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.

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16 November

Restaurants

Chopstix continues expansion roll-out with new Norwich site

Chopstix will continue its growth programme by opening its 2nd site in Norwich later this month. The new restaurant, located on Gentleman’s Walk, will be owned and operated by the company. With further site openings across both ownership models in the pipeline, the pan-Asian QSR brand is set to pass…
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16 November

Business

Costs crisis wipes out hospitality growth despite October sales rise

Sales in October 2022 for restaurants, pubs and bars rose by 1.5% when compared with October 2022, according to the latest data from CGA. Sales were also 4.3% higher than October 2019. This is the ninth month in a row that sales have been higher than pre-Covid comparatives. However, with…
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15 November

Features

The viability of the roadside dining market

Roadside dining had its heyday some 50 years ago and when Little Chef, one of Britain’s most iconic and successful diner chains became defunct in 2018, it seemed like the extinction of the UK’s tenuous motor dining culture was finally complete. Four years on, and the nationwide operator Loungers of…
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14 November

Catering Companies

Contract catering Q3 sales up 41% but remain below 2019 levels

Sales in the contract catering sector have increased 41% between July and September this year, however still remain below pre-Covid levels, according to the latest contract catering tracker from CGA. Sales in this years’ third quarter were down 9% when compared with the same three month period in 2019 and…
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14 November

Business

BBPA calls for beer duty freeze

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has called on the chancellor to reconsider freezing beer duty to help keep the cost of a pint affordable this Christmas in an open letter ahead of the chancellor’s autumn statement. It is reported that the letter highlighted that the average costs for…
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11 November

Pubs and Bars

Hospitality sales rise by 4% in British cities

Pubs, bars, and restaurants have reported positive sales in Britain’s major cities, despite high inflation making real-terms growth “very difficult”, according to CGA. Its latest ‘Top Cities’ report found that combined sales in Britain’s 10 most populous cities in the four weeks to 22 October 2022 were 4% higher than…
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10 November

Pubs and Bars

Youngs revenues rise 25% as ‘normal’ trading returns

Young’s has seen revenues rise by 24.7% to £186.5m in the half-year ended 26 September, as the group welcomed a return to a “normal pub environment”. Over the period, profit-before-tax was up by 14.7% to £25m, while adjusted EBITDA rose by 5.4% to £45m. Managed house EBITDA was £55.5m, up…
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10 November

Restaurants

Domino’s sales rise 19% on 2019 but deliveries down in Q3

Domino’s has revealed that its total system sales were up +19.6% in Q3 2022, compared with the same period in 2019. Its like-for-like system sales (excluding splits and the change in the VAT rate) increased +2.4%, and total orders year-to-date was up +0.7. However, Q3 22 total orders were down…
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9 November

Business

World Cup hospitality sales to be down by 10% against 2018

Sales in UK hospitality venues during the 2022 FIFA World Cup are expected to be down by £44m compared to 2018, a new report from VoucherCodes has found. The 2022 World Cup Spending Report forecast that pubs, bars, and restaurants are set to make £395m in sales throughout the tournament,…
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9 November

Pubs and Bars

Wetherspoon sales slow amid rising costs

JD Wetherspoon has reported sales growth amid “substantially higher” costs, with like-for-like sales dropping 1.1% in the five weeks to 6 November 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, having increased by 1.5% in the previous nine weeks. October has been a “slightly slower” month following rising costs of labour,…
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