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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Oct- 2025 -15 OctoberRestaurants
Honest Burgers returns to profit amid strong sales and cost control
Honest Burgers has reported a return to profitability for the year to 26 January 2025, supported by strong like-for-like sales growth and tighter cost management. The restaurant group posted an operating profit of ยฃ3m for the 52-week period, compared with a ยฃ1m operating loss in the previous year. Turnover rose…
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14 OctoberFeatures
How international students are influencing the UKโs food scene
International students and diaspora communities are increasingly influencing the UKโs hospitality sector. Their appetite for genuine flavours and cultural familiarity is creating new opportunities for businesses willing to embrace global cuisines, ultimately shaping menus, delivery app offerings, and high street food trends nationwide. From bubble tea and hotpot to Korean…
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14 OctoberBusiness
RSM: Hospitality under further pressure as wages rise to record high
Average weekly earnings in the accommodation and food services sector reached a record ยฃ357.05 in August 2025, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) labour market figures. The figure was up from ยฃ346.52 in July and represented a 6.4% increase year on year. The number of payrolled employees…
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14 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Caffรจ Nero Q1 sales hit โrecordโ ยฃ166m
Caffรจ Nero has recorded sales of ยฃ166m in the first quarter of its 2025-26 financial year, up 9% on the same period last year, as demand for iced drinks lifted summer trading. The Nero Group, which owns the Caffรจ Nero brand, reported like-for-like sales growth of 6% for the three…
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13 OctoberPubs and Bars
Valiant Pub Group revenues rise 63% amid expansion
Valiant Pub Group has announced that its group revenue increased by 63% year-on-year to ยฃ29.6m for the financial year ended 30 March 2025, up from ยฃ18.2m in the previous year. Alongside this, the companyโs adjusted group EBITDA, post group overhead, turned positive at ยฃ0.8m, while its pub EBITDA increased to…
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13 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Cornish Bakery launches new workplace mission amid 24% sales rise
Cornish Bakery has launched a new workplace initiative aimed at improving staff development and culture across its UK sites, as it reported a 24% rise in total sales year-on-year.ย The independent chain of 70 bakeries, which employs more than 800 people, credited its people-first approach for sustained growth and said…
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10 OctoberFood and Drink
Drinks sales dip in two straight weeks as weather turns
Drinks sales in UK managed venues dipped year-on-year for two weeks in a row after the weather turned autumnal in mid-September, according to data from CGA. Average drinks sales in the week ended Saturday 13 September were 1.4% behind the same period in 2024. The gap widened to 3.0% in…
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10 OctoberFood and Drink
SSP launches ยฃ100m share buyback as FY earnings meet expectations
SSP Group has announced a ยฃ100m share buyback after confirming it remains on course to deliver full-year earnings per share (EPS) in line with market expectations. The operator of food and beverage outlets across airports and railway stations said revenue for the year to 30 September 2025 rose about 8%…
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9 OctoberRestaurants
Inception Group FY revenues rise 9.4% to ยฃ28.9m
Hospitality operator Inception Group has reported that its revenues increased by 9.4% to ยฃ28.9m for 2024, despite ongoing cost pressures across the sector.ย The company, known for themed London venues including the Mr Foggโs collection, Cahoots and Control Room B, said like-for-like sales rose 6.4%, with EBITDA increasing by 3.4%…
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8 OctoberPubs and Bars
Marstonโs welcomes strong profit growth for second year in a row
Marstonโs is set to welcome its second consecutive year of โsignificantโ profit growth in FY25, with pre-tax profits expected to be ahead of expectations, after last yearโs profits were up by 65%. The pub group said this โstep-change in profitabilityโ was driven by a sustained margin expansion, with its focus…
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