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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11 August

Pubs and Bars

Warm weather helps drinks sales hold level in late July

Average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday 26 July were exactly in line with the same week in 2024, with growth on four of the seven days, according to data from CGA. Year-on-year increases peaked at 3% and 4% on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 July respectively,…
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11 August

Food and Drink

Papa John’s Q2 revenues rise 4% to $529m

Papa John’s has reported that group revenues rose 4% to $529m (£393m) in the second quarter to 29 June, mainly driven by higher commissary sales. This comes despite a year-on-year drop in revenues caused by the closure and refranchising of more than 100 restaurants in 2024. Revenues from company-owned international…
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8 August

Food and Drink

Drinks sales back in growth as temperatures rise

Drinks sales bounced back into growth in the first full week of July thanks to widespread warm weather, according to data from CGA. The data shows average sales in managed venues in the week to Saturday 12 July were 5% ahead of the same period in 2024. This is a…
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8 August

Pubs and Bars

Butcombe sees 9.8% rise in H1 LFL sales

Butcombe Group has reported a 9.8% increase in like-for-like (LFL) sales across its managed pubs division for the six months to 26 July 2025. The growth, which covers the period from 26 January to 26 July 2025 (H1 2025), was driven by favourable weather and continued strategic investment across the…
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8 August

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Harris and Hoole summer sales rise 14.7%

Speciality coffee chain Harris and Hoole has reported a 14.7% increase in like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks from May to July. Gross sales jumped by 11% to £2.1m during the period, up from £1.9 million in the previous quarter. The company attributed the growth to strong demand for its…
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7 August

Restaurants

Falling orders keep delivery and takeaway revenue flat in June

Restaurant groups’ delivery and takeaway sales by value were virtually flat year-on-year in June 2025, according to data from CGA by NIQ’s Hospitality at Home Tracker. Revenue was marginally down by 0.3% on a like-for-like basis across the month, a downward movement after 1.8% growth in May. It completes a…
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7 August

Food and Drink

Domino’s lowers FY guidance amid tougher market

Domino’s has downgraded its full-year earnings forecast to between £130m and £140m, following a challenging first half marked by cautious consumer spending, rising employment costs and slower store expansion. In the 26 weeks to 29 June, total orders were flat, with like-for-like sales down 0.1%. The pizza delivery chain saw…
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6 August

Restaurants

Yum Brands sales rise 4% in Q2

Yum Brands has reported that worldwide system sales rose by 4% in its second quarter, led by Taco Bell and KFC where sales were up by 6% and 5%, respectively. In the UK, KFC sales rose by 5% over the period. The group also welcomed “robust” digital system sales which…
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6 August

Food and Drink

Tortilla H1 revenues jump 12% to £35.4m amid ongoing expansion

Tortilla has reported a 12% rise in revenues to £35.4m for the first half of the year ended 29 June, as the Mexican restaurant chain continues its expansion in the UK, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France. The company revealed that like-for-like sales in the UK rose by 5%, with…
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5 August

Restaurants

Sticks’n’Sushi marks ‘productive’ first year under McWin

Sticks’n’Sushi has described its first full year under private equity firm McWin Capital as “productive”, after opening three new sites and reporting revenues of £86.8m in the period from 16 January to 31 December 2024. The Danish-Japanese restaurant group, which operates in Denmark, Germany and the UK, also reported that…
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