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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Mar- 2021 -26 MarchFeatures
One year since lockdown: a year in the life of UK pubs
One of the greatest cultural tragedies of the past year in the UK has been the closure of pubs due to the pandemic. According to CGA’s Market Recovery Monitor, nearly 12,000 licensed premises have closed in Britain since December 2019; an average of 30 a day. To mark the anniversary…
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25 MarchRestaurants
Deliveroo and Pizza Express renew national partnership
Deliveroo and Pizza Express have announced a renewed national partnership with a two-year exclusive deal across the UK and Ireland. Pizza Express first partnered with Deliveroo in 2016, and customers are now able to order from its pizzerias on Deliveroo in 105 UK towns and cities. In total under the…
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25 MarchRestaurants
Stem and Glory relocates to larger site
Stem and Glory, a vegan restaurant, has announced it will be relocating to a new larger site in central Cambridge which will open at the end of May 2021. The restaurant, which has been designed Afroditi Krassa, fronts Station Road, just metres from Cambridge railway station, and has a large…
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23 MarchGovernment
UKH calls for gov to look at ‘data not dates’ when lifting restrictions
UKHospitality (UKH) is urging the government to follow “data not dates” and loosen some of the restrictions slightly earlier than the current roadmap. According to the group, the continued success of the vaccination programme should allow for “hotels with self-contained rooms to be able to open alongside other self-contained accommodation…
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19 MarchPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoons falls to pre-tax loss of £68m
JD Wetherspoons has reported a pre-tax loss of £68m in its preliminary results for the 26 weeks ended 24 January 2021. Revenue fell 54% to £431.1m from £933m in the period, while like-for-like sales declined 54% which was attributed to the disruption in trading due to lockdown restrictions. In its…
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18 MarchRestaurants
Pizza Express to reopen 118 restaurant this April
PizzaExpress has announced that after a three-month hospitality hiatus, it will be welcoming back customers from 12 April to 118 of its restaurants in England for outdoor dining. Last year, the group formally launched a CVA in a bid to reduce its restaurant estate and rental cost base following the…
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17 MarchPubs and Bars
Star Pubs and Bars to charge tenants full rent from 21 June
Star Pubs and Bars, which is part of the Heineken group, has announced its tenants will return to paying rent in full after lockdown restrictions are eased from 21 June 2021. The group revealed it has invested a further £19m in lockdown rent concessions and has extended its 90% rent…
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16 MarchFood and Drink
Greggs swings to £13.7m FY20 loss
Greggs has posted a £13.7m loss-before-tax for the 53 weeks ended 2 January 2021, down from profits of £108.3m in 2019. The group attributed its first annual loss since the firm became a listed business in 1984 to “lower-than-normal sales levels” throughout the pandemic. The company’s revenues for the period…
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16 MarchBreweries and Distilleries
Number of UK breweries rose by 7.5% in 2020
The number of breweries in the UK increased by 7.5% in 2020, according to research carried out by UHY Hacker Young. There are now 3,000 breweries in the country, despite pub and bar closures resulting from pandemic lockdowns. In 2020, pubs were closed for 161 days, which is around 44%…
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12 MarchFood and Drink
Takeaway and delivery sales up 317% in Feb, CGA tracker finds
Sales of deliveries and takeaways from UK hospitality groups have more than tripled over the last 12 months, according to The Hospitality at Home Tracker from CGA.CGA’s hospitality tracker complements CGA’s Coffer Peach Business Tracker, which has monitored total sales across more than 10,000 sites of leading restaurant and pub…
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