Strategy
This section highlights the strategic moves shaping the UK hospitality and foodservice industry. From brand repositioning and pricing models to diversification plans, leadership changes, and multi-site rollout strategies, our coverage provides valuable insight into how restaurant groups, pub chains, caterers, and bar operators are adapting to shifting market conditions. Whether you’re refining your business model, assessing competitor strategies, or making key investment decisions, this archive offers sharp editorial designed to support strategic thinking at every level of the foodservice sector.
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Jun- 2023 -28 JuneRestaurants
Various Eateries sales up 16% to £20m in H1
Various Eateries’ revenues have increased by 16% to £20.6m in the half-year ending 2 April, up from £17.7m in H1 2022, while like-for-like sales marginally increased. Despite this, the group reported a decrease in gross profit to £0.6m, down from £1.5m in the same period last year, and a loss…
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27 JuneBusiness
London hospitality sector stabilises in Q1
The hospitality industry in London has shown signs of recovery in the first quarter of the year, with a net decline of only 1% of licensed premises, according to new data from CGA strategy. This follows a net decline of just 0.2% in Q4 2022, a massive improvement from the…
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21 JuneRestaurants
Over a third of people spend more in sustainable venues
Over a third of pub and restaurant goers in the UK are prepared to spend more than usual in venues with strong sustainability credentials, according to a report from CGA strategy. The report also found that nearly half of Gen Z and millennials were more likely to spend more at…
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13 JuneRestaurants
Brasserie Bar Co rebrands to Heartwood Collection
Brasserie Bar Co will be rebranding to Heartwood Collection, marking its strategy and evolution into becoming a freehold pub company with a brasserie division. As a result of this move, one of the group’s brands, White Brasserie Company, will become Heartwood Inns effective from 6 July. News of the rebrand…
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May- 2023 -26 MayBusiness
Hospitality turnover down 14% on pre-pandemic levels
Turnover for hospitality businesses was down 14.7% in the last year compared with pre-pandemic levels when accounting for inflation. This is according to the UK Hospitality Quarterly Tracker which is created in association with CGA Strategy. The tracker shows that the revenue generated in the last 12 months is 4.1%…
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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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19 MayNews
Côte turnover hits £144.9m in FY22
Côte Restaurant Group has reported turnover of £144.9m for the year ended in September 2022. Like-for-like turnover was flat compared to the one in 2019, reflecting the Omicron impact on Christmas trading and the impact of the cost of inflation being borne by guests. Adjusted EBITDA for the year was…
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18 MayFood and Drink
Just Eat appoints new managing director for UK and Ireland
Just Eat has announced the appointment of Claire Pointon as its new managing director for the UK and Ireland. Pointon has more than 20 years of commercial experience in customer strategy, brand innovation and marketing, most recently at John Lewis where she led the customer function, both digitally and in…
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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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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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