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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Oct- 2022 -4 OctoberCafes and Coffee Shops
Greggs sales rise 15% in Q3
Greggs has seen its total sales rise by 14.6% for the 13 weeks to 1 October 2022, with company-managed shop like-for-like sales up 9.7% in the quarter. Despite this sales boost, year-on-year growth slowed in August given the “particularly strong” staycation effect, though momentum returned in September. The closure of…
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3 OctoberRestaurants
Tortilla warns of £2.3m hit in FY22 amid inflationary pressures
Tortilla has warned that it faces future challenges from rising protein and energy prices, expecting to take a £2.3m hit in its full-year results amid increased inflationary pressures on the industry. For now, its revenue rose by 30% to £26.9m in the first half of FY22, up from £20.8m the…
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Sep- 2022 -30 SeptemberFood and Drink
Popeyes expands its UK presence with four more sites
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen UK, has announced its next wave of UK restaurant openings, with in-line sites due to open in Derby, Leicester, Liverpool and Cambridge. The news follows the successful launch of its two latest sites, Gateshead and Oxford. Its Derby site will open to the public in late October,…
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29 SeptemberNews
Chopstix continues Welsh expansion with 5th restaurant
Chopstix is set to open its 5th site in Wales this week, located on North Walk, Cwmbran. It comes amid plans to “significantly increase” its footprint in North Wales over the next 12 months, following stores in Cardiff, Swansea and Bridgend. The new sites will include design elements the brand…
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28 SeptemberBreweries and Distilleries
Shepherd Neame returns to FY profit as sales rebound
Shepherd Neame has reported a statutory profit before tax of £7.4m for the 52 weeks ended 25 June after a loss of £16.4m the year prior. The brewer, owner and operator of over 300 pubs in Kent and the Southeast, also saw an EBITDA of £23.4m, which “significantly rose” from…
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28 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Arc Inspirations to launch five new sites amid ‘record’ results
Arc Inspirations has revealed plans to open five sites in the next six months, creating 500 new jobs, following “record” financial results for the 12 months ending 31 March 2022 as group sales hit £38.9m and profits were £7.5m. The group said it has seen “exceptionally strong” recovery from Covid-19…
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26 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Brighton Pier Group hits ‘record’ revenues of £40m in FY22
The Brighton Pier Group, owners of Brighton Pier Palace and nine bars across the UK, has reported record revenues of £40.1m, compared with £13.5m in 2021, up 25% on the same pre-Covid period in 2019. In the year to 26 June, 2022, the group reported EBITDA of £10.8m for the…
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26 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Scratch Consultancy expands lease with Star Pubs and Bars
Business consultancy company, Scratch Consultancy, has taken the lease on its second site with Star Pub and Bars, The Compasses in Chelmsford, with aspirations to build an estate of five pubs across Essex and North Kent with the pub and bar operator. The two companies will undertake a joint £250k…
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23 SeptemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Creams launches emergency support package for franchisees
Creams has announced it has launched an emergency franchise partner support package to help and guide its partners through inflationary pressures, the cost-of-living crisis and other ongoing economic and societal challenges. The full support package includes financial incentives such as a reduction on royalty fees from October 2022 until February…
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14 SeptemberNews
Inflation falls in August but remains near 40-year high
UK inflation eased slightly in August to 9.9%, down from 10.1% in July, but remains near a 40-year high as prices continue to rise, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). On a monthly basis, CPI rose by 0.5% in August 2022, compared with a…
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