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 whatโs driving turnover, and whatโs 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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Nov- 2020 -4 NovemberTrade Associations
CAMRA welcomes easing of takeaway beer restrictions
Trade associations have welcomed the governmentโs plans to ease restrictions on the takeaway sale of beer and cider from restaurants during lockdown. According to new legislation, pre-ordered alcohol can be collected by customers as long as they do not enter the premises. Nik Antona, CAMRAโs national chairman, said: โI am…
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3 NovemberCoronavirus
JD Wetherspoon to sell 99p pints ahead of lockdown
JD Wetherspoon has announced it will sell pints of its ale for 99p in a bid to clear stock before England enters into a second national lockdown on Thursday 5 November.ย According to the Guardian, this is the pub chain’s second time introducing price cuts on its products, following on…
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2 NovemberNews
Tasty reports ยฃ11m loss
Tasty, a restaurant group that owns Wildwood and Dim T, has reported a loss of ยฃ11m for the six month period ending 28 June. According to the companyโs interim report, Covid-19 restrictions caused total sales to fall 59% from ยฃ21.1m to ยฃ8.7m.ย All of the firmโs sites closed from 24…
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2 NovemberCoronavirus
Hospitality firms on a โknife edgeโ, warns UKHospitality
UKHospitality has warned that the industry is on a โknife edge” following Boris Johnson’s announcement that England will enter into a new national lockdown on 5 November.ย A statement published by the trade body stressed that the hospitality industry has already been โpushed to the limitsโ, with many business owners…
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2 NovemberPubs and Bars
Brighton Pier Group revenue falls 29.4%
The Brighton Pier Group has reported a 29.4% decrease in revenue in its final financial results for this year to ยฃ22.6m. The group, which owns and operates Brighton Place Pier and 12 bars nationwide, said the prolonged closures due to lockdown resulted in โimpairments to goodwill, property, plant and equipment…
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Oct- 2020 -30 OctoberCoronavirus
Hospitality sales drop by 48% in Q3
Hospitality sales in the UK have dropped by 48% in the third quarter, according to trade association UKHospitality and market analyst CGA. Sales for the year totalled ยฃ80.3bn, which is ยฃ53.2bn less than the ยฃ133.5bn that the sector contributed to the UK economy in 2019. This seismic drop in sales…
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30 OctoberFood and Drink
Pizza Express to axe a further 1,300 jobs
Pizza Express will reportedly cut 1,300 additional jobs across its 370 UK restaurants attributed to poor sales and the continued impact of Covid-19, according to the BBC. The losses come weeks after the firm launched a CVA bid that proposed 1,100 jobs would be cut and 73 restaurants close. The…
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27 OctoberNews
Revolution Bars to close six sites as part of CVA
Revolution Bars has confirmed it will launch a CVA proposal in order to reduce the size of its estate as the group continues to struggle with government trading restrictions.ย The company revealed plans to close some of its 76 venues across the UK after the 10pm curfew law saw sales…
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23 OctoberGovernment
KFC to create 5400 additional jobs
KFC has announced plans to create a further 5400 job roles across the UK and Ireland.ย According to Sky News, the fast food chain has seen a rise in demand for its produce due to Covid-19,ย the company said the new roles will be created in its 965 restaurants across…
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23 OctoberCoronavirus
Hospitality sales drop ‘nearly two thirds’ in Tier 3 areas
Hospitality sales dropped by nearly two thirds in the upper tiers of the governmentโs new Covid alert system, with Tier 3 areas suffering from an immediate drop in sales, according to CGAโs latest data. Pubs, bars and restaurants in โVery Highโ tiers in England have seen their sales fall between…
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