m cash injection to โrevitaliseโ 60 restaurants
Carluccioโs has announced it will receive ยฃ10m of new funding from majority shareholder Landmark Group to โrevitaliseโ 60 restaurants. Funding will also go towards refreshing brand standards and on-going food development. The investment, which will go towards refreshing brand standards and on-going food development, comes after a 28-day โchallengeโ period…
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Jun- 2018 -5 JuneBusiness
Former QHotels team launches hospitality management firm
The former QHotels executive team, comprising co-founders Michael Purtill and Ian Goulding, Vivien Sirotkin, Chris Gaines, and Nichola Roskell have announced the launch of a new hospitality management venture. The firm, Inspiring Hospitality Management Limited (IHM), will provide guidance, advice and bespoke management services to hospitality investors, owners and operators.…
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May- 2018 -8 MayBusiness
Cote Restaurants โoutperforms marketโ with 15.8% sales growth
Cote Restaurants has seen a 15.8% rise in sales for the 52-week period to 30 July 2017. Revenue was at ยฃ140.7m, up from ยฃ121.5m the previous year, with operating profit remaining flat at ยฃ10m. Its like-for-like growth stood at 4.1% while it had EBITDA growth of 8.9% versus the 52-week…
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