World Cup
Our World Cup coverage provides UK hospitality and foodservice professionals with practical insights on maximising trade during the tournament, including match-day promotions, themed menus, drinks stock planning, live screening setups, licensing considerations, and customer engagement strategies tailored to pubs, bars, restaurants, and catering operations aiming to boost footfall and profitability.
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Aug- 2024 -5 AugustPubs and Bars
Euros hangover pushes drinks sales down in July
Drinks sales in the UK’s managed venues fell 6% for the week ended 27 July 2024 as consumers tightened their spending following the European Championship, according to CGA. It found that patchy weather and tough comparatives with July 2023, which included the boost of the Women’s World Cup, were also…
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Apr- 2024 -22 AprilFood and Drink
Toca Social to open new site in Birmingham
Toca Social has announced it will be opening its second site in the UK in the Bullring Birmingham from 3 June. Alongside this, Toca Social has designed a new food menu featuring globally inspired, handheld sharers for guests to enjoy while playing, such as London based Chick ‘n’ Sours. The…
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Feb- 2024 -8 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Six Nations opening weekend boosts pub sales by 42%
Star Pubs, the pub arm of Heineken UK, has reported that total sales across the Six Nations opening weekend were up 42% as rugby fans flocked to their local pubs to watch live sport. With afternoon and evening games on Saturday, the data suggested that punters chose to spend much…
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7 FebruaryPubs and Bars
Pubs and bars gear up for Six Nations sales bump
After a challenging start to 2024 for pubs, bars and drinks suppliers, the Six Nations rugby tournament is set to deliver a welcome boost to sales, according to data from CGA. CGA research confirms the appetite for sport, with one in nine (11%) consumers visiting a venue to watch a…
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Dec- 2023 -19 DecemberPubs and Bars
Drinks sales down 9% as tough comparatives continue
Drinks sales in the UK’s managed venues dropped 9% for the week ended 9 December compared with the same period last year, according to data from CGA. Growth has now topped 1% just once in the last eight weeks as a result of sales being compared to the period during…
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11 DecemberNews
UK drink sales dip amid strong World Cup comparatives
Year-on-year drinks sales in Britain were down again last week—though the 2022 football World Cup made for difficult comparatives, CGA said. CGA by NIQ’s daily drinks tracker shows average sales in managed venues in the week to last Saturday (2 December) were 2% behind the equivalent week in 2022. It…
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4 DecemberPubs and Bars
Drinks sales fall 5% on tough comparatives, says CGA
Drinks sales were down by 5% year-on-year in the week ended 25 November as a result of tough comparatives with last year, according to data from CGA. Trading suffered when compared with late November 2022, which brought the start of the football World Cup. This kept sales on Monday 20…
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Nov- 2023 -27 NovemberTrade Associations
Extended hours for Euro 2024 ‘essential’ for pubs and bars, says UKH
Hospitality trade body UKHospitality has warned it is “essential” that trading hours are extended for the semi-finals and final stage of the European Championships next summer. UKH chief Kate Nicholls said Euro 2024 is set to be a “huge event” for hospitality businesses next summer as fans pack pubs and…
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15 NovemberPubs and Bars
Wet weather dampens managed hospitality venue sales in October
Britain’s leading hospitality groups saw year-on-year growth slow to 3.2% in October amid widespread poor weather, according to data from CGA. It is a 13th consecutive month of like-for-like growth for managed restaurants, pubs and bars however, it represents a slowdown from a 5.9% rise in September. The data shows…
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Oct- 2023 -30 OctoberFood and Drink
Poor weather sees drinks sales fall despite England rugby games
Year-on-year average drink sales in managed venues fell marginally by 0.2% in the week to 21 October, according to data from CGA. Bad weather as a result of Storm Babet offset the benefits of two England rugby world cup games causing a decline in sales after eight weeks of growth…
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