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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Jun- 2023 -5 JuneCatering Companies
Elior UK launches Street Kitchen Collective
Elior UK has announced the launch of Street Kitchen Collective a collection of own- brand concepts and street food partners. The Street Kitchen Collective concept is a collaborative effort between Eliorโs food development team, operations team and client partners to create more varied food offerings. The collective has launched with…
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May- 2023 -31 MayBusiness
Rail strikes set to cost hospitality industry ยฃ132m, says UKH
Upcoming rail strikes in May and June will cost the hospitality industry ยฃ132m according to UK Hospitality. Members of the ASLEF union are set to walk out on 31 May and 3 June after the union rejected what it called a โrisibleโ pay offer of 4% per year for two…
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30 MayRestaurants
Whitbread to consider selling restaurant brands
Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, is considering selling part of its pub and restaurant brands to focus on its hotel arm, according to reports from the Telegraph. The Premier Inn owner has reportedly hired advisors to explore options for a sale of part of its F&B businesses. If Whitbread was…
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26 MayBusiness
Hospitality turnover down 14% on pre-pandemic levels
Turnover for hospitality businesses was down 14.7% in the last year compared with pre-pandemic levels when accounting for inflation. This is according to the UK Hospitality Quarterly Tracker which is created in association with CGA Strategy. The tracker shows that the revenue generated in the last 12 months is 4.1%…
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26 MayNews
Contract caterersโ sales climb 30% in Q1, says CGA
Contract caterersโ sales in the first quarter of 2023 finished 30% above the same period in 2022, the latest Contract Catering Tracker from CGA by NIQ and Bidfood reveals. The strong quarter extends the sectorโs recovery from the Covid crisis and reflects consumersโ steady return to workplaces and other locations…
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25 MayPubs and Bars
Youngโs revenues hit ยฃ369m in FY22
Youngโs and Co total revenues reached ยฃ368.9m in the 53 weeks ended 3 April, showing an increase of 19.4% against the prior year, while managed pub like-for-like revenue increased 12.9% on a 52-week basis.ย Despite facing cost headwinds, the pub groupโs adjusted profit before tax was 8.1% higher at ยฃ45.2m.…
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24 MayRestaurants
SSP revenues up 64% in H1 amid travel recovery
SSP Group has revealed that revenues increased by 64.1% to ยฃ1.3bn for the six months ended 31 March, compared with ยฃ803m in the same period last year, as the group benefited from a recovery in passenger travel volumes.ย In addition, the groupโs underlying EBITDA reached ยฃ90.5m and a free cash…
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23 MayRestaurants
Rare Restaurants posts ยฃ73.5m turnover
Rare Restaurants has posted a turnover of ยฃ73.5m for the year ended 1 January 2023, as part of record breaking results for the company. This turnover was up 38% compared with the same period in 2022 and up 29% compared with 2019. The group also posted an EBITDA before pre-opening…
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23 MayNews
Famous Brands FY revenues up 15% to ยฃ310m
South African restaurant company Famous Brands, which operates 65 restaurants in the UK, has reported revenues of R7.4bn (ยฃ310m) in FY23, a 15% increase compared to last year. The group has attributed the revenue increase to improved trading conditions across most markets thanks to the lifting of Covid restrictions. Operating…
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22 MayNews
Fazendaโs sales hit ยฃ20m in FY23
South-American restaurant brand, Fazenda Group, which operates five regional sites across the UK, reported a 37% year-over-year growth in FY23.ย Sales for the group surpassed ยฃ20m for the first-time in the thirteen years that the company has been trading, even with the closure of its Chester site in 2021 as…
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