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 whatโs driving turnover, and whatโs 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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Jul- 2023 -4 JulyPeople
Hospitality Titans appoints new membership director
Hospitality Titans has appointed Rupert Culme-Seymour as its new membership director. Founded by Liam Norval, CEO at Posh Cockney, and Pete Warden, hospitality director at LXA, in 2020, Hospitality Titans is a platform and membership programme that brings together industry experts in order to โsupportโ, โnurtureโ and โinspireโ those within…
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3 JulyPubs and Bars
Drink sales rise YOY for ninth consecutive week
On-premise drink sales increased year-on-year for the ninth week in a row, up 7% compared with June 2022, according to the latest figures from the CGA. The CGA tracker, which calculates average sales in managed venues, found that the 7% figure for the seven days to last Saturday (24 June)…
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3 JulyNews
Pizza Pilgrims sales increase 80% to ยฃ21m in FY22
Pizza Pilgrims has reported sales of ยฃ21m, an increase of 80%, for the period ended in June 2022.ย EBITDA for the company was ยฃ1.1m, a 56% increase on the previous year as a result of new openings and operational efficiencies. In 2022, the company operated 19 pizzerias in London and…
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Jun- 2023 -28 JuneRestaurants
Various Eateries sales up 16% to ยฃ20m in H1
Various Eateriesโ revenues have increased by 16% to ยฃ20.6m in the half-year ending 2 April, up from ยฃ17.7m in H1 2022, while like-for-like sales marginally increased. Despite this, the group reported a decrease in gross profit to ยฃ0.6m, down from ยฃ1.5m in the same period last year, and a loss…
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27 JuneNews
Chopstix refurbishes Peterborough site as part of capex programme
Chopstix has renovated its Peterborough site as part of its seven-figure capex programme to supplement its expanding footprint.ย Having reopened this month after a ยฃ100,000 refurbishment, the high street site on Long Causeway follows the redevelopment of several Chopstix equity stores in recent months including Oxford Street, Nottingham and Reading…
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27 JuneBusiness
London hospitality sector stabilises in Q1
The hospitality industry in London has shown signs of recovery in the first quarter of the year, with a net decline of only 1% of licensed premises, according to new data from CGA strategy. This follows a net decline of just 0.2% in Q4 2022, a massive improvement from the…
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26 JuneComment
Restaurants turn to tech to take on a tough economy
The restaurant industry has demonstrated unprecedented resilience in recent years. Coping with wave after wave of challenges, from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic to chronic labour shortages and skyrocketing energy costs, it has bounced back again and again. At a time of extreme economic and financial volatility, restaurant…
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26 JuneNews
Shake Shack UK operator losses widen to ยฃ4.6m in FY22
Diverse Dining, the operator behind Shake Shack UK, has reported its full-year losses widened to ยฃ4.6m for the year ended in December 2022, despite welcoming a sales increase from ยฃ34.8m to ยฃ44.2m. The food operator said that sales increased throughout the period, despite the closing of certain delivery kitchens and…
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23 JuneNews
UK restaurant deliveries stabilise after post-Covid slide
Delivery and takeaway sales at Britainโs top managed restaurant groups in May were just 1% behind the same month last year, CGA by NIQโs latest Hospitality at Home Tracker shows. Year-on-year sales by value have now fallen for 18 months in a row, after the easing of Covid-19 restrictions brought…
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21 JuneFood and Drink
May bank holidays help boost hospitality sales by 5.6%
Like-for-like sales within hospitality increased by 5.6% in May due to a succession of bank holidays that included an extended weekend for the Kingโs Coronation, according to the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker.ย Its data also shows that pubs benefited from widespread warm weather, with like-for-like sales 8.8% ahead of…
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