Inflation
Our coverage compiles our focused reporting on how inflation is impacting the UK foodservice and hospitality sector, from rising ingredient and energy costs to wage pressures, supplier pricing, and menu repricing strategies. We cover the knock-on effects across restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes, and catering firms, with expert commentary and operational insight to help owners, operators, and F&B executives respond effectively. Whether you’re managing margins, adjusting procurement, or making pricing decisions, this archive offers clarity on the inflationary forces reshaping the economics of hospitality.
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Jul- 2023 -27 JulyBusiness
Restaurant, pub and bar sales up 6.7% in June
Like-for-like sales in managed restaurants, pubs and bars were up 6.7% in June, according to data from CGA, the Coffer Group and RSM, the 9th consecutive month of growth. The warm weather brought consumers out to drink in pubs, especially those with beer gardens and terraces, and as a result…
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25 JulyNews
Brighton Pier Group reports ‘widespread decline’ in Q2
Brighton Pier Group has announced that total sales for the six months ending 25 June 2023 are expected to be in the region of £16.2m. The group said that the second quarter “has proved more difficult”, with sales remaining behind 2022. It added that the current macroeconomic environment is leading…
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24 JulyRestaurants
Brian Maule at Chardon d’or in Glasgow announces closure
Maule opened the restaurant in 2001 serving seasonal Scottish food after working alongside chefs like Michel Roux Jr and Albert Roux. In an announcement on Facebook restaurant Brian Maule announced its closure after 22 years of business. Detailing that the closure was due to the ‘financial burden of the new…
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20 JulyPubs and Bars
BII urges all pubs to engage MPs ahead of Autumn Budget
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has announced the launch of its #MyPub campaign, calling on pubs across the UK to write to their MPs, and invite them to visit their vital local businesses at the heart of their constituencies. It said this will allow them to show MPs the…
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20 JulyNews
Fuller’s sales rise by 17% as tourism boosts trade
Fuller’s has made strong progress with total sales for the first 15 weeks rising by 17.1% and like-for-like sales for the same period rising by 15.1%. Increased tourism and events, along with workers returning to their offices, have contributed to like-for-like sales growth of 17.9% in its City and Central…
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19 JulyNews
Hospitality’s recovery slowed by inflation and staff costs, CGA finds
Hospitality’s post-Covid recovery is threatened by rising prices in multiple key areas, the latest business confidence survey from CGA by NIQ and Fourth has revealed. The poll shows that half of senior-level operators are now very concerned about inflation in food and drink prices. In May, the CGA prestige foodservice…
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19 JulyFeatures
Data and sustainability: Take advantage of growing demand for sustainable eating
“Restaurant owners cannot afford not to address sustainability. It just makes sense. If you’re not looking at your energy use, you’re not tracking your food waste and if you don’t have data on your company, you can’t really be successful, because you don’t know what’s happening at the customer level,”…
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17 JulyComment
Loans repayment, inflation, staff shortages: what else we can expect from hospitality insolvencies?
What are the potential reasons for the continued increase in the number of hospitality insolvencies we’ve seen recently? Glyn: I think it goes back to the pandemic. Covid was a big thing for the sector and rightly, both the government and HMRC stepped in to help companies with furlough and…
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13 JulyRestaurants
Big Table Group sales hit £206.2m in FY22
Big Table Group revealed that full sales reached £206.2m in the 12 months to 30 October 2022, an increase from £142.1m in the previous year, despite Covid restrictions, energy and food price inflation, and the end of business rates concessions. The group, which operates Las Iguanas, Bella Italia, Café Rouge,…
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10 JulyNews
McMullen revenues hit £100m in FY22
Brewer and pub operator McMullen’s has reported £101m in turnover for the 52 weeks ended in October 2022. Operating profit for the group also more than doubled to £13.4m, compared to £6m in 2021. McMullen’s said that the retail division particularly benefited from the developments in the previous year, reaching…
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