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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Sep- 2022 -14 SeptemberRestaurants
Hub Box to open its first Dorset site
Hub Box, the Cornish bar and restaurant group, has announced it will be opening its first Dorset establishment in early October in Dorchester. This will be the twelfth opening for the burger and beer restaurant group, located in Brewery Square, its new 120-seat Dorchester restaurant will serve gourmet burgers, hand-cut…
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13 SeptemberNews
Liberation Group reports ‘encouraging performance’ amid 6.3% sales rise
The Liberation Group, consisting of over 120 pubs, bars and inns across the UK, has reported that over the period of 21 May to 3 September 2022 its total LFL sales across its managed pub division was up 6.3% on 2021 figures and 30.0% up on 2019. It said that…
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13 SeptemberBusiness
Yum Brands approves $2bn share buyback plan
Yum Brands, the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has announced that its board of directors has approved a new share buyback plan which authorises repurchases of up to $2bn (£1.7m) in shares of common stock through 30 June 2024. The new authorisation will take effect upon the…
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9 SeptemberCatering Companies
Brigade Bar and Kitchen joins Searcys portfolio
British restaurateur and caterer Searcys has added restaurant, Brigade Bar and Kitchen, to its portfolio of restaurants, champagne bars and venues. Searcys take on the day-to-day management of the London Bridge eatery while continuing a commitment to founder Simon Boyle’s Beyond Food Foundation, Searcys’ charity partner since 2018. The charity…
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8 SeptemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Hebrides site Café Kisimul brought to market for £275,000
Café Kisimul, in Castlebay on the Isle of Barra, has been brought to market by DM Hall, being marketed for sale at offers over £275,000. Named after Kisimul Castle, Norse for Castle Island which overlooks the village, the main settlement on the 1200 population island, Café Kisimul is a single…
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8 SeptemberRestaurants
The Restaurant Group sees H1 profits hit £41m
The Restaurant Group has reported profits before tax of £41.7m for the first half of 2022, compared with £11.2m during the same period the year prior. The results, from the 26 weeks to 3 July 2022, saw total sales at £423.4m, compared with £216.8m for the same period the year…
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6 SeptemberFood and Drink
Drinks sales drop 13% on pre-Covid levels
On Premise drinks sales dropped 13% last week (in the seven days to 27 August) compared to pre-Covid levels in 2019, and were flat year-on-year compared to summer 2021, according to CGA by Nielsen IQ’s Drinks Recovery Tracker. CGA said that after a solid start to August, managed venues found…
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1 SeptemberRestaurants
Delivery and take-away sales fall 19% in July
Combined sales for delivery and take-away in July 2022 were 19% down on July 2021, when the delivery and takeaway sector was inflated by lingering trading restrictions and consumers’ hesitations about going out, according to the latest data from CGA. It is the ninth month in a row that the…
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Aug- 2022 -31 AugustFood and Drink
Half of Britain’s major cities show negative sales versus 2019
Out-of-home food and drink sales are in growth in only half of Britain’s 10 biggest city centres, as five major cities are experiencing negative sales in the latest four weeks versus the same time period in 2019. According to data from CGA and Wireless Social, new challenges facing the sector…
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26 AugustNews
Zonal joins firms backing recruitment drive Hospitality Rising
Hospitality technology provider Zonal has become the latest firm to back a major recruitment campaign, Hospitality Rising. Zonal is joining other businesses in supporting the collaborative campaign, including Whitbread, Pret a Manger, Welcome Break, Revolution, Vapiano, Hilton and Hawksmoor. By encouraging venues and brands to pledge £10 for each employee,…
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