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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Mar- 2025 -6 MarchNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 06/03/25
Cรดte Brasserie has appointed Emma Dinnis as its new CEO. Dinnis joins the French brasserie chain following a tenure as managing director of Sofology, where she led the brandโs customer-first transformation. She brings experience in retail and hospitality, having held senior leadership roles at Topshop/Topman, M&Co, Ikea, and M&S. She…
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6 MarchRestaurants
Delivery sales fall 1% in January amid post-Xmas spending squeeze
Restaurantsโ delivery sales have slipped by 1% year-on-year in January 2025 from the same month in the year prior as consumers reined in their spending after Christmas, according to CGA by NIQโs latest Hospitality at Home Tracker.ย This fall is the trackerโs first negative number since June 2023, and well…
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4 MarchNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 04/03/25
Greggs has surpassed the ยฃ2bn mark as its sales increased 11.3% to ยฃ2.014bn in the year to 28 December 2024. The groupโs underlying pre-tax profit also increased 13.2% to ยฃ189.8m, while its total pre-tax profit was up 8.3% to ยฃ203.9m. During the period, the group stated that its evening trade…
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4 MarchPubs and Bars
The Revel Collective H1 sales fall 22% amid bar brands challenges
The Revel Collective has reported that sales for the 26-week period to 28 December 2024 were 22% lower at ยฃ64.2m than in the same period last year, due to โchallengingโ conditions in bar brands which made recovery โslower than expectedโ.ย The fall in sales reflects a โsignificantโ reduction of venues…
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4 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Greggs sales surge to ยฃ2.01bn in FY24
Greggs has surpassed the ยฃ2bn mark as its sales increased 11.3% to ยฃ2.014bn, with LFL sales in company-managed shops up 5.5% year-on-year, in the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2024. The groupโs underlying pre-tax profit also increased 13.2% to ยฃ189.8m, while its total pre-tax profit was up 8.3% to ยฃ203.9m.…
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3 MarchNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 03/03/25
Drinks sales across managed venues rose 4% in the week to Saturday 22 February, marking only the second week of growth in 2025 so far. Trading beat the levels of last year on six of the seven days, and was ahead by between 8% and 11% every day between 17…
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3 MarchFood and Drink
Drinks sales bounce-back after tough Valentines
Drinks sales in the UKโs managed venues rose 4% in the week ended Saturday 22 February, only the second week of growth in 2025. Trading beat the levels of last year on six of the seven days, and was ahead by between 8% and 11% every day between 17 to…
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Feb- 2025 -28 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 28/02/25
Papa Johnโs full-year revenues fell by 4% to $2.06bn (ยฃ1.64bn), as global restaurant sales fell by 3% to $4.85bn (ยฃ3.85bn). It comes as North American sales were down 4% from 2023, while sales at the groupโs international restaurants fell by 1% during the same period. Meanwhile, total revenues for the…
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28 FebruaryFood and Drink
Papa Johnโs FY revenues fall 4% to $2.06bn
Papa Johnโs has revealed that total revenues fell by 4% to $2.06bn (ยฃ1.64bn) in the year to 29 December 2024, as global restaurant sales fell by 3% to $4.85bn (ยฃ3.85bn). It comes as North American sales were down 4% from 2023, while sales at the groupโs international restaurants fell by…
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27 FebruaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 27/02/25
Hospitality sales fell by 1.3% year-on-year in January, following like-for-like growth of 3.2% in December and January. This was the lowest recorded figure since April 2024, and only the second month of negative trading since early 2022. Sales in early January were restricted by a squeeze on consumersโ spending after…
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