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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Jul- 2018 -20 JulyPubs and Bars
Brewers and pubs launch ‘Long Live the Local’ campaign
Members of campaign group Britain’s Beer Alliance (BBA) have launched a campaign encouraging people to support their local pubs amid increasing beer tax. The ‘Long Live the Local’ campaign has called on the government to cut Beer Duty as pubs facing “increasing pressures” including business rates and VAT. Over the…
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20 JulyAdvice
How can the catering industry reduce packaging waste?
When considering the style and type of packaging to be used in the catering industry, we should not lose sight of the fact that packaging is an essential ingredient in the finished product. In our modern world where food may be prepared as a complete meal many miles from where…
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19 JulyBusiness
Gaucho closes its Cau chain causing the loss of 540 jobs
Gaucho has announced it has closed its Cau chain, cutting 540 jobs as it enters a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA). Deloitte has been appointed by the steak firm to lead the firm through the administration process. Cau was described by Deloitte as “significantly loss-making” after three consecutive years of falling…
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19 JulyApps & Technology
Is Deliveroo moving customers from cover to couch?
Stolen food, high commission prices, overworked staff and ruining restaurants’ relationships with their customers – just a few claims made by restaurateurs who partner with door-to-door delivery apps such as Deliveroo. The massive growth of the British-born smartphone app, which allows customers to order meals from well-known high street restaurants…
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16 JulyBusiness
Restaurants left behind as heatwave and football boost pub takings
Britain’s pubs enjoyed a mini sales boom in June thanks to the hot weather and the start of the World Cup, the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker have confirmed. While managed pub and bar groups saw collective like-for-like sales rise 2.8% against last June, restaurant groups suffered…
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12 JulyGovernment
EXCLUSIVE: Catering company hits back at HMRC over ‘underpaying employers list’ and fines
Corporate cake and biscuit caterer, Image on Food, has accused HMRC of misrepresenting information regarding supposed staff underpayments. The HMRC list published 6 July said that Image on Food owed 14 members of its 50 strong workforce £3,514.74 in unpaid wages, however the catering company say the issue is “not…
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12 JulyAdvice
Gaining industry recognition and winning awards
In an industry brimming with creative and hard-working people, and in a market where consumers are often spoilt for choice, standing out from the crowd can be a challenge. While there are of course countless ways to achieve a point of difference, winning or being shortlisted for an industry award…
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11 JulyBeverages
Star Pubs and Bars launches rotational craft beer scheme
Star Pubs and Bars has introduced a rotational craft beer scheme to broaden the selection of craft-focused pubs and to introduce regularly changing guest craft beers. The scheme, introduced in partnership with the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA), allows a selection of 10 draught craft beers from several third party…
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11 JulyPubs and Bars
Wetherspoon warns of costs increase as it reports uplift in sales
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has reported a 5.2% like-for-like sales increase for the 10 weeks to 8 July 2018, but has warned of cost increases for the next year. The group said it expected business rates, the sugar tax, utility taxes and wages to have an impact on its costs.…
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10 JulyFeatures
The demand of non-alcoholic beer and how it’s set to change in 2018
We are entering an age of moderation. Last year, Britain knocked back a record 18.2 million litres of non-alcoholic beer, while the extra strong beer industry lost £8.9m. The stigma that it’s just for pregnant women, those taking antibiotics and distant relatives at Christmas who need to drive home, is…
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