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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Sep- 2018 -17 SeptemberAdvice
Opportunity: Top five social media tips
Social media has had an immense impact on the catering world as a direct follow on from the impact it has had on the wider world and society. Business owners are often afraid of doing social media ‘wrong’ and avoid it or alternatively try to have a presence on every…
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17 SeptemberBusiness
Restaurant sales recover as holiday season boosts eating-out market
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales edge up 0.6% in August, latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show. Managed pubs saw collective like-for-likes grow 0.2% against August last year, while restaurant groups were up 1.4% for the month. This showed a recovery from June…
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14 SeptemberBusiness
JD Wetherspoon posts 5% sales growth
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has posted a modest like-for-like sales growth of 5% for the year ending 29 July 2018. The discount pub chain’s revenue increased to £1.69bn from £1.66bn when compared with the previous year. The company’s profit before tax rose to £89m from £76.4m in 2017 and it…
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14 SeptemberBeverages
What’s driving growth in the functional beverage industry?
The functional beverage industry is booming. The market is predicted to rise by as much as 12% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 2022, with vitamin-infused beverages, probiotic drinks and ‘better for you’ teas enjoying a year-on-year increase in sales; as consumers become increasingly health conscious. In the last few…
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13 SeptemberAdvice
Using platforms to boost your restaurant sales
Using the right platforms can considerably increase your restaurant’s brand reach as well as boosting your profits. However they do need regular management to maximise revenues. In my restaurant, Firebrand Pizza we use a number of companies: Deliveroo We did try UberEats when we opened two years ago, but it…
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7 SeptemberBusiness
World Cup boosts Greene King trade with 2.8% sales increase
Greene King has seen its shares rise this morning following the release of positive sales figures for the quarter which saw like-for-like sales rise by 2.8%. Growth at the company sat at 3.2% for the last ten weeks as Greene King’s local pubs traded well seeing comparable sales rise by…
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5 SeptemberAdvice
Taking a proposition from ‘meh’ to ‘yeah’
During the reign of casual dining brands, reliability, know-what-you’re-getting and crowd-pleasing cuisine kept the average consumer happy. Branded Italian concepts were as ubiquitous as they were successful. Being ‘okay’ was genuinely good enough; Pragma worked with F&B clients achieving mostly seven or eight out of 10 as an advocacy score,…
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4 SeptemberFeatures
What’s fresh in the bread scene
In recent years, health has become a key factor for bread purchasing, driven by consumers becoming more conscious of what actually goes into their favourite loaf and how certain ingredients and different types of carbohydrate affect their bodies. With the growing trend of plant-based diets and increasingly more people opting…
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3 SeptemberRestaurants
GBK ‘appoints restructuring advisors’ prompting CVA suspicions
Burger chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has reported appointed restructuring advisors Deloitte leading to suspicions that the company could be set to enter a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). According to The Times, Deloitte is seeking rent reductions and site closures for the chain which recently reported a loss of £2.24m…
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Aug- 2018 -31 AugustRestaurants
Frankie and Benny’s owner The Restaurant Group reports drop in sales
The Restaurant Group, owner of American chain Frankie and Benny’s, has reported a number of losses in its half year financial results. Its EBITDA suffered a decline of 14%, down to £38.1m from last year’s £44.3m. Its like-for-like sales fell by 3.7% for the 26-week period, while total revenue fell…
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