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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Oct- 2023 -16 OctoberRestaurants
Loungers revenues hit £149.6m in H1
Loungers, the operator of Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside brands, has revealed that total revenues for H1 ended 1 October reached £149.6m, an increase of 22.3% on the previous year. This comes as the restaurant operator delivered one year like-for-like sales growth of 7.7% over the 24 weeks to 1…
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13 OctoberNews
Brakspear invests £2m in L&T estate and tenants
Brakspear is investing £2m in refurbishing two of its leased and tenanted pubs, after signing tenancy agreements with talented growing pub companies Little and Large and Friendship and Beer. Little and Large pub company has signed its second Brakspear pub, The Leicester Arms in Penshurst, near Tonbridge. The growing pub…
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11 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 11/10/23
Marston’s saw total retail sales rise by 11.2% during FY23, ended 30 September, with like-for-like sales rising by 10.1% compared with FY22. Sales for the 10-week period from 23 July to 30 September increased by 7.7% year-on-year. This included an upturn in the last five weeks, where like-for-like sales saw…
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11 OctoberPubs and Bars
Marston’s sales rise 11.3% in FY23
Marston’s total retail sales increased by 11.3% during the year ended 30 September, while like-for-like sales were up 10.1% on FY22, as the pub operator’s F&B offering demonstrated “resilience and appeal”. During the 10-week period from 23 July to 30 September, like-for-like sales increased 7.7% on FY22 results. This reflected…
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6 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 06/10/23
JD Wetherspoon revenues increased by 10.6% to £1.9bn for the year ending 30 July. Compared with FY19, like-for-like sales for the year grew by 7.4%, driven by increases in bar sales, food sales, slot/fruit machine sales, and hotel sales. Compared with FY22, like-for-like sales increased by 12.7%. Operating profit rebounded…
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6 OctoberNews
Wetherspoon revenues rise 10% to £1.9bn in FY23
JD Wetherspoon reported a 10.6% revenue increase to £1.9bn for the year ended on July 30 2023. Compared to FY19, like-for-like sales for the financial year increased by 7.4%. Bar sales increased by 2.1%, food sales by 13.7%, slot/fruit machine sales by 43.0% and hotel sales by 15.4%. Like-for-like sales,…
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4 OctoberBusiness
Consumers spend 6.5p per pound on eating and drinking out, says CGA
Consumers spent 6.5 pence of each pound on out-of-home eating and drinking between January and July 2023, according to data from CGA. The new Brand Track Plus combines consumers’ out-of-home preferences with card spending data to deliver analysis of engagement with key hospitality brands. The tracker gives insights into spending…
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4 OctoberNews
City Pub Group acquires two pubs in London and Oxford
The City Pub Group, the owner and operator of 52 premium pubs across Southern England and Wales, has recently announced the completion of the acquisition of two additional pubs in London’s Soho and in Oxford. The group has acquired a premium freehold investment which is currently operated as Simmons in…
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3 OctoberNews
Today’s news in brief – 03/10/23
Greggs reported a 20.8% increase in total sales for the 13 weeks ending 30 September. Company-managed shop like-for-like sales also rose by 14.2%, driven by extended trading hours and increased app usage. Evening trade contributed to 8.8% of sales, and 13.1% of transactions were made through the Greggs app. The…
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3 OctoberBusiness
Greggs Q3 sales up 21% amid store openings and extended trading hours
Greggs has announced that its total sales rose 20.8% for the 13 weeks to 30 September 2023. Alongside this the company-managed shop like-for-like sales were up 14.2% as a result extended trading hours and increased app usage. Evening trade represented 8.8% of company-managed shop sales while 13.1% of company-managed shop…
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