Sales

This section brings together all our editorial coverage related to sales performance, revenue growth, and commercial strategy across the UK foodservice sector. From quarterly trading updates and like-for-like sales trends to group-level reporting and market analysis, we provide restaurant operators, pub groups, catering firms, and F&B executives with timely insights into what’s driving turnover, and what’s dragging it down. Whether you manage a single site or a national portfolio, our sales reporting is geared to help hospitality leaders benchmark performance, identify consumer trends, and shape strategies that drive sustainable growth in a volatile trading environment.

Jan- 2023 -

9 January

Restaurants

Giggling Squid FY turnover doubles to £66m

Thai restaurant chain Giggling Squid has announced that its FY turnover doubled to £66m, up from £33.9m the previous year. For the full-year period ended April 2022, the company stated that its EBITDA was £11.1m for the period compared with £5.5m in the year to March 2021. It believed that…
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9 January

Restaurants

Tortilla revenues rise 20% in FY22

Tortilla has seen group revenue rocket 20% to £57.7m in FY22, up from £48.1m the prior year, as it welcomed a “highly resilient” performance despite macroeconomic challenges. UK like-for-like sales were up by 16.4% against FY19, as trading was boosted by a net increase of 18 sites in the period,…
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5 January

Restaurants

Six by Nico unveils expansion plans amid strong sales

Sixco Limited, the group behind the Six by Nico restaurant network, has unveiled “ambitious” expansion plans following a period of strong turnover and profits. The group, which operates from across 13 sites in the UK and Ireland, recorded a turnover of £30.8m for the year to June 2022, against the…
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5 January

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Greggs sales surge 23% in FY22

Greggs has announced that its FY22 sales were £1.5bn, an increase of 23.0% compared with the equivalent period in 2021 (£1.2bn). During the 52-week period, like-for-like sales in company-managed shops were 17.8% higher than sales seen in 2021, with fourth quarter like-for-like sales in company-managed shops growing by 18.2%. It…
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4 January

Catering Companies

Q catering appoints new commercial director

Wholesale distributor Q catering has announced the appointment of Tony Blake as commercial director. This appointment is the third senior appointment in recent times following the appointments of Caroline Martine as sales director and Nick Jennings as financial director. Blake has joined Q catering from Kent Frozen Foods where he…
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4 January

Pubs and Bars

Wetherspoons to serve 99p pints in January sale

Wetherspoon pubs are reducing the price of a wide selection of drinks and food in its January Sale. Price cuts started yesterday (3 January) and will last until 17 January. As a result, at 810 of the company’s pubs across the UK, coffee and soft drinks will cost 99p. Meanwhile,…
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3 January

Catering Companies

Higher proportion of vegan and vegetarian dishes sold in 2022, Sodexo finds

Sodexo has published its food sales data showing a year-on-year increase in the proportion of vegetarian and vegan meals sold across 476 of its UK and Ireland client sites. According to the data from January to November 2022, which are based on EPOS data sales of over 240,000 meals across…
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Dec- 2022 -

22 December

Business

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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21 December

Pubs and Bars

Drake and Morgan sees post-covid rebound as losses narrow to £1.4m

Restaurant and bar Drake and Morgan has revealed it has seen its losses narrow to £1.4m, down from a loss of £19m, in its results for the full year ended 27 March 2022. The company posted turnover of £35.9m compared with £5.2m last year and adjusted EBITDA profit of £5m…
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16 December

Restaurants

Delivery and takeaway sales plateau in November

Managed restaurant groups saw their delivery and takeaway sales continue to plateau in November, after 12 months of decline following record highs during the pandemic, CGA has found. CGA and Nielsen IQ’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker found that combined sales in November 2022 were 1% behind November 2021, the…
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