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- 2018 -26 MarchNews
Easter weekend set to boost sales
Brits are set to spend £80m in pubs, restaurants and bars this Easter weekend. The bank holiday weekend will contribute to a £91m in extra spending across the industry in 2018, according to spending analysis from Liberis. On average, Liberis predicts high street retailers’ card transactions within the food and…
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26 MarchBeverages
Craft beers fail to impress consumers
Consumers feel bombarded by multiple craft launches and unusual flavours, claims new research. According to GlobalData, alcoholic beverage consumers feel that they are overloaded with choice. The news that more than half (57%) of beer and cider consumers in Asia-Pacific (APAC) find new experiences more exciting than new products also…
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23 MarchRestaurants
Restaurant industry experiencing ‘significant increase in financial distress’
New research has shown that subdued consumer spending and ‘fierce’ promotional activity in the UK’s restaurant industry has contributed to a significant increase in financial distress across the sector over the past year. Experts also warned that some restaurant owners may struggle to afford the commercial rent payments due on…
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16 MarchFeatures
The Curious Gin Consumer
Gin has rapidly grown in popularity in the last few years. We asked Nicholas Cook, director general of The Gin Guild to share his industry expertise about why this has happened The gin craze is most definitely in full swing and doesn’t show any sign of slowing down. The interest…
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16 MarchPeople
Healthy lifestyles changing the way customers eat out
Three in five out-of-home diners proactively try to lead a healthy lifestyle impacting the eating out sector, UKHospitality and CGA’s recent Future Shock report has found. Research showing falling alcohol consumption and rising demand for soft drinks has highlighted the need to cater to health-conscious consumers, and young urban people…
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