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.

Mar- 2021 -

8 March

Coronavirus

Hospitality ‘generally optimistic’ despite Covid disruption, study finds

Despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry, hospitality businesses are “mostly positive” about the future, according to a survey of 141 sector operators by accountancy firm Haysmacintyre. The 2021 Haysmacintyre ‘UK Hospitality Snapshot Survey’ revealed “encouraging signs of confidence” amongst the sector, even before the prime minister…
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8 March

Pubs and Bars

Antic London secures CBILS funding package

Antic London, a pub group based in England’s capital, has received a CBILS funding package from ThinCats, a finance provider to mid-sized SMEs. Founded in 1999, Antic finds alternative and unusual properties in recently rejuvenated and well-situated areas, before turning them into “landmark locals” for the surrounding communities. The investment…
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5 March

Pubs and Bars

Barkby Pubs ‘poised for significant growth’ post-lockdown

The Barkby Group, operators of Barkby Pubs, has announced that like-for-like sales across its pub estate were down by 45% between 1 October and 31 December 2020, but said the group is “poised for significant growth and a return to profitability” once the sector reopens this spring. Between 1 July…
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2 March

Coronavirus

The Restaurant Group burns through £5.5m per month amid lockdown

The Restaurant Group has revealed it has burned through £5.5m in cash per month during the ongoing national lockdown, adding that the cash burn rate is expected to stay at this level until the end of the current restrictions for hospitality businesses. Nonetheless, it has since secured £500m in new…
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1 March

Coronavirus

‘Decisive financial support’ needed to save hospitality, says APPG

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Hospitality and Tourism (APPG) is urging chancellor Rishi Sunak to provide “decisive financial support to protect sector businesses crucial to communities around the UK”. The plea comes in a letter signed by more than 80 MPs written to Sunak ahead of this week’s Budget, with…
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Feb- 2021 -

26 February

Restaurants

Various Eateries FY20 revenues fall 36%

Restaurant group Various Eateries has reported revenues for the year ended 27 September 2020 of £16.5m, a year-on-year decline of 36%. The group also revealed that it swung to an EBITDA loss before exceptional costs of £1.7m, down from profits of £817,000 in 2019. While Various Eateries partly attributed its…
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23 February

Venues & Properties

German Doner Kebab to expand across UK

German Doner Kebab is reportedly eyeing a roll-out of sites across the UK, in a move that will see it almost double its presence with the addition of 47 new sites. According to Sky News, the expansion, which follows a period of heightened takeaway sales during the pandemic, will reportedly…
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22 February

Pubs and Bars

M&B’s £350m open offer ‘critical’ for survival

Mitchells and Butlers has announced the launch of an open offer, following an announcement last week that the group intends to raise £350m from shareholders. The board, which includes representatives of the Odyzean Group, a major shareholder of Mitchells and Butlers, said it believes that the open offer is “critical…
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19 February

Restaurants

Camile Thai Kitchen announces UK-wide expansion

Thai food chain Camile Thai Kitchen has announced plans to open 15 new locations across the UK and Ireland, creating 300 jobs in the process. Of the new sites, seven will be situated in the UK at locations that include Epsom, Twickenham, and Streatham. The firm is looking to grow…
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18 February

Pubs and Bars

Meat-free dishes to become more ‘prominent’ on menus post-covid, says CGA

Consumers’ focus on health during the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to make vegetarian and vegan dishes more prominent on menus according to the CGA’s MealMetrics service. Drawing on £4bn of aggregated food till sales data from more than 7,000 pubs, bars and restaurants, the metric data was designed to help…
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