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 whatโs driving turnover, and whatโs 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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May- 2018 -18 MayOpinion
Embracing the disruption โ the rise of delivery
The rise of delivery is shaking up the restaurant industry. Working closely with key operators in the sector, to understand their response to shifting consumer behaviour and advances in technology, Pragma has weighed up the operational challenges of delivery, and considered what the future holds. Market Dynamics With operators facing…
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16 MayPubs and Bars
Mitchells and Butlers see profits slip amid cold weather and rising costs
Pub group Mitchells and Butlers has reported a profit drop of 5.4% to ยฃ141m compared with the same period last year. The company behind Harvester, Toby Carvery and All Bar One said that it was โadversely impactedโ by an estimated ยฃ8m due to weather as well as disposals made last…
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14 MayBusiness
Supplier says paper straws outsell plastic for the first time
Catering supplier Stephensons has reported a steady rise in sales of paper straws along with a steady decline in sales of plastic straws, and paper has outsold plastic for the first time. Data provided by the catering supplier has shown that sales of plastic straws sat at over 8,000 units…
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14 MayBusiness
Miller Harris and M Restaurants to launch on-demand perfume
Perfumer Miller Harris and M Restaurants have announced a partnership with Odore, a vending and sampling platform, to bring on-demand fine fragrances to customers. Launched in September 2017, Odoreโs platform operates as a vending machine and consumer insights data marketplace. The platform works by giving consumers complimentary samples of their…
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10 MayBusiness
Greggs shares sliced after bad weather and high street woes
Shares in Greggs have dropped 13% in the wake of disappointing sales figures following bad weather in March. The bakery chain had reported sales growth of 3.2% compared with yearโs figures, but the company has said they are โcautiousโ of worse than expected profits in a statement. Greggs had expected…
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10 MayBusiness
Travelodge partners with Itsu Grocery to offer on-the-go snacks
Hotel chain Travelodge has partnered with high street food brand Itsu Grocery, to offer a specially selected โeat beautifulโ range of convenience noodles and Asian-inspired snacks in its non-bar cafรฉ hotels. This new range offers Travelodge customers the option to enjoy a restaurant-inspired meal in the comfort of their room…
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10 MayFeatures
Top drinks trends in 2018
Thereโs no doubt about it, Britain loves a drink. In 2017, the UK alcohol industry made over ยฃ40bn, and 53% of this (a whopping ยฃ21bn), came solely from the sale of wines and spirits. Our wine market is the sixth largest on the planet and wines and spirits support over…
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9 MayPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon Q3 sales grow 3.5%
JD Wetherspoon has reported a 3.5% sales increase in the 13 weeks up to 29 April 2018. The pub groupโs like-for-like sales increased by 3.5% and total sales increased by 2.8%. Year-to-date like-for-like sales have increased by 5.2% and total sales have increased by 3.8%. The third quarter last year…
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8 MayBusiness
Cote Restaurants โoutperforms marketโ with 15.8% sales growth
Cote Restaurants has seen a 15.8% rise in sales for the 52-week period to 30 July 2017. Revenue was at ยฃ140.7m, up from ยฃ121.5m the previous year, with operating profit remaining flat at ยฃ10m. Its like-for-like growth stood at 4.1% while it had EBITDA growth of 8.9% versus the 52-week…
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3 MayBusiness
Pizza Express turnover up by 6.3%
Pizza Express has announced a turnover of ยฃ534.2m for the year, a 6.3% increase on last yearโs results. Like-for-like sales for the group, which exclude new store openings and store closures, also increased, by of 1.4%. The pizza chain opened 27 new restaurants of their own overseas last year, with…
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