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.

Dec- 2021 -

1 December

Restaurants

Loungers to open 25 new sites as profits surge

Loungers has announced plans to open 25 new sites next year after securing pre-tax profits of £12.8m for the 24-week period ended 3 October 2021. During the period, revenue increased to £102.4m from £53.5m in 2020 whilst like-for-like sales grew 26.6% compared to 2019. The business has continued to achieve…
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30 November

Pubs and Bars

Marston’s FY21 losses widen to £100m

Pub group Marston’s saw its pre-tax losses for the full-year ending 2 October widen to £100m, up from £22m the previous year. Revenues also dropped to £423.8m down from £821m in 2020 as sales continued to be impacted by the “significant” disruptions caused by the pandemic. However, since reopening outdoors…
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29 November

Beverages

Drinks sales ‘edge back’ above pre-COVID-19 levels, CGA says

On Premise drinks sales in the week to last Saturday (20 November) edged 1% above the same week in 2019, CGA’s Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. The association revealed it is the “first time” that average sales by value in Britain’s managed pubs, bars and restaurants have been in positive territory…
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26 November

Analysis

COP: 26. Is it already too late?

Following the 26th installment of the great political effort to find common ground on climate change, ‘is it too late’ is a question many now ask themselves. Did we blow our last shot at solving the defining crisis of our age? We’re yet to see political consensus to refute Grayling’s…
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25 November

Pubs and Bars

Mitchells and Butlers losses narrow to £42m as sales recover

Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has reported a pre-tax loss of £42m for-the 52 weeks ending 25 September 2021, compared with £123m a year earlier, as its sales recovery starts to take hold. M&B said it had returned to profitability in recent months and its like-for-like sales were 2.7% higher than…
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25 November

Food and Drink

Wendy‘s eyes further UK expansion

Wendy’s is reportedly eyeing further expansion across the UK, having recently opened up a new site in Croydon this month. According to the Financial Times, the group has been “buoyed” by sales at the five UK sites it has opened since it relaunched in Reading in June. Wendy’s chief development…
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25 November

Restaurants

Summit boosts Abbeydale Food Group revenues

Abbeydale Food Group has seen its revenues for the year increase to £28.8m, with turnover also rising by 18% driven by the continued growth of its Summit Foods business. Its Summit Foods business, which provides frozen and chilled micro snacks and ‘fresher for longer’ chilled sandwiches, achieved sales of £24.3m…
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25 November

Comment

Food service innovations that will change the future

Food service is one of the hottest areas of digital innovation today. Over the past decade we’ve seen the rise of cashless payment, mobile booking, delivery apps and loyalty schemes. And the pace of food service innovation is only increasing, with the challenges of the pandemic bringing new ideas to…
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22 November

Restaurants

UK restaurant insolvencies soar 31%

UK restaurant insolvencies have soared by 31% to 296 in the last quarter, up from 226 in the previous quarter, according to new figures from UHY Hacker Young. It comes as many restaurants have faced a “cashflow crisis”, which has “tipped some over the edge” into insolvency. Restaurants have had…
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18 November

News

Rate of delivery and takeaways slows, CGA finds

The rate of 2021-on-2019 growth in delivery and takeaway sales has steadily slowed from 206% in July to 130% in September, according to the latest edition of the CGA and Slerp Hospitality at Home tracker. It revealed that growth in delivery and takeaway sales has eased as consumers return to…
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