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.

Mar- 2024 -

28 March

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Cooks Coffee appoints new CEO

Cooks Coffee Company, the international coffee focused café chain which includes the brand Esquires Coffee, has announced that Aiden Keegan has been appointed as the new chief executive officer, effective from 1 April 2024. Keegan commenced his role as operations manager at Esquires in Ireland (ECHI) in January 2004. Before…
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28 March

News

Butcombe Pubs and Inns sees ‘record sales’ in March

Butcombe Pubs and Inns has reported “record sales” for March thanks to a bumper Mother’s Day weekend and the Cheltenham Festival. The Mother’s Day weekend saw the pub group, with sites across the south of England, cater nearly 8% more covers than last year. This year both Saturday 9 and…
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22 March

News

Today’s news in brief – 22/03/23

JD Wetherspoon revenues rose 8.2% to £991m in H1. The pub group said that like-for-like sales were stronger than total sales due to a small number of pub disposals and lease terminations. So far, sales continue to improve. In the last 7 weeks to 17 March, like-for-like sales increased by…
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22 March

News

Wetherspoon profits jump 81% to £67.7m as revenues soar

JD Wetherspoon profits rose 81% to £67.7m as revenues increased 8.2% to £991m during the 26 weeks ended 28 January 2024. Like-for-like sales increased by 9.9% compared to FY23. Like-for-like bar sales increased by 11.6%, food sales by 7.6%, slot/fruit machine sales by 10.5% and hotel rooms by 2.8%. The…
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21 March

News

Today’s news in brief – 21/03/24

Shepherd Neame has reported record revenue growth of 4.3% to £89m in H1 2024. For the 26 weeks ended 23 December 2023, the group also saw its underlying EBITDA increase 5.2% to £12m and its underlying profit before tax grew by 9.9% to £3.8m. Retail like-for-like drink and food sales…
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21 March

Pubs and Bars

Shepherd Neame revenues surge to £89.0m in H1 2024

Shepherd Neame, Britain’s oldest brewer and owner and operator of 296 pubs in Kent and the Southeast has reported a record revenue growth of 4.3% to £89.0m in H1 2024. For the 26 weeks ended 23 December 2023, the group also saw its underlying EBITDA increase 5.2% to £12.0m and…
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21 March

Food and Drink

KERB welcomes most profitable year as sales exceed £23.5m

Hospitality business KERB has announced its most profitable year at its annual member summit last week, as gross sales surpassed £23.5m in 2023 across a membership base of 150 traders. This comes as KERB bounced back from the pandemic, delivering almost 1,800 market trading days, almost 500 event opportunities, and…
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21 March

Restaurants

Delivery sales at restaurant groups rise 8% in February

The UK’s top managed restaurant group saw year-on-year growth of 8% in delivery sales during February, according to CGA by NIQ’s new Hospitality at Home Tracker. The increase, which has beaten inflation, means groups have generated growth in at-home sales for nine months in a row. However, the value of…
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18 March

News

Today’s news in brief – 18/03/24

Nightcap revenues grew 42.1% to £33.4m in H1 ended 31 December 2023. The bar group has attributed its performance to the acquisition of Dirty Martini and the successful collaboration with The Piano Works over the Christmas period. As of December 2023, the group had cash of £3.1m and total bank…
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18 March

Beverages

Drinks sales spring back to year-on-year growth

Drinks sales in the UK jumped 5% in the week ended 9 March following tough trading conditions in January and largely flat sales in February. Sales were up year-on-year on six of the seven days of the week, helped by big sporting events like the Manchester Derby in the Premier…
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