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.
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Jan- 2024 -9 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief – 09/01/24
JD Wetherspoon will open a new pub worth £2.3m near Euston station, creating 55 jobs. The Captain Flinders will be managed by Samantha Pugh, previously pub manager at The Coronet in Holloway. The interior colour scheme of the pub references the design of Euston’s Great Hall, with plaster pink tones…
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9 JanuaryPeople
Elior UK appoints new director at Scottish Gas Murrayfield
Contract caterer Elior UK has announced the appointment of Amanda Brown as its new director of sales and marketing at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. Brown joins with more than 20 years of experience within the hospitality industry, including strategic sales leadership roles in destination marketing, five-star hotels and premium venues across…
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8 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief – 08/01/24
Drinks sales in the UK saw 7% year-on-year growth in the two weeks ended 30 December 2023, according to data from CGA. Other notably strong days included ‘Mad Friday’ (22 December), when sales were up by 21%. It was a more difficult festive season in the spirits category where sales…
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8 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Drinks sales rise 7% in last two weeks of 2023
Drinks sales in the UK saw 7% year-on-year growth in the two weeks ended 30 December 2023, according to data from CGA. The week ended 23 December saw a 9% increase compared with the same week in 2022, while the week ended 30 December saw a 6% increase in sales.…
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8 JanuaryPeople
Thomas Franks appoints new non-executive director
Independent, bespoke catering company Thomas Franks Ltd has appointed Zac Toumazi as its non-executive director on the main board, effective 22 January. Toumazi brings an extensive background in facilities management, with a focus on business and industry as well as stadia at the “highest level”. In his new role, Toumazi…
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5 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief – 05/01/24
The latest round of strikes from RMT members on the London Underground could cost hospitality businesses up to £50m, according to UKHospitality. Staff on the tube will go on strike between 7 January and 11 January and disruption will last from the evening of 6 January until midday on the…
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5 JanuaryNews
Revolution Bars Group to close eight sites
Revolution Bars Group, trading mainly under the Revolution, Revolución de Cuba and Peach Pubs brands, has announced the closure of eight sites despite a 9% like-for-like sales increase for the four weeks from 4 to 31 December. Revolución de Cuba and Peach Pubs performed well, and whilst the Revolution brand…
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4 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief – 04/01/24
Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, has sold its 49% stake in healthy eating chain Pure, eight years after acquiring it for £6.8m. The company’s sales doubled to £20m in 2022, bouncing back from the pandemic, despite pre-tax losses increasing from £3.45m in 2021 to £4.55m. Despite this, the company opened…
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4 JanuaryRestaurants
Mission Mars reports ‘record’ LFL sales during festive season
Mission Mars has reported “record” sales of £10.0m, up 38% during the festive period (27 November to 31 December 2023). Its group like-for-like (LFL) sales also increased by 18% versus the same five-week period in the prior year (2022). Mission Mars, which owns both the Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana and Albert’s…
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4 JanuaryRestaurants
Whitbread sells stake in Pure
Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, has sold its 49% stake in healthy eating chain Pure, eight years after acquiring it for £6.8m. The company acquired the stake in the company which trades as Healthy Retail Limited in 2016 when it had eight restaurants. A spokesperson for Whitbread stated: “As Pure…
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