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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May- 2023 -22 MayFood and Drink
May drinks sales remain strong despite inflation
Drinks sales increased 5% year-on-year for the seven days ended 13 May following the long weekend for the coronation, according to the Drinks Recovery tracker from CGA Strategy. Sales surged over the coronation long weekend but a combination of cooler weather and rail strikes depressed sales between the 9 and…
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17 MayComment
How can the hospitality sector prepare for the busy summer months?
Despite current economic headwinds, many businesses in the hospitality sector are looking for new ways of furthering growth opportunities in the upcoming summer months. In their 2023 sector outlook, Barclaycard revealed that consumer card spending on hospitality and leisure increased 10.6% year-on-year in 2022, as the lifting of all Covid-19…
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17 MayFood and Drink
Delivery and takeaway sales down again but decline slows
Delivery and takeaway sales in the UK dropped 1% year-on year for April, the 17th straight month of year-on-year decline, according to data from CGA Strategy. Deliveries and takeaways by value attracted 14% of total sales in April, a big decline from 24% in April 2022. The consistent decline can…
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17 MayPubs and Bars
Mitchell and Butlers revenues hit ยฃ1.2bn in H1
Mitchell and Butlersโ total revenues reached ยฃ1.2bn in the 28 weeks ended 8 April, compared with ยฃ1.1bn in the same period last year, as the groupโs like-for-like sales grew 8.5%.ย However, the groupโs operating profit reached ยฃ99m for the period compared with ยฃ121m in HY22 and its profit before tax…
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16 MayNews
Greggs sales rise 17% to ยฃ609m in Q1
British bakery chain Greggs has reported 17.1% like-for-like sales growth during Q1 of 2023. Total sales in the 19 weeks to 13 May 2023 were ยฃ609m, compared to ยฃ495m for the same period last year. The group said this yearโs quarter results performed better than the same period last year,…
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16 MayPubs and Bars
Drinks sales soar 41% on coronation weekend
Drinks sales in the UK increased 41% on the king’s coronation weekend, according to data from CGA Strategy. The Bank Holiday boost started on Friday when sales rose 23% compared with the average Friday of 2023 so far. Despite many people marking the Coronation at home and at street parties,…
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15 MayComment
Towards an alcohol-free future: how will caterers accommodate it?
Do you think people are starting to prefer mocktails instead of cocktails? The low and no alcohol lifestyle is having a meteoric spike in popularity recently. As consumers become more health-focused and are facing cost of living pressures, the ability to enjoy cocktails throughout the day and evening without the…
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15 MayNews
Pub Punch Q2 revenues hit ยฃ158m
Punch Pubs has recently reported revenues of ยฃ158.1m for the 28 weeks ended February 2023, compared to ยฃ142.6m for the same period last year. Earnings before taxes for the group were ยฃ37.5m, slightly less than the ยฃ38.6m reported the previous year. Punch Pubs has said that last yearโs results benefited…
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11 MayComment
How can hospitality ensure inclusivity towards the LGBTQ+ community?
An LGBTQ+ celebration is likely coming to a venue near you this month (May) as hundreds of venues sign up for Pub Pride, an Ask for Clive campaign celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in LGBTQ+ inclusive venues ahead of Pride season.ย Previously Pub Pride has involved live music, drag shows, karaoke,…
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11 MayNews
Wendyโs global sales rise by 10% to $3.3bn in Q1
Fast food chain Wendyโs has reported a 10% increase in global systemwide sales to $3.3bn (ยฃ2.6bn) during the first quarter of 2023. International systemwide sales grew by 21% to $419m (ยฃ332m), compared to $360m (ยฃ285m) for the same period last year.ย Revenues for the company increased by 8.2% to $528m…
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