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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Dec- 2024 -23 DecemberNews
UK drinks sales dip 4% in December due to poor weather
Total drinks in the UK were 4% below the same week in 2023 in the seven days to Saturday 7 December due to bad weather, CGA by NIQโs Daily Drinks Tracker has revealed. According to the data, stormy weather restricted on premise drinks sales in the first fortnight of December…
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20 DecemberPubs and Bars
Drake and Morgan FY turnover rises 5% to ยฃ45.5m
Drake and Morgan has revealed that its turnover has risen 5% to ยฃ45.5m for the year ended 31 March 2024. Alongside this, the companyโs adjusted EBITDA rose to ยฃ4.4m, up from ยฃ4.1m the previous year. It comes as the company has stated that Christmas bookings are set to eclipse last…
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20 DecemberCafes and Coffee Shops
New Cornish Bakery site sees โrecordโ trading in opening week
Cornish Bakeryโs 65th opening in Milton Keynes has โsurpassed all expectationsโ, taking a record-breaking ยฃ40k within its first week of trading.ย It comes as the new bakery opened to โunprecedentedโ demand, causing a queue of people to block the main flow of the shopping centre. Both the centre:mk and Cornish…
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19 DecemberFood and Drink
Chopstix to place 100 neurodiverse people into work by 2027
Chopstix has launched an employment initiative to place 100 neurodiverse young people into work in the Chopstix estate by 2027.ย The chain has partnered with not-for-profit organisations DFN Project Search and Mencap, and London South East Colleges, to support internships for young people with learning difficulties. This latest announcement is…
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18 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 18/12/24
Azzurri Group has seen profits rise from ยฃ21.3m to ยฃ41.9m in FY24, amid a year of โstrong financial performance and transactional strategic progress. The Zizzi owner reported that revenues rose by 185 to ยฃ303.1m, while EBITDA more than doubled to ยฃ32.1m. It also acquired the UK&I master franchise rights for…
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18 DecemberRestaurants
Azzurri Group profits double to ยฃ42m in FY24
Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian,ย Zizzi and Coco di Mama, has seen profits rise from ยฃ21.3m to ยฃ41.9m in its full-year results, amid a year of โstrong financial performance and transformational strategic progressโ.In the year ended 30 June, 2024, revenues rose by 18% to ยฃ303.1m, up from ยฃ257.8m…
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18 DecemberBusiness
Hospitality sales rise 2.7% ahead of Xmas celebrations
Hospitality groups recorded year-on-year sales growth of 2.7% in November 2024, according to CGA and RSMโs latest Hospitality Business Tracker.ย The like-for-like figure last month was found to be โmarginallyโ above Britainโs rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index, and marks the first real-terms growth since June.ย …
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17 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Todayโs news in brief – 17/12/24
Sales of pints in December could generate turnover of around ยฃ1.4bn, says the BBPA. This comes as the association believes that almost 300 million pints could be sold in pubs in December. As a result, the beer and pub sector is expected to pour a total of ยฃ3.3bn in GVA…
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17 DecemberPubs and Bars
Xmas pint sales to generate ยฃ1.4bn, BBPA finds
Sales of pints in December could generate turnover of around ยฃ1.4bn, according to data from the British Beer and Pubs Association (BBPA). This comes as almost 300 million pints could be sold in pubs in December, with the beer and pub sector expected to pour a total of ยฃ3.3bn in…
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17 DecemberPubs and Bars
Liberation Group to rebrand as Butcombe Group
The pub operator and brewing business, Liberation Group, has revealed its plans to rebrand to Butcombe Group to align with its strategic priorities.ย Butcombe Group will be the new corporate identity, with the existing operating brands remaining the same โ Butcombe Pubs and Inns, Butcombe Brewing Co, Butcombe Boutique Inns,…
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