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.

Oct- 2025 -

8 October

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Cooks Coffee to open Esquires cafés in Tesco Ireland stores

Cooks Coffee Company has agreed a partnership with Tesco Ireland to open five Esquires cafés in selected Tesco stores by the end of November 2025. The international café group, which owns the Esquires (The Organic Coffee) brand, said the new outlets will be operated by existing franchisees within its Irish…
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8 October

Restaurants

The Alchemist reports £644k FY loss after ‘challenging’ trading

The Alchemist Bar and Restaurant Limited has reported a £644k loss for the year to 31 March 2025, compared with a £113k profit the previous year, as turnover fell slightly to £56.2m. Gross profit for the year was £25.7m, down from £26.2m in 2024. The group said sales across its…
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6 October

Food and Drink

Chaiiwala FY sales hit ‘record’ £89.4m amid global expansion

Chaiiwala has reported record global system sales of £89.4m for the year to 31 December 2024, up 35% on the previous year, as the Indian street food and café brand expanded across the UK and overseas. The Leicester-based company said growth was driven by new store openings and rising demand…
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3 October

Pubs and Bars

Wetherspoon warns of new cost pressures despite rise in FY profits

JD Wetherspoon has reported a rise in annual sales and profits for the 52-week period to 27 July, but warned that new energy levies and higher wage costs will weigh on the business and add to inflation. The pub operator said sales for the year stood at £2.13bn, up 4.5%…
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1 October

Pubs and Bars

Shepherd Neame’s ‘resilient’ FY sales offset brewing decline

Shepherd Neame has welcomed a “resilient” full-year performance, despite revenues dipping by 4.6% to £164.3m, down from £172.3m the prior year, and lower brewing volumes. In the year ended 28 June 2025, underlying profit before tax fell by 3.7% to £7.6m. However, the brewer said it delivered “particularly strong” growth…
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1 October

Food and Drink

Greggs Q3 sales up 6.1% amid improved August and September

Greggs has revealed that its total sales were up 6.1% for the 13 weeks ended 27 September 2025 due to improved trading in August and September following the heatwaves in July. Alongside this, its company-managed shop like-for-like sales were up 1.5% in the period and up 2.2% in the year-to-date.…
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Sep- 2025 -

30 September

Restaurants

Wingstop UK sales and profits rise amid ‘record’ FY24

Wingstop UK has announced that both revenues and profit rose in the nine months to 29 December 2024, as the group welcomed “record” results bolstered by a growing estate. Over the period, its revenues rose from £84.7m to £125m, while operating profit rose from £4.1m to £13.7m. The group opened…
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30 September

Food and Drink

Tortilla UK posts record H1 profits amid European expansion

Tortilla has reported record profitability in its UK operations for the 26-week period to 29 June, which has helped offset early-stage investment losses in France as the company continues its European expansion. The fast-casual Mexican restaurant group revealed that its adjusted EBITDA in the UK rose 33% to £2.4m, which…
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29 September

Pubs and Bars

RedCat Hospitality sales up 2% in ‘transformational year’

RedCat Hospitality has revealed that its like-for-like sales rose 2% in the year ended 30 March 2025, a year which CEO Richard Lewis has branded “transformational”. In the period, the company saw its adjusted EBITDA rise 290% to £8.8m, up from £2.2m, and its site EBITDA rise 42% to £18.7m,…
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29 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Cooks Coffee reports 26.9% rise in UK and Ireland sales

Cooks Coffee Company has reported a 26.9% increase in systemwide sales across its Esquires-branded cafés in the UK and Ireland for the first half of its financial year. For the 26 weeks to 28 September 2025, UK sales were up 26.7% and Ireland sales rose 27.4%. Like-for-like growth also increased…
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