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.

Aug- 2019 -

15 August

Advice

Fool-Proof Guide To Serving Hot Drinks

Whether you are running a cafe, bar, pub or serve drinks for conferences; devising a successful and profitable coffee offer takes considered planning. To cover all bases, consider these four key areas. Know your beans It doesn’t matter if you opt for single origin, pure arabica, a blend or coffee…
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15 August

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Paul reports 7.4% rise in turnover

Barkery and cafe chain Paul has reported a 7.4% rise in group turnover to £38m for the year to 31 December 2018. The chain also reported a 43.9% increase in online sales for the year, also said trading was “positive” for the current year to date. Over the past year,…
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13 August

Restaurants

‘Eatertainment’ helps to fuel sales at Caffe Concerto

The CEO of Caffe Concerto and LUX Group, Mohammed Borjak recently stated that a focus on “Eatertainment” in the food and beverage space has greatly contributed to the chains increasing popularity and “sales success” of Caffe Concerto. Borjak revealed that making its menu more accessible to a greater number of…
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12 August

Restaurants

Pub and restaurant groups see steady sales growth in July

Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 1.2% in July compared with the same time last year. The latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show restaurant chains recovering strongly after a “poor” summer in 2018. Restaurant groups saw like-for-like sales up a healthy 3.8%…
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6 August

Food and Drink

Dominos’ profits drop by 7.4% in H1

Pizza delivery company Domino’s has recorded a 7.4% drop in pre-tax profits for the first half of this year, ending 30 June. Underlying pre-tax profits fell to £42.3m, compared with £45.7m for the same period last year. Profits were impacted by “challenging” international performance, as international operating loss increased to…
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5 August

Restaurants

Carlton Park launches first vegan menu

Carlton Park Hotel is to its first vegan menu after seeing a “rising demand” from guests requesting plant-based meals. Set to be launched at the end of August, the new menu will bring together to range of meat-free and dairy-free dishes which are all made using locally sourced produce. The…
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1 August

Restaurants

Brits on average spend £22.50 on date night dining, reveals CGA finds

The average British consumer spends the most on food and drink – £22.50 per head – when they’re on a date, according to CGA Food Insights19. The research also found on average Brits go out to eat 63 times a year, and go for a drink 85 times a year,…
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Jul- 2019 -

29 July

Advice

How to keep ahead of the competition with flexible funding

Our most recent data tells us that there has been a 100% increase in the use of merchant cash advances by independent restaurants so far in 2019. This is purely due to restaurants and pubs striving to keep ahead of the competition and grow their businesses while many chain restaurants…
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22 July

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Rise in veganism boosts sales at Caffe Concerto

Caffe Concerto has said a rise in veganism has helped boost sales for the cafe brand. The group said it has seen a year of “excellent” sales through its newly developed vegan product range and added that these trends represent the “telltale signs” of an even more markedly vegan-friendly 2020.…
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18 July

Regulations & Policies

Benugo fined for selling alcohol to 15-year-old at Waterloo

The café and restaurant chain Benugo has been fined thousands of pounds after an employee sold a bottle of beer to a 15-year old during an undercover operation run by Lambeth Council. Benugo was fined £6,000 by Camberwell Green Magistrates Court and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £860 for…
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