Profit Margin
Coverage of the cost controls, pricing strategies, and operational decisions that influence profitability across UK restaurants, pubs, cafés, and catering businesses. This section explores labour costs, ingredient inflation, energy bills, menu engineering, and F&B performance metrics, offering actionable insight for operators, chefs, and finance leads working to maintain healthy margins in a highly competitive and cost-sensitive market.
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Mar- 2024 -19 MarchRestaurants
Prezzo returns to profitability following strategic review
Prezzo has revealed that revenues rose to £135m from £95m in the year ended 1 January 2023, following an increase in menu prices and a focus on efficiency. As a result, the Italian casual dining group’s profit margin also saw an uptick from 31.2% to 35%. However, macroeconomic challenges during…
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Jul- 2023 -27 JulyNews
Just Eat Northern Europe and UK return to growth in Q2
Just Eat has reported a gross transaction value (GTV) increase in Northern Europe of 4% and of 1% in the UK and Ireland during Q2 2023. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €143m (£122m) in H1, reflecting a material improvement of €277m (£238m) compared with H1 2022. In Northern Europe, the adjusted…
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May- 2023 -10 MayRestaurants
Comptoir Group revenues up 50% to £31m in FY22
Comptoir Group has revealed a strong financial recovery in FY22 as full-year revenues soared by 49.9% to £31m compared with £20.7m in 2021, and gross profit rose by 44.3% to £24.4m compared with £16.9m in 2021. The results were driven by like-for-like store growth in the period and the absence…
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Mar- 2023 -27 MarchNews
Tortilla Group revenues rise 20% in FY22
Tortilla Mexican Grill, one of the most successful fast-casual Mexican restaurant groups in the UK, has reported a revenue increase of 20% to £57.7m, according to its FY22 results. The increase, the group argues, is attributable to a variety of factors, including a 16.4% like-for-like revenue growth, the strategic acquisition…
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Nov- 2022 -2 NovemberCatering Companies
Sodexo unveils new strategy plan to target growth
Global catering company Sodexo has reportedly laid out its 2025 strategic plan today (2 November) to generate “sustainable, profitable growth” and to create value for its shareholders and its stakeholders. The group reports that its strategy to “refocus and accelerate” is based on three things; to refocus on food services…
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Oct- 2022 -21 OctoberFood and Drink
Deliveroo warns of growth hit despite strong Q3
Deliveroo has warned that future sales could be hit by the ongoing cost of living crisis, despite welcoming continued year-on-year growth in Q3. Over the period, gross transaction value (GTV) rose by 8% year-on-year, while GTV per order was up 6%, largely driven by item level price inflation. Nonetheless, orders…
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Sep- 2022 -2 SeptemberFood and Drink
Deliveroo Q2 growth slows amid increased consumer headwinds
Deliveroo has revealed that its growth slowed in Q2, reporting growth of only 2%, against growth of 12% in Q1, reflecting the impact of increased consumer headwinds. However, Deliveroo said it continues to grow in the current “challenging” market with H1 2022, showing an increase of 12% in revenue to…
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Aug- 2021 -11 AugustFood and Drink
Deliveroo sees H1 losses narrow to £104.8m
Deliveroo has reported a statutory pre-tax loss of £104.8m in its half-year report, improving 18% from its previous year’s loss of £128.4m. Despite remaining in the red, revenue for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021, improved 82% to £922.5m from £507.2m in 2020. Gross transaction value was also up…
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Feb- 2021 -9 FebruaryBreweries and Distilleries
Carlsberg CEO predicts ‘Roaring Twenties’ sector recovery
Carlsberg expects to experience a spike in demand similar to the roaring twenties as restrictions ease in what the group’s CEO believes will be a “normal summer”. Cees ‘t Hart, CEO at the group, told the Financial Times that despite the “high uncertainty” surrounding 2021, firms that have survived the…
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Jan- 2021 -11 JanuaryCatering Companies
Sodexo sees 27% total group revenue decline
Sodexo has reported that for the first quarter fiscal 2021, total group revenue declined 27% to €4.4bn (£3.2bn) from €6.07bn (£4.5bn) for the same period last year, attributed to the impact of Covid-19. Founded by Pierre Bellon in 1966, the company operates in 64 countries and serves 100 million consumers…
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