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.

  • Sep- 2023 -
    18 September
    NewsDrinks sales leap 16% amid September heatwave, CGA finds

    Drinks sales leap 16% amid September heatwave, CGA finds

    Britain’s early-September heatwave helped Britain’s on premise to double-digit drinks sales growth last week, according to the CGA.  CGA by NIQ’s daily drinks tracker shows average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday (9 September) were 16% ahead of the same period in 2022, as consumers flocked to…

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  • 14 September
    NewsHospitality sales rise by 5.3% despite cool summer, CGA says

    Hospitality sales rise by 5.3% despite cool summer, CGA says

    Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups overcame some dismal summer weather to record like-for-like sales growth of 5.3% in August 2023, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker shows. The tracker, produced by CGA by NIQ in partnership with the Coffer Group andRSM UK, has now been in year-on-year growth…

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  • 12 September
    NewsTRG offloads leisure business to Big Table Group

    TRG offloads leisure business to Big Table Group

    TRG has announced that it has entered into an agreement for the proposed sale of its leisure business comprising 75 trading sites and associated restaurant and management team employees to the Big Table Group.   As part of the transaction, TRG will pay a cash contribution of £7.5m to the Big…

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  • 11 September
    Food and DrinkUK drinks sales flat for second consecutive week

    UK drinks sales flat for second consecutive week

    UK drinks sales were up a mere 0.4% for the week ended 2 September compared with the same period last year, according to data from CGA. This follows growth of 1% and 5% in the previous two weeks, which came after five successive weeks of negative numbers. The CGA said…

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  • 8 September
    Trade AssociationsStrong sales unable to keep up with inflation, UKH finds

    Strong sales unable to keep up with inflation, UKH finds

    Turnover increased 6.7% in the last year to £137bn, but compared with 2019, remains almost 20% behind in real terms when accounting for inflation, according to UKH’s quarterly sales tracker.  The tracker, in association with CGA, also showed that sales in the last year are 2.3% up on pre-pandemic sales.…

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  • 6 September
    RestaurantsTRG revenues rise 10% to £467.4m in H1

    TRG revenues rise 10% to £467.4m in H1

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reported that total sales in the first half of the year rose by 10% to £467.4m, compared with £423.4m the prior year. Its adjusted EBITDA was also up 15% to £36.3m on a pre-IFRS 16 basis versus the VAT adjusted basis of £31.4m in H1…

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  • 5 September
    RestaurantsBill’s delivers record like-for-like sales in H1

    Bill’s delivers record like-for-like sales in H1

    Bill’s has delivered its highest ever like-for-like sales for its current trading sites, with sales of £45.3m for the six months ended 30 June, up 4.5% on HY22. The group’s EBITDA also reached £2.45m during the H1 period, an increase of £2.55m on the same period last year after sustaining…

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  • 5 September
    NewsBrewDog appoints new COO

    BrewDog appoints new COO

    BrewDog has appointed James Arrow as its new chief operating officer in a global role reporting to CEO and co-founder James Watt. Arrow joins BrewDog from Boots Opticians, one of the leading opticians in the UK with over 500 stores and part of the wider international division of Walgreens Boots…

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  • 4 September
    NewsUK drink sales boosted by Women’s World Cup, CGA finds

    UK drink sales boosted by Women’s World Cup, CGA finds

    UK drinks sales were in modest year-on-year growth last week, CGA by NIQ’s latest daily drinks tracker shows. The average sales in managed venues in the week to 26 August finished 1% ahead of the same week in 2022. It is a second successive week of marginal gains, after a…

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  • 1 September
    RestaurantsDöner Shack unveils rebrand plans to attract younger audience

    Döner Shack unveils rebrand plans to attract younger audience

    Döner Shack will be launching a rebrand across five UK stores, beginning in Glasgow, early this month in a bid to appeal to a younger demographic and “position the brand to have more focus on the flavour of the food”. As part of the transformation, the street food chain has…

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