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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Apr- 2022 -14 AprilFeatures
Is this the future of food delivery?
While food delivery has risen to become a rival to in-house dining, with brands and restaurants around the UK adopting a delivery service on top of its traditional restaurant setting, Mate Kun, co-founder of Growth Kitchen, believes its potential is not being met. He explains that the inspiration behind the…
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13 AprilPubs and Bars
Arc Inspirations secures £19m investment to fuel growth
Bar operator Arc Inspirations has confirmed plans to accelerate its growth after securing a £13m investment from BGF, a growth capital investor, for a minority stake in the business. It said the funding will give the business “substantial fire power” as it looks to double its footprint over the next…
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12 AprilFood and Drink
Foodservice inflation hits double-digits in February
Cost pressures are intensifying as year-on-year inflation in the foodservice sector hit 10.2% in February 2022, according to the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing. The double-digit increase was fueled by challenges including a surge in demand, the “lingering” impacts of Covid, additional costs…
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8 AprilPubs and Bars
Nightcap to open The Cocktail Club in Birmingham
Nightcap, the owner of The Cocktail Club, the Adventure Bar Group and the Barrio Familia group of bars, has announced a new opening for The Cocktail Club in Birmingham later this year. After the successful openings of larger The Cocktail Club venues in Reading and Bristol over the last few…
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7 AprilRestaurants
Neyba to raise £15m amid plans to open 14 new sites
Neyba, the multi-cuisine kitchen, and grocery concept, has launched a £15m Series A funding round amid plans to further expand its presence in the UK. The unique food concept, owned by Burger and Lobster founder, Misha Zelman and ex Harrods and Heston Blumenthal sales and marketing head, Ben Hedley opened…
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6 AprilRestaurants
Food delivery startup Growth Kitchen partners with Tortilla
Growth Kitchen, the food-delivery startup, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Mexican restaurant brand, Tortilla. The partnership will support the opening of multiple delivery kitchens in the coming years, and follows the success of Tortilla’s Growth Kitchen hub in Balham. Growth Kitchen said it aims to…
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5 AprilPubs and Bars
Hospitality ‘optimistic’ on prospects but cost pressures threaten recovery
Almost two thirds of restaurant, pub and bar leaders are “increasingly optimistic” about the market’s prospects for 2022, according to CGA and Fourth’s Business Leaders’ Survey. The exclusive poll of multi-site business leaders found that 65% are confident about the next 12 months for the market—an increase of six percentage…
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4 AprilRestaurants
Popeyes opens first standalone UK site
Popeyes UK, the master franchise for the United Kingdom, is set to open its first standalone, sit-down restaurant in the UK in Chelmsford, shortly following its Westfield Stratford opening. Menu items already available at the Stratford restaurant will be offered at the standalone site, including Popeyes’ 12-hour marinated chicken and…
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Mar- 2022 -31 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Cairngorm Coffee launches subscription service amid wholesale drive
Scottish coffee brand Cairngorm Coffee has appointed a new director and unveiled new packaging as as it begins a sales drive to recruit wholesale customers across Scotland and beyond, and launches a new direct to consumer subscription service. The business, founded by Robi Lambie in 2014, has since opened two…
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30 MarchFood and Drink
Hospitality sees city-centre recovery as sales and footfall rise
Hospitality businesses are starting to build sales momentum in Britain’s big cities after sales increased by 3% with a “steady” return of workers, shoppers and visitors, according to the latest ‘Top Cities Vibrancy Report’ from CGA and Wireless Social. Across the cities, sales increased by 3% on the equivalent pre-pandemic…
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