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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Jan- 2022 -7 JanuaryBusiness
Everards reports £3.4m loss in FY21
Everards has reported an operating loss of £3.4m for the financial year ending September 2021, along with a £1.3m loss for the year ending September 2020. The company said that trading restrictions for nine months of the year is the reason behind the loss, which was reportedly driven by a…
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6 JanuaryBusiness
Greggs’ FY21 sales surge 51% to £1.23bn
Greggs has announced its sales for the 52 weeks ending 1 January 2022 (FY21) increased by 51% to £1.23bn from £811m in 2020, and representing a two-year increase of 5.3% compared with the same period in 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Gregg’s two-year like-for-like sales in its company-managed…
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5 JanuaryCatering Companies
Country Range Group strengthens partnership with TWC
Country Range Group has renewed its relationship with data and digital experts, TWC for a further three years in line with its progressive digital strategy. Having invested in the TWC SmartView platform almost four years ago, Country Range Group revealed it was the first independent foodservice buying group to invest…
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Dec- 2021 -23 DecemberFood and Drink
Deliveroo to open new delivery-only kitchens
Deliveroo has announced the UK-wide expansion of its ‘Editions’ kitchens with the opening of new sites across London, in Acton, Brent and Dulwich. The restaurant partners at the new sites include: Five Guys, Dishoom, Shake Shack, Pho, Rosa’s Thai, Tao Tao Ju, Bleecker, Chilango, Tortilla, and Pasta Evangelists. The delivery-only…
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22 DecemberFood and Drink
Delivery services peak at 19% in November, report finds
Delivery shares of total eating out occasions peaked at 19% in November, having dropped as low as 15% during October, revealed the latest update to the Lumina Intelligence UK Foodservice Delivery Market Report 2021. Additionally, delivery occasions increased overall by 2% in the 12 weeks ending 28 November 2021. Lumina…
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21 DecemberBusiness
Greggs tops food to go brand report
Gregg’s has taken the lead as the “dominating brand” in the food to go sector (FTG) with a 10.7% share of occasions, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Food To Go Market Report 2021. The report reveals Greggs has overtaken McDonald’s with a 1.3% increase in share of occasions in…
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21 DecemberNews
Weekend hospitality sales plummet 40%, UKH finds
New figures show over half (54%) of venues were down more than 40% in revenues last weekend, according to industry body UKHospitality. One in five businesses reported a sales drop of more than 60%, whilst 88% of operators say they feel negative about the potential of New Year’s Eve trading.…
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17 DecemberFood and Drink
Jollibee eyes further UK expansion as sales soar 417%
Jollibee is set to expand further across the UK with new sites due to open in Scotland for the first time as sales soar. For the period between January and September 2021, overall sales grew 417% with 1.3 million pieces of the brand’s most popular menu item, Chickenjoy, being sold…
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17 DecemberNews
Delivery sales surge 192% from pre-Covid levels, CGA finds
Delivery sales in November were 192% higher than pre-Covid levels in November 2019, with a 25% growth in takeaways, revealed the latest edition of the CGA and Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker. CGA said this reflects the trend of home deliveries boosted by lockdowns and the popularity of third party…
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16 DecemberPeople
Tortilla appoints new operations director
Tortilla has announced the appointment of Stephen Clark as its new operations director. Clark joins the fast-casual Mexican chain as an experienced senior hire, as the business continues its rapid expansion and solidifies its management team for future growth. In his new role, he will oversee all operational elements of…
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