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 -14 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 14/01/25
Pizza Hutโs biggest UK franchisee is close to finalising a rescue deal, according to Sky News. Directional Capital, which already controls a majority of Pizza Hutโs dine-in operations in Denmark and Sweden, would save the jobs of some 3,000 employees and acquire 140 sites across the UK. The deal could…
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14 JanuaryRestaurants
Comptoir sees revenues rise 9.5% to ยฃ34.5m
Comptoir Group, the owner and operator of Lebanese, Middle Eastern and North African inspired restaurants has reported a 9.5% increase in revenues to ยฃ34.5m for FY24 (FY23: ยฃ31.5m). The groupโs restaurant sales also recorded a positive increase, with like for like sales in the second half year of +2.9% and…
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13 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 13/01/25
Arc Inspirations has reported a โrecordโ sales rise of 10.8% for December 2024, with the help of three new flagship openings. The bar group saw total sales hit ยฃ2m, with average weekly sales across its 19 venues peaking at a โrecordโ ยฃ106k of revenue per site. The three new venues…
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13 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Arc Inspirations sales rise record 10.8% in December
Bar group Arc Inspirations has reported a โrecordโ sales rise of 10.8% for the five-week period to the end of December 2024, with the help of three new flagship openings. The operator of Banyan, BOX, and Manahatta saw total sales hit ยฃ2m, with average weekly sales across its 19 venues…
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10 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 10/01/25
The Alchemist has seen its total FY sales surpass ยฃ60m for the first time. The bar and restaurant chain ended the year to 31 March 2024 with net assets of ยฃ9,930k and cash of ยฃ2,956k, while profits after tax amounted to ยฃ113k, compared to ยฃ2,586k a year prior. However, as…
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10 JanuaryFood and Drink
Lolaโs Cupcakes to open in South Kensington
Lolaโs has announced the opening of its latest London location in South Kensington, situated at 10 South Kensington Station Arcade. Set to open at the end of January 2025, the South Kensington store is designed as a grab-and-go destination catering to commuters, museum visitors, and residents. The location will also…
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10 JanuaryRestaurants
The Alchemist FY sales surpass ยฃ60m in company first
Bar and restaurant chain, The Alchemist, has reported that its total sales have passed the ยฃ60m mark for the first time in the year ended 31 March 2024.ย Despite the well-documented challenges that the UK economy continues to face, such as a high inflation rate, The Alchemist believes that the…
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9 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 09/01/25
Greggs has surpassed ยฃ2bn in sales for the first time in 2024. Despite the 11.3% sales increase, Greggs warned that it would raise prices further to offset increased employment costs. Furthermore, Subdued high street footfall contributed to a 2.5% increase in like-for-like sales in company-managed shops. Top restaurant group saw…
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9 JanuaryFood and Drink
Greggs FY sales surpass ยฃ2bn mark
Greggs has revealed that it has posted sales of ยฃ2.01bn during 2024, for the 52 weeks ended 28 December, the first time the company has passed the ยฃ2bn mark. Despite the 11.3% sales increase Greggs warned that it would raise prices further to offset increased employment costs. The company reported…
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9 JanuaryRestaurants
Takeaway sales at restaurants rise 6.2% in November
Top restaurant groups achieved like-for-like sales growth of 6.2% in delivery and takeaway sales for the 18th month in a row in November, according to CGA by NIQโs latest Hospitality at Home Tracker.ย It continues a โstrongโ run of growth that was well above the rate of inflation as measured…
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