Labour Costs
Coverage examines how wage increases, scheduling practices, and staffing challenges are impacting labour costs across UK restaurants, pubs, bars, and catering businesses. Reporting includes analysis of National Minimum and Living Wage uplifts, employer pension contributions, rota optimisation tools, recruitment trends, and cost-control strategies used by multi-site and independent operators. Insight is designed for finance leads, GMs, and HR teams balancing team performance, compliance, and profitability in a competitive labour market.
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Jan- 2024 -24 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Wetherspoons H1 sales rise 10.1%
Wetherspoons has revealed that like-for-like sales were 10.1% higher during the 25 weeks to 21 January compared with last year. The pub chain attributed its performance to bar sales rising by 11.8%, food by 7.9%, and slot and fruit machines by 10.4%. Hotel rooms in its pub estate also saw…
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Aug- 2023 -2 AugustNews
Hospitality food prices rise again as supermarket prices ease
Month-on-month food inflation in hospitality was more than five times higher at 2.2% compared to supermarkets where prices increased by just 0.4% in June, according to CGA’s prestige foodservice price index. It said the difference in prices is caused by a variety of factors, including the fact that top ten…
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Jul- 2023 -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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Jun- 2023 -28 JuneBusiness
Foodservice price inflation hits 21.6% in May
Foodservice price inflation in the UK rose to 21.6% in May, just below the record high of 22.9% seen in December 2022, according to the foodservice price inflation index from CGA. This number is slightly higher than in April where foodservice price inflation was at 21.4%. At the same point…
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15 JuneBusiness
Foodservice price inflation goes back above 20% in April
Foodservice price inflation has unexpectedly risen back above 20% to 21.4% in April, according to data from CGA. Price increases had begun to slow in Q1 this year, and inflation dipped below 20% in March for the first time since mid-2022. However, the rebound in April underlines the severe cost…
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Apr- 2023 -17 AprilFood and Drink
Foodservice price inflation falls slightly but remains over 20%
Foodservice price inflation fell slightly to 20.6% year-on-year in February 2023, according to data from CGA strategy. The figure is below the record high of 22.9% in December 2022 showing clear signs that food inflation is beginning to ease. The full basket of food measured by the Index increased by…
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Feb- 2023 -23 FebruaryFood and Drink
Foodservice price inflation sees first fall since September 2021
Foodservice price inflation dropped to 22% in January, a decrease of 0.9% from September, according to data from CGA strategy. While only a small decrease in inflation it represents the first fall in foodservice price inflation since September 2021. However, all categories remain in double-digit inflation, with oils and fats…
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16 FebruaryRestaurants
Final quarter of 2022 ‘worst on record’ for restaurant closures
The final quarter of 2022 was the “worst on record” for restaurant closures, as 504 restaurant companies entered insolvency in Q4 of 2022, according to new data from Mazars. This marked an 11% rise against the previous quarter. Meanwhile, restaurant company insolvencies reached their highest level in four years in…
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Dec- 2022 -22 DecemberBusiness
Hospitality real terms sales behind pre-pandemic levels
Hospitality turnover for the year ended September 2022 increased 1.3% to £135bn but this is a real terms decrease compared with 2019, according to data from CGA. Inflationary pressures have meant that even though a 1.3% increase is the first time a full-year figure has been above pre-pandemic levels, it…
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Nov- 2022 -7 NovemberPubs and Bars
Scottish hospitality joins forces to launch new ‘Help Out Hospitality’ campaign
A group of Scottish hospitality businesses have backed a new ‘Help Out Hospitality’ campaign aimed at supporting battling for survival due to rapidly escalating costs. Edinburgh’s Brewhemia; McKays Hotel in Perthshire; Links House at Royal Dornoch in Sutherland; Ingliston Country Club and Hotel in Renfrewshire; Tyneside Tavern and Mazzoli Italian…
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