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.

  • Jun- 2024 -
    3 June
    Cafes and Coffee ShopsCooks Coffee UK&I sales jump 18% in FY24

    Cooks Coffee UK&I sales jump 18% in FY24

    Cooks Coffee, parent company of the Esquires, The Organic Coffee Co brand, has revealed that total franchisee store sales in UK and Ireland were up 18% at NZ$58.2m (£28.1m) in the financial year ended 31 March. Store sales in the UK grew 21% with like for like sales up 6%.…

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  • 3 June
    Pubs and BarsLiberation Group welcomes record sales of £144.4m

    Liberation Group welcomes record sales of £144.4m

    Liberation Group, the privately owned premium pub operator and brewing company, has announced record revenues of £144.4m, up 20% for the year ended 27 January 2024.  Strong underlying growth also resulted in LFL Managed Pub EBITDA increasing 19%. The group’s UK managed pubs produced a “strong” performance, with an 8.0%…

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  • May- 2024 -
    31 May
    NewsToday’s news in brief – 31/05/24

    Today’s news in brief – 31/05/24

    Revolution Bars has ended its formal sales process after it did not receive any proposals relating to the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the company. It comes just days after the company turned down what it called a “highly conditional” offer from rival…

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  • 31 May
    Pubs and BarsRevolution Bars ends formal sales process

    Revolution Bars ends formal sales process

    Revolution Bars has announced that it has ended its formal sales process after it did not receive any proposals relating to the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the company. It comes just days after the company turned down what it called a “highly…

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  • 30 May
    NewsToday’s news in brief – 30/05/24

    Today’s news in brief – 30/05/24

    Top UK restaurants saw takeaway sales rise 4.5% year-on-year. CGA’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker found that strong like-for-like trading is nearly double the country’s 2.3% rate of inflation in the year to April, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. Deliveries also attracted 57.9% of all at-home orders by…

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  • 30 May
    RestaurantsRestaurant groups see at-home sales rise 4.5% YoY in April

    Restaurant groups see at-home sales rise 4.5% YoY in April

    The UK’s top restaurant groups have achieved year-on-year growth of 4.5% in delivery and takeaway sales in April, according to CGA by NIQ’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker.   This strong like-for-like trading is nearly double the country’s 2.3% rate of inflation in the year to April, as measured by the…

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  • 24 May
    Food and DrinkSSP Group revenues rise 19% to £1.5bn in H1

    SSP Group revenues rise 19% to £1.5bn in H1

    Global travel concessions operator, SSP Group, has reported that it is on track to deliver on its full-year expectations, as revenues rose 19% on a constant currency basis to £1.5bn during the half-year ended 31 March.  This comes as like-for-like sales rose 12% during H1, with a very strong performance…

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  • 23 May
    NewsToday’s news in brief – 23/05/24

    Today’s news in brief – 23/05/24

    Hospitality saw sales drop 1.7% YoY in April due to wet weather, the new CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker has revealed. It comes as the first year-on-year drop in monthly sales since September 2022. Last month also faced tough comparatives with April 2023, which included the full Easter holiday. Bars…

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  • 23 May
    Food and DrinkHospitality YoY sales drop 1.7% due to more wet weather

    Hospitality YoY sales drop 1.7% due to more wet weather

    Britain’s top hospitality groups saw sales drop 1.7% year-on-year in April after widespread wet weather, the new CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker has revealed. It comes as the first year-on-year drop in monthly sales since September 2022 and in sharp contrast with March, when the sector achieved 5.3% growth due…

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  • 21 May
    AdviceHow to increase spend per head in a no and low alcohol world

    How to increase spend per head in a no and low alcohol world

    Dry January may be behind us, but data shows a huge increase in the amount of people opting for no and low alcohol alternatives.  According to a recent report by the hospitality research organisation, KAM, showed that 5.2 million fewer UK adults drank weekly in 2023 than in 2001, and…

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