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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Aug- 2023 -25 AugustBusiness
Subway sold to Roark Capital
Subway has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Roark Capital for an undisclosed sum. The company has branded this is a “major milestone” in the company’s transformation journey, combining Subway’s global presence and brand strength with Roark’s deep…
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24 AugustNews
UK restaurants see 4% growth in July takeaway sales
Britain’s top managed restaurant groups achieved year-on-year growth in delivery and takeaway sales of 4% in July, CGA by NIQ’s latest hospitality at home tracker shows. It is a second successive month of growth, following an extended post-COVID fall in sales that saw the tracker record 18 negative months in…
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22 AugustCatering Companies
Contract caterers’ Q2 sales rise 18.5% YOY
Contract caterers’ sales in the second quarter of 2023 were up 18.5% compared with the same period in 2022, according to data from CGA Strategy. Caterers’ sales in the private sector were also up 20.4% year-on-year reflecting the sector’s recovery from the pandemic and consumers’ return to workplaces and venues…
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21 AugustNews
UK drink sales dip amid bad weather conditions, CGA says
Drinks sales in the seven days to Saturday 12 August were down 2% on the same week last year due to bad weather, CGA by NIQ’s daily drinks tracker shows. While this decline was less severe than the previous week’s low of -6%, the tracker experienced a modest recovery thanks…
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18 AugustFeatures
In conversation with the founder of the Cornish Bakery
Can you tell us a little bit about your career leading up to the Cornish Bakery? I really didn’t have a big career, because from my early 20s I backpacked all over the world. I funded that travelling by buying and selling pub properties. I would do between two and…
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17 AugustPeople
Subway appoints new senior leadership team
Subway has announced the appointment of Douglas Fry as its new president of North America, Carrie Walsh as its new president of EMEA, and Mike Kehoe as the group’s new chief development officer. This comes as the fast food chain’s former president of North America, Trevor Haynes, announced he will…
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16 AugustBeverages
Wettest July on record dampens drinks sales
Drinks sales in the UK were down 6% for the week ended 5 August compared with the same week in 2022, the worst weekly measurement in the year to date. This drop was exacerbated by three days of double-digit declines, with only two days managing to achieve marginal growth. The…
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15 AugustPubs and Bars
Hall & Woodhouse underlying profits recover in FY22
Hall and Woodhouse has reported that underlying profit before tax recovered to £4.4m in the year ended 28 January 2023, up from £1.6 m the prior year. Total profit before tax was down slightly to £10.4m, down from £11.2m the year before, though the group benefited from profits on the…
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14 AugustPubs and Bars
Sunak steps in to save off-site sales
Pubs and bars in the UK will be able to continue selling takeaway pints after a personal intervention from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The rules were introduced in July 2020 and allowed pubs to sell takeaway pints without permission from the local council. These rules were set to expire on…
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14 AugustCafes and Coffee Shops
Caffè Nero trading at 112% of pre-pandemic levels
Caffè Nero has announced that trading for the three months ended 31 May were “robust” as like-for-like sales grew, taking sales to 112% of 2019 pre-pandemic levels. This comes as, in the UK, over 32% of all of the company’s transactions take place via its mobile app, with more than…
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