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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Nov- 2018 -8 NovemberBeverages
Krombacher organises London pub walk to highlight pub closure crisis
Beer manufacturer, Krombacher has organised a London pub walk in order to highlight the pub closure crisis. A team of the manufacturers workers will walk 30 miles in order to cover 300 London pubs in 24 hours. The team will be fundraising for the Licenced Trade Charity, which helps those…
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6 NovemberFeatures
The Flexitarian Diet
It was Dawn Jackson Blatner’s blockbuster recipe book, The Flexitarian Diet, that began to turn heads around the globe in its simple approach to sustainable and healthy eating. Although the word flexitarian, a combination of vegetarian and flexible, was announced by the American Dialect Society as the “most useful word…
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6 NovemberBusiness
Hospitality costs reach 12-year high
Government-implemented costs are taking a significant toll on businesses in the eating and drinking-out sector, new data by UKHospitality and business property adviser Christie & Co suggests. According to the 2018 UKHospitality Christie & Co Benchmarking Report, controllable costs have risen to an average of 52.5% of turnover, the highest…
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Oct- 2018 -30 OctoberBusiness
The Restaurant Group buys Wagamama
Frankie and Benny’s owner The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced it has conditionally agreed to purchase Mabel Topco, operating as Wagamama for a cash payment of £357m. TRG said its offer valued Wagamama at £559m and it would convert some of its existing sites into Wagamama restaurants. It plans to…
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29 OctoberFeatures
The five latest pub trends
‘Free-from’ menus In June, Star Bars and Pubs announced a ‘free-from’ menu for its licensees to help cater for increased customer demand. The menu featured 16 dishes and included meat-free, dairy-free, gluten-free and vegan options for starters, mains and desserts. Dishes were selected to be in line with the latest…
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26 OctoberOpinion
How digital tech like AI and chatbots is changing the catering industry
Digital technology has revolutionised the way customers search and choose what hotel accommodation to book when travelling for business or pleasure. In addition, digital technology and social media now play a major part in forming customer expectations of hotels and helping to influence which hotel a customer will choose. For…
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24 OctoberBusiness
GBK enters CVA
GBK has announced it is to enter a CVA this afternoon (24 October) following the appointment of Deloitte in September to oversee a restructuring of the business. In an announcement, Famous Brands, the South African restaurant chain’s owners said: “The CVA process has the objective to ensure financial viability and…
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17 OctoberApps & Technology
Technology at the table ‘feeds restaurant profits’, report finds
Consumers’ use of mobile devices to improve their restaurant experiences has risen sharply in the last quarter and this trend is set to continue, according to the latest GO Technology report from Zonal and CGA. Ordering takeaways and food deliveries has shown the biggest leap from 12% to 17%, followed…
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15 OctoberBusiness
Managed pubs see continued growth in September; restaurants decline
Sunny weather in September again proved good news for Britain’s managed pubs, with collective like-for-like sales up 1.9% on the same month last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. However, restaurant chains had another tough month with like-for-like trading down 0.2% compared with the same…
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11 OctoberBeverages
Wine and spirit sales in UK pubs reach almost £6bn
New research has found that wine and spirit sales in UK pubs has reached almost £6bn with the beverages making up 36% of all Uk pub sales. The research by CGA Strategy on the behalf of the Wine and Spirit Trade association also found that spirits and wine made up…
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