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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Nov- 2024 -6 NovemberNews
Domino’s sales hit £374m in Q3
Domino’s has announced that total sales were up 3% to £374.8m during the 13 weeks to 29 September. Total orders in Q3 were also up 3.5% on a comparable basis to 17.4m and up 4.3% on a reported basis. The group said that delivery orders continued their “strong” momentum and…
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6 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Cornish Bakery named in latest Top 100 Retail Growth Index
Cornish Bakery has been cited as one of the only UK hospitality companies in this year’s Top 100 Interpath Retail Growth Index, as the chain achieved “record-breaking” sales of over £1m per week. The index, which tracks multiple sectors, from fashion to forecourts and hobbies to wellbeing, ranks their two-year…
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5 NovemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 05/11/24
UKH has coordinated a letter with other industry groups warning against Xmas tube strikes, which could cost hospitality businesses up to 70% of daily sales. As a result of the negotiation, Transport for London has abandoned its proposed changes to pay structures meaning all RMT members will receive the same…
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5 NovemberBusiness
Hospitality leaders warn against Christmas tube strikes
UKHospitality has coordinated a letter signed by numerous hospitality groups in the UK warning against tube strikes over the Christmas period which can cost businesses up to 70% of daily sales. The letter is backed by the bosses of pub groups, Fuller’s, Greene King, Punch Pubs, Stonegate Group, Young’s –…
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4 NovemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 04/11/24
Soho Coffee Co. has seen its losses widen by 60% from £2m to £3.2m in the year to 31 January 2024. The coffee chain’s parent company, BTC Group Holdings, has also reported that its other hospitality offering Euphorium Bakery has also sustained further losses, rising 27% from £944,402 to £1.2m…
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4 NovemberNews
Drinks sales struggle to grow ahead of Christmas season
Drinks sales continue to struggle for year-on-year growth ahead of the Christmas season, CGA by NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker shows. According to the tracker, average sales in managed venues in the week to 19 October just about surpassed the same week in 2023, with fractional total growth of 0.1%. However,…
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4 NovemberRestaurants
Deliveries rise and takeaways stabilise as at-home sales grow
British restaurant groups achieved like-for-like sales growth of 6% in delivery and takeaway sales in September 2024, according to CGA. The figure represents a slight strengthening from growth of 4.6% in August. Year-on-year trading has been comfortably above the rate of inflation in every month of 2024 so far. Restaurants’…
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Oct- 2024 -30 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 30/10/24
Honest Burgers has plans to quadruple the size of its business by 2030, as it announced “exceptional” H1 results with like-for-like sales rising 11% to hit £30m in revenues. The brand’s profitability is also ahead of forecast, with over 60% growth in EBITDA performance. Moreover, Honest Burgers has consistently been…
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30 OctoberRestaurants
Honest Burgers unveils growth plans amid ‘exceptional’ H1 results
Honest Burgers has unveiled plans to quadruple the size of its business by 2030 amid “exceptional” H1 results with like-for-like sales growth of 11%, hitting £30m in revenues. The brand’s profitability is also ahead of forecast, with over 60% growth in EBITDA performance. Moreover, Honest Burgers has consistently been “outperforming”…
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28 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 28/10/24
54% of hospitality businesses would cut jobs when business rates relief ends in April, according to a new joint survey conducted by the BBPA, BII and UKH. The report also highlighted that 76% would experience lower profit and 28% would have to close at least one site. The trade bodies…
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