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- 2019 -28 MarchCatering Companies
Kellogg’s appoints new finance and HR bosses
Kellogg’s has announced it has appointed two new senior leaders as a result of internal moves at the Manchester-headquartered cereal and snacks manufacturer. Jon Akehurst takes up the reigns as finance director for Kellogg’s in the UK and Ireland from Mars Petcare’s Crown Pet Foods where he was head finance…
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15 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Santa Nata to open two sites in Covent Garden
Santa Nata is to launch two new Portuguese pastelarias in London’s Covent Garden area. The new sites will specialise in the traditional Portuguese pastry with egg custard filling – Pastel de Nata. Santa Nata will open its first site on Covent Garden’s Russell Street with a second unit opening on…
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15 MarchPubs and Bars
Wetherspoons profits slip amid staff wage increase
Pub group JD Wetherspoon reported a drop in profits before tax for the half-year to 27 January 2019. Despite a 7.1% increase in revenue to £889.4m, the group’s profits before tax fell by 18.9% to £50.3m from £62m the year before. It closed the period with an operating profit of…
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14 MarchAdvice
The impact of location on business
According to Keystone, London is “ideal for headquarters and central offices,” and this is partially because London attracts a fair amount of executive talent, and partially because of the prestige that the city offers. For example, there is a ring designing company called 77 Diamonds, and they enable you to…
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14 MarchVenues & Properties
Pub with rooms brought to market for £1.15m
The White Lion Hotel, situated between the port of Newhaven and the Seven Sisters Cliffs in East Sussex, has been brought to the market for £1,150,000. The family friendly pub and hotel comprises a traditional bar area for up to 30 covers, a separate 20 cover sports bar with a…
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12 MarchAdvice
How to start a microbrewery
In the UK, the drinks market is in the middle of a huge craft beer boom. Across the nation microbreweries are seeking to champion their own exquisite flavours and brewing processes. Anything from tart ‘sours’ to ‘coffee porters’ has led the craft beer movement to having a huge boost in…
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11 MarchBusiness
Pubs see Feb sales boost as restaurants continue to struggle
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales increase just 0.3% in February against the same month last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. While managed pub groups enjoyed a 1.4% increase in collective like-for-like sales, restaurant groups saw a collective decline recording…
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7 MarchBeverages
The Isle of Wight Distillery redesigns flagship gin
Mermaid Gin, from the Isle of Wight’s only distillery, has been redesigned to a new sculpted bottle, going plastic-free and switching to entirely recyclable materials. The bottle makeover follows a year long research project backed by a private external investor. The flagship spirit of the four-year-old Isle of Wight Distillery…
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1 MarchRestaurants
Chilango to expand with £3m ‘Burrito Bond 2’ fundraise
London-based Mexican restaurant group Chilango looks set for an exciting year as it exceeds its original fundraising target threefold, to finance its latest site acquisition programme. Chilango was founded in 2007 by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, both former employees of the global tech giant Skype. The established food brand…
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Feb- 2019 -28 FebruaryBusiness
F&B confidence ‘fragmented’ as bosses scale back on expansion
Confidence levels in the eating and drinking out industry are in the balance in early 2019 amid ongoing challenges and anxiety about Brexit, CGA’s 2019 Business Leaders’ Survey has revealed. The poll, conducted in partnership with CPL Online, found 68% of leaders were ‘optimistic’ about prospects for their business over…
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