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.

  • Jul- 2019 -
    16 July
    AdviceMaking coffee accessible to everyone

    Making coffee accessible to everyone

    Speciality coffee was once the preserve of the coffee geeks and hipsters. These days all operators are trying to ensure their coffee is good, otherwise nobody will buy it. Over the last twenty-five years, we’ve seen the industry experience monumental changes in everything from the types of coffee that consumers…

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  • 15 July
    Pubs and BarsRestaurant trade up 6.1% in June

    Restaurant trade up 6.1% in June

    Restaurants in the UK saw a 6.1% increase in like-for-like sales in June, compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. The report cited the increase in trade was in part down to the cooler weather over the month, compared…

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  • 12 July
    OpinionSugar tax review would be sweet news for catering trade

    Sugar tax review would be sweet news for catering trade

    The sugar tax has hit the headlines again as the Conservative Party leadership race heats-up. Boris Johnson is pledging to review and halt the soft drinks industry levy, while before pulling out Matt Hancock made plans to extend the tax to include more items such as milk-based drinks. In the…

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  • 11 July
    Pubs and BarsUK’s first no and low alcohol pub to open in London

    UK’s first no and low alcohol pub to open in London

    Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced it is opening the UK’s first ever no and low alcohol pub. The Clean Vic No and Low Alcohol pub will open its doors on New Oxford Street from 24 to 25 July, serving a range of beers, wines and mocktails which are all entirely…

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  • 8 July
    NewsSoft drinks on-trade market worth £517m, Fentimans report finds

    Soft drinks on-trade market worth £517m, Fentimans report finds

    Fentimans, the botanically brewed drinks maker has launched a data driven report with research consultancy CGA, to offer a “unique insight” into the premium soft drinks and mixers market in the UK. The premium soft drinks and mixer category has grown 33% versus last year and is now worth £517m,…

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  • 4 July
    Beverages‘World first’ potato-based drink launched in UK

    ‘World first’ potato-based drink launched in UK

    My Foodie, a range of smoothies manufactured in Sweden, has launched in the UK. Tapping into the growth of flexitarian and vegan diets, each of the three flavours features a unique and nutritious blend of potato and rapeseed oil, combined with apple juice and one type of berry – blueberry,…

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  • 2 July
    Breweries and DistilleriesIsle of Wight Distillery releases pink gin

    Isle of Wight Distillery releases pink gin

    Just three months after the relaunch of Mermaid Gin, the Isle of Wight Distillery has introduced its first ever Pink Gin. The gin is presented in the same sculpted, bottle as Mermaid decorated in shades of pink, including the appropriately named ‘Living Coral’, 2019’s Colour of the Year. The bottle…

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  • Jun- 2019 -
    28 June
    RestaurantsNew Venezuelan restaurant to launch in Westfield White City

    New Venezuelan restaurant to launch in Westfield White City

    Restaurateurs Gabriel and Jose-Luis Gonzalez have announced their new restaurant Caracas is to open in Westfield White City in October. The restaurant is inspired by traditional bars across Venezuela, and the menu will focus on arepa, a flat dish shaped cornbread stuffed with a variety of fillings. The menu will…

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  • 24 June
    AdviceLiving the dream? Part two

    Living the dream? Part two

    In the first part of this article, I considered the changes in the pub market over the past 20 years and the need for a mutually beneficial partnership between pub owners and publicans rather than the traditional arm’s length landlord and tenant relationship. A successful tenant recognises the changing market…

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  • 20 June
    AdviceHow to boost coffee sales

    How to boost coffee sales

    Whether you’re running a café, hotel, pub or gym, putting together a successful coffee offer is a multi-faceted balancing act which takes careful consideration.  There is no magic solution or quick-fire way to suddenly pull thousands of customers through the door, instead it’s a slow grind (excuse the pun) of…

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