Ireland
Coverage explores foodservice and hospitality developments across Ireland, with a focus on key markets such as Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Galway. Reporting includes brand expansion, trading trends, independent operator activity, and cross-border supply chain updates. Content is tailored for UK businesses tracking regional growth, consumer behaviour, and strategic moves by hospitality brands operating in or entering the Irish market.
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Dec- 2023 -4 DecemberPubs and Bars
Drinks sales fall 5% on tough comparatives, says CGA
Drinks sales were down by 5% year-on-year in the week ended 25 November as a result of tough comparatives with last year, according to data from CGA. Trading suffered when compared with late November 2022, which brought the start of the football World Cup. This kept sales on Monday 20…
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Nov- 2023 -24 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
SSP launches Café Local
SSP has launched a new travel-focused café and retail store concept called Café Local, which has been developed for UK regional rail stations. The first 15 Café Local stores have opened at stations around the country, including Fratton, Exeter, Reading, Dover and Sheffield, and the flagship store has recently opened…
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20 NovemberNews
Drink sales remain flat in November, says CGA
UK drinks sales remained flat in the first full week of November due to more wet weather, according to CGA by NIQ’s latest Daily Drinks Tracker. Average sales in managed venues in the week to last Saturday (11 November) were marginally down by 0.2% from the same period in 2022.…
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14 NovemberPubs and Bars
Drinks sales up 7% as footfall bounces back
Britains’ pubs and bars saw average drinks sales jump 7% in the week ended 4 November helped by Halloween, Bonfire Night and big sporting events. This is the best weekly performance since September and follows a flat second half of October, when poor weather hit footfall in pubs and bars.…
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9 NovemberFood and Drink
Domino’s backs guidance as sales rise 3.7% in Q3
Domino’s expects FY23 underlying EBITDA to be in the range of £132m to £138m, as like-for-like group sales increased 3.7% during Q3 and the pizza chain had a “good” start to Q4. Across the entire group, Q3 sales increased 5.5%, which the company has attributed to its acceleration in new…
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Oct- 2023 -30 OctoberFood and Drink
Poor weather sees drinks sales fall despite England rugby games
Year-on-year average drink sales in managed venues fell marginally by 0.2% in the week to 21 October, according to data from CGA. Bad weather as a result of Storm Babet offset the benefits of two England rugby world cup games causing a decline in sales after eight weeks of growth…
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23 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 23/10/23
Pret A Manger is partnering with franchisee Dallas International to expand its operations in the US. Dallas will operate about 50 Pret shops and have exclusive rights to open new ones in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. The deal includes refurbishing shops and developing new formats, including drive-thrus, with…
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23 OctoberFood and Drink
Drinks sales up 3% due to warm weather and rugby
Drinks sales were up 3% year-on-year for the week ended 14 October as a result of unseasonably warm weather and rugby world cup games involving Ireland and Wales according to data from CGA. This increase makes it eight weeks of drinks sales growth out of the last nine. The rugby…
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18 OctoberBusiness
Just Eat ups guidance as it returns to growth in Q3
Just Eat has raised its full-year guidance after returning to sales growth in its third quarter of trading. Over the period, gross transaction value (GTV) growth in Northern Europe and UK and Ireland increased to 6% and 4%, respectively. However, its North America business faced a “slower trajectory”, with GTV…
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17 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 17/10/23
Revolution Bars Group reported a pre-tax loss of £22.2m in FY23, despite achieving revenues of £152.6m due to challenging times. The acquisition of Peach Pubs, with 14.1% like-for-like sales growth, provided diversification but couldn’t offset an 8.7% decline in like-for-like sales for the entire group. EBITDA fell to £17m, compared…
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