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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Apr- 2023 -27 AprilNews
McDonaldโs global sales increase by 13% in Q1
Fast food giant McDonaldโs reported that sales increased nearly 13% for the quarter ended in March 2023, both globally and across each segment. Digital Systemwide sales in the top six markets, including the UK, were nearly $7.5bn (ยฃ6bn) for the quarter, representing almost 40% of the Systemwide sales.ย Systemwide sales…
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25 AprilBusiness
Whitbreadโs profits hit ยฃ413m amid strong Premier Inn performance
Premier Inn owner Whitbread Plc has reported that its annual adjusted pre-tax profit increased to ยฃ413m, for the 12 months to March 2, 2023 against a loss of ยฃ16m the previous year. The report revealed that the result topped the pre-pandemic annual profit level of ยฃ358m achieved in 2019-20. Revenue…
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25 AprilPubs and Bars
Kirkmichael Arms brought to market for ยฃ349k
The Kirkmichael Arms, a traditional country pub with an adjoining restaurant in South Ayrshire, has been brought to the market at offers over ยฃ349k. The cottage style property, which is contained over ground and attic floors, is of traditional construction and has been carefully developed and maintained by the current…
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21 AprilPubs and Bars
Tesco to open Coronation-themed pub in May
Tesco will be opening its first-ever pub, The King in the Castle, next month for 4 and 5 May in celebration of the Kingโs Coronation. The pub, which is Coronation-themed and located in Farringdon, London, aims to encourage the nation to โdo good by going to the pubโ.ย The retailerโs…
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18 AprilNews
City Pub Group reports 63% revenue growth in FY22
The City Pub Group, which owns 43 pubs across England and Wales, has reported that revenues rose by 63% to ยฃ57.8m for the year ending in December 2022, compared to ยฃ35.4m in 2021. Like-for-like gross sales for FY22 were up by 3%, improving to 7.8% in Q4, while pre-adjusted earnings…
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18 AprilPubs and Bars
Strong Easter trading raises sales hopes for May
Drinks sales by value over the four-day Easter weekend were up 63% compared with the average Friday to Monday period in 2022, according to data from CGA Strategy. Good weather helped to more than double the sales of cider, up 116%, over the long weekend, while beer was up 64%,…
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17 AprilFeatures
Saving money and raising money: Life as a hotel restaurant
Tell me a little about the history of Northcote? Northcote was established in 1983 by myself and Nigel Haworth with local businessman John Wolstenholme. It was a six-bedroom property, development in 1992 changed it to a 14 bedroom hotel,in 2013 increased to 18 and in 2014 we became 26 rooms…
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17 AprilFood and Drink
Foodservice price inflation falls slightly but remains over 20%
Foodservice price inflation fell slightly to 20.6% year-on-year in February 2023, according to data from CGA strategy. The figure is below the record high of 22.9% in December 2022 showing clear signs that food inflation is beginning to ease. The full basket of food measured by the Index increased by…
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11 AprilBeverages
Poor weather sees drinks sales stagnate
Poor weather in the last two weeks of March has seen drinks sales flatten according to the On Premise survey from CGA Strategy. Average sales by value in managed venues were down by 3% in the seven days to 25 March, the poorest week of 2023 so far. They recovered…
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11 AprilNews
UKH opposes possibility of late night levy extension
UKHospitality has stated its significant opposition to any extension to the late night levy and reiterated the need to abolish it. In response to a Home Office consultation on extending the levy to apply to late night refreshment providers, UKHospitality highlighted that the entire consultation is based on an impact…
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