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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Jun- 2019 -19 JuneBusiness
Bakeries competing with sandwich chains as sales outperform market
Bakery outlets have seen the strongest growth in on-premise business among major British quick service restaurant (QSR) channels, with sales and visits up more than 19% and nearly 18% respectively in the past year, data from global information company The NPD Group has shown. Based on its new Bakery Trends…
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18 JuneCatering Companies
Sodexo joins Oasis Academies to offer Mozambique cyclone relief
Global catering company Sodexo, has raised £1,000 for the Mozambique cyclone relief, in collaboration with Oasis Academies. The caterer pledged to donate 20p for every hotel meal sold, across 31 secondary and 13 primary schools, over 3,000 meals were sold. Sodexo teams at the individual schools extended their fundraising efforts…
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14 JuneAdvice
How to minimise energy waste to maximise efficiency in the commercial kitchen
Those in the catering industry should take a sustainably focused view at optimising commercial kitchens in order to reduce the impact on the environment through energy efficient operations. This can be from using equipment that is energy efficient as well as implementing working practices that reduce waste and increase output.…
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13 JuneAwards & Events
MBE awarded to Bidfood director
Dr Andrew Kemp, group sales and marketing director at food wholesaler Bidfood, has been awarded an MBE in The Queen’s Birthday Honours list, announced on 8 June. Kemp has been in the industry for over 40 years, and has used his platform to work alongside industry bodies and charities, and…
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12 JuneCatering Companies
Sodexo wins eight year deal with Swansea City Football Club
Catering services provider Sodexo has won an exclusive catering contract at the Liberty Stadium for Swansea City Football Club and The Ospreys Rugby Club. The company will invest in new digital screens and a stadium wide EPOS system to support speed of service in the public areas alongside improved audio-visual…
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11 JuneBusiness
Pub and restaurant groups report zero growth in May
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw trading flat-line in May, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Collective like-for-like sales growth across the market was zero, compared with the same period last year. Regionally, London saw like-for-like sales down 0.6%, while outside the M25 same-site sales…
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10 JuneBusiness
15 of the top 20 UK restaurant companies ‘cannot cover debts’
According to research by accountancy group UHY Hacker Young, 15 of the top 20 UK restaurant companies do not have enough cash to cover their debts falling due in the next year. An analysis of the short term liabilities and assets of the UK’s top 20 restaurant companies reveals that,…
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6 JuneAdvice
Rethink your snacks to boost sales at your pub
Crisps and nuts have long been favoured fodder in pubs and bars, but times are changing and customers are now looking for something a little more special to munch on than a bag of peanuts or pork scratchings. Gone are the days when Walkers and KP commanded all the shelf…
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5 JuneAdvice
Living the dream?
I always dreamed of running a pub, greeting the regulars with a smile, a quip and their favourite tipple. After more than 30 years of handling debt recovery work for the licensed trade, I can see that the reality is very different. It is not an easy life. For many,…
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4 JuneRestaurants
Northern Quarter food village opens at Belfast International Airport
Catering company Mount Charles has announced the opening of the Northern Quarter of the new food village, at Belfast International Airport. The centre includes four food and drink destinations including, Coco Diablo Mexican Cantina and the Irish brand Freshly Chopped, where food is created in open theatre chopping stations. The…
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