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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25 June

Catering Companies

Various Eateries revenues rise 8.8% to £24.7m in H1

Various Eateries has reported an 8.8% increase in revenues to £24.7m (H1 2024: £22.7m), with the growth largely driven by new site openings. It also reported that gross profit rose by 93.1% to £2.6m, up from £1.3m the prior year, for the 26-week period ending 30 March 2025. Meanwhile, the…
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25 June

Pubs and Bars

Vagabond to open flagship St Paul’s bar as expansion resumes

Wine bar operator Vagabond has announced it will open two new London locations, including a flagship site in St Paul’s this August, as it resumes expansion under new ownership. The company has signed a 15-year lease in Paternoster Square for a site formerly used as the filming location for Channel…
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23 June

Pubs and Bars

Star Pubs to spend £4.5m upgrading outdoor spaces and exteriors

Heineken UK-owned Star Pubs has announced plans to invest £4.5m in refurbishing the exteriors of 171 pubs across the UK this year, with a focus on improving outdoor trading areas and enhancing kerb appeal. Some 88 pubs will receive garden makeovers, a quarter of which will be themes around Heineken…
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20 June

Business

Hospitality insolvencies down but downturn in trade could spell trouble, RSM warns

Accommodation and food services insolvencies decreased 12% year-on-year from 313 in April 2024 to 275 in April 2025, according to the latest insolvency figures from the government insolvency service. Insolvencies in the sector also decreased 12% from 3,824 in the 12 months to April 2024 to 3,369 in the 12…
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19 June

Food and Drink

Hospitality sales fall 1% in May amid poor weather

Sales across Britain’s managed hospitality groups fell by 1% year-on-year in May, according to the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker. The decline follows 4.2% growth in April and reflects the impact of wet and cool weather during both of May’s Bank Holiday weekends. The tracker shows that sales have…
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18 June

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Ole and Steen turnover rises 5% to £36.7m

Danish bakery Ole and Steen has revealed that its turnover rose 5% to £36.7m for the year ended 31 December 2024, up from £34.8m in the same period the previous year. Alongside this, the company saw its EBITDA rise 25% from £3.93m up to £4.89m during the same period. The…
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18 June

Pubs and Bars

St Austell FY turnover hits £231m despite low visitor numbers

St Austell Brewery has reported a record turnover of £231m in the year to December 2024, with underlying EBITDA rising 8.7% to £22.4m. News of the results come as the Cornwall-based brewer and hospitality group is unveiling its first major rebrand in more than 70 years in celebration of its…
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18 June

People

Yum Brands appoints new CEO

Yum Brands has announced that chief financial and franchise officer Chris Turner will take over the role of chief executive from 1 October 2025. Turner will succeed current chief executive David Gibbs, who plans to retire after 37 years with the company. Gibbs will remain in post until the end…
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16 June

Pubs and Bars

Timothy Taylor FY turnover rises 6% to £35m

Brewery and pub operator, Timothy Taylor, has seen its turnover rise 6% to £35m in the year to 30 September 2024, as brand sales improved on the previous year and gross profits increased by 9.5% to £19.4m. Production and procurement efficiencies, alongside lower energy costs, offset some of the additional…
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13 June

Pubs and Bars

Wadworth FY profits surge 229% to £3.5m

Independent pub and brewery company Wadworth reported profits of £3.5m for the year ended 4 January 2025, up from £815k the previous year – spelling a jump of 229%. The Wiltshire-based company said the increase was driven by strong Christmas trading, a 6% rise in sales across the business, and…
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