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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Jan- 2025 -24 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 24/01/25
Stonegate Group has reported that LFL sales rose 9.7% over the festive season, with the groupโs Craft Union business seeing record sales numbers over the Christmas week. Across the groupโs managed estate, some 234 sites reported record-breaking sales weeks โ with 217 locations reporting record-breaking sales days.ย KFC UK&I has…
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24 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Stonegate Group sees LFL sales rise 9.7% over Xmas
Stonegate Group has reported a 9.7% uplift in like-for-like sales in its managed pubs portfolio for the 2024 festive period, with the groupโs Craft Union business seeing record sales numbers over the Christmas week.ย It comes as, across Stonegateโs managed estate, some 234 sites reported record-breaking sales weeks over the…
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23 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 23/01/25
Wetherspoon has reported that LFL sales rose 5.1% in the first half, having benefited from a 6.1% uplift in LFL sales for the main Christmas period between 16 December and 5 January. However, the pub group is bracing for debt levels to be in the range of ยฃ680m and ยฃ700m,…
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23 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Wetherspoon LFL sales rise 5.1% in H1
Wetherspoon has reported that like-for-like sales rose 5.1% over the 25-week period to 19 January 2025, due to a 4.5% uplift in bar sales, 5.6% rise in food sales, and a 11.7% sales jump in gambling machines. The pub group also benefited from a 6.1% uplift in like-for-like sales for…
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23 JanuaryPubs and Bars
The Revel Collective sees strong Christmas sales but warns of ยฃ4m Budget impact
The Revel Collective has reported โrobustโ festive trading but has warned that the changes announced in the annual Budget will have a ยฃ4m impact on its annual profit. For the weeks from 7 December 2024 to 3 January 2025, the group saw its group like-for-like sales increase by 1.6%. Prebooked…
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22 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 22/01/25
Knoops has welcomed Lush co-founder Andrew Gerrie to the board amid a sales uplift of 22% like-for-like during the five-week period to 29 December 2024. The companyโs revenue growth of 79% year-to-date is also on track to deliver the business plan for the year ending March 2025, with annual UK…
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22 JanuaryPubs and Bars
December delivers 3.2% growth after late festive surge for pubs
Britainโs leading restaurant, pub and bar groups achieved year-on-year sales growth of 3.2% in December 2024, according to data from the CGA RSM Hospitality Business.The like-for-like figure is the Trackerโs highest point since May and is just above Britainโs general rate of inflation. It represents a solid performance for the…
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22 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Marstonโs sales rise 3% in Q1 despite poor weather
Marstonโs has expressed confidence in delivering FY25 market expectations, as total sales rose 3% across managed and partnership pubs for the 16-week period to 18 January.ย Like-for-like sales during the same period also rose 2%, reflecting โstrongโ trading over the festive period offset by poor weather conditions in November and…
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22 JanuaryCafes and Coffee Shops
Knoops welcomes Lush co-founder to board amid sales uplift
Knoops has appointed Lush co-founder Andrew Gerrie to the board as it recorded a 22% increase in like-for-like sales for the five weeks ended 29 December 2024.ย The companyโs revenue growth of 79% YTD is on track to deliver the business plan for the year ending March 2025 with annual…
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20 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 20/01/25
The latest Scottish budget will leave more than 2,500 businesses ineligible for support, UKH claims. The new measures outlined in the budget will provide 40% business rates relief for venues with a rateable venue up to ยฃ51k. The trade body fears that these measures entrench Scottish hospitalityโs lack of competitiveness…
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