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.

Jul- 2022 -

13 July

Pubs and Bars

JD Wetherspoon warns of full-year losses amid ‘laborious’ recovery

JD Wetherspoon has warned it is expecting an annual loss of £30m in its upcoming full-year results, as recovery for many businesses has been “slower and more laborious” than first anticipated. After investing heavily in labour, repairs and marketing, the group expects FY22 losses to be higher than expected, as…
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12 July

Restaurants

Chopstix opens first Haven site amid ‘record’ sales

Chopstix Noodle Bar has opened its first location in partnership with holiday park Haven this month, with the site on track to be the highest turnover store in Scotland. The opening at Haven’s Craig Tara park in Ayrshire, Scotland, marks the group’s first foray into holiday parks. It has also…
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7 July

Restaurants

UK retail and hospitality to see £1.2bn boost during women’s Euros

The UK retail and hospitality sector are predicted to receive a £1.2bn boost during the Women’s UEFA 2022 European Championships (EURO 2022), according to new spending data by Voucher Codes. The competition is expected to bring 9.4m shoppers to retail stores across the whole competition, with a £898.2m predicted total…
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6 July

Pubs and Bars

Oakman hails ‘record’ sales in FY22

The Oakman Group Plc has revealed its total sales surged 79% to £65.1m for the financial year ending 3 July 2022 (FY22), reportedly outperforming the Coffer CGA tracker of industry sales. Like-for-like sales are up 51.2% from FY21 and up 19.9% from pre-Covid levels in FY20, while total sales have…
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4 July

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Pret H1 revenues surge 230% to £357.8m

Pret A Manger has reported that its half year (H1) revenues in 2022 has grown by 230% year-on-year to £357.8m, up from £155.4m in H1 2021, and up by 160% from £223.4m in 2020. May saw revenues across the UK surpass 2019 levels for the first time, with “particularly strong”…
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1 July

Pubs and Bars

Gen Z spending 68% more in restaurants, pubs and bars

The hospitality industry continues to recover as 58% of UK consumers are spending the same or more each restaurant and bar visit than they were pre-pandemic, with Gen Z driving the return of business, according to a new study from SevenRooms. The research from SevenRooms, which polled over 2,000 UK…
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Jun- 2022 -

30 June

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Pret sales hit by rail strikes

Pret A Manger’s sales in London’s financial and shopping district have fallen “sharply”, as coffee, soup and sandwich sales in the City and Canary Wharf were at 62% of pre-Covid-19 levels through Thursday (23 June), according to the latest figures tracked by Bloomberg’s Pret Index. This is reportedly the lowest…
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29 June

Pubs and Bars

Shepherd Neame sales rise 13%

Shepherd Neame has revealed its retail sales grew 13% year-on-year for the six weeks ending 25 June 2022, compared with the same period last year when indoor trading was allowed again on 17 May 2021. Shepherd Neame is Britain’s oldest brewer and owner and operator of 299 pubs in Kent…
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29 June

People

Whitbread names Domino’s boss as new CEO

The board of Whitbread PLC (Whitbread) has announced that Dominic Paul has been appointed as its next CEO. He will succeed Alison Brittain, who has decided to retire from full time executive life at the end of the financial year 2023. Paul will join the company early in January 2023.…
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28 June

Food and Drink

Food and drink sales recover in UK city centres

Restaurant, pub and bar trading in the UK has seen “solid” growth as out-of-home food and drink sales in all of Britain’s 10 biggest city centres have recorded growth over the four weeks to 4 June 2022, according to new CGA and Wireless Social. Sales were between 1% and 13%…
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