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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Dec- 2022 -15 DecemberFood and Drink
The O2 Entertainment District welcomes four new F&B venues
The Entertainment District at The O2, which is owned and operated by Waterfront Limited Partnership, has announced four new additions to its F&B line-up. The destination welcomes two debut openings for Soukra and Trapdoor, as well as two signings for Haute Dolci and JD Wetherspoon. It said the new additions…
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13 DecemberPeople
Q Catering appoints sales director as part of growth plan
Q Catering has appointed Caroline Martin as its new sales director as part of the company’s continued growth plan to turnover £20m by 2030. Martin, who stepped down from Kent Frozen Foods (KFF) as regional sales manager after 16 years at the company, will join Steve Clarke, Q Catering’s managing…
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9 DecemberNews
Rail strikes set to cost hospitality staff £15m in tips
UK hospitality staff could be set to lose around £15m in tips due to planned rail strikes, according to data from Tipjar. The RMT is planning industrial action on a number of days in December and January. The news comes as UKH also warned that the hospitality industry could lose…
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9 DecemberRestaurants
25 hospitality leaders host zero carbon roundtable
Some 25 leaders from hospitality organisations including Azzuri, Greene King, IHG, Gaucho, Revolution Bars, Peach 2020, Punch Pubs and WSH joined together as part of the Zero Carbon Forum CEO/CFO roundtable held at Carousel, London, to discuss how the sector can decarbonise while the industry is facing multiple crises. The…
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9 DecemberPubs and Bars
Hospitality sales rise in city centres ahead of Christmas rush
Pubs, restaurants and bars have “made a good start” to the festive season in Britain’s major cities, according to research from CGA by NielsenIQ and connectivity solutions provider Wireless Social. Their latest ‘Top Cities’ report found that sales in the four weeks to 19 November were ahead of the same…
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8 DecemberBreweries and Distilleries
Wild Beer Co enters administration
Somerset based brewer Wild Beer Co has ceased trading and entered administration as a result of rising costs. The company stated on its website that Undebt.co.uk had been appointed as administrators and are managing the affairs, business and property of the company. Administrators are looking into potential acquisitions for the…
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7 DecemberPubs and Bars
M&B profits hit £240m in FY22
The operator of managed restaurants and pubs, Mitchells and Butlers, has achieved an adjusted operating profit of £240m for the 52 weeks ending 24 September 2022, compared to only £29m the previous financial year. M&B reports that its profits have “broadly” recovered to pre-pandemic levels, excluding the impact of energy…
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6 DecemberAnalysis
Here’s how the train strikes will impact hospitality
A new wave of fresh rail strikes have been scheduled this winter as Network Rail and 14 other train companies are taking strike action on 13, 14, 16 and 17 December and on 3, 4, 6 and 7 January. However, the chief executive of UKHospitality, Kate Nicholls, is worried about…
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6 DecemberPubs and Bars
Marston’s returns to profit in FY22
Marston’s has returned to profit in the year ended 1 October 2022, with pre-tax profits hitting £163.4m, up from a loss of £171.1m the prior year, as the group welcomed a return to normalised trading. It comes as like-for-like sales reached 99% of 2019 levels despite a disrupted Christmas trading…
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2 DecemberPubs and Bars
ETM Group secures £11m funding deal
Sports and roof-top bar operator ETM Group Limited has secured over £11m in funding from alternative lender ThinCats. The funding has enabled the ETM to refinance the entirety of its bank loans as well as providing “suitable” working capital headroom to underpin further growth. ETM was founded in 2000 and…
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