Half of Consumers Dining Out Less as Cost of Living Crisis Intensifies
Half of UK consumers surveyed for a new study said they are dining out less than at the start of 2022, while guests are increasingly…
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Growth of +£5.4 bn year-on-year, as UK Restaurant Market Report forecasts Sector’s Value of £18.1bn in 2022
Value-led strategies, sustainability, innovation, and digitalisation have been some of the key growth drivers highlighted by Lumina Intelligence’s Restaurant Market Report 2022, an overview of…
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Candlelit Dining as Pubs Set to Hold Electricity-Free ‘Blackout Nights’
A country pub has announced it will hold another of its electricity-free ‘Blackout Nights’, where customers are invited to an atmospheric candlelit dining experience. The…
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Chopstix Launches First Kent Restaurant With Canterbury Site
Chopstix, the UK’s largest Asian QSR brand, has completed yet another successful launch this week, with the opening of a site in Canterbury. The new…
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Fighting for the Survival of the Great British Pub
Following the new Chancellor’s announcement earlier today, the CEO of the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), Steve Alton, has written to him, calling for the…
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Greene King Offering Free Pub Food & Drink to Those Aged 66 and Over
Pub group chain Greene King is launching a competition which would allow some people aged 66 and over to get free food and drink at…
Read more...Consumers opt for Inexpensive Dining Out as Cost-of-Living Crisis Hits
The latest Lumina Intelligence Eating & Drinking Out Panel data has shown a decline in both penetration and spend across the eating out market as…
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New Research from Deliverect Finds Consumers are Ordering More Delivery and Takeaways in Spite of Inflation and Increased Cost of Living
Research by Deliverect,a digital ordering PLATFORM has today announced new global research which revealed that more people are purchasing takeaway or delivery orders today than…
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Calorie Counts on Menus Shift Consumers’ Choices
Calorie labelling on menus has changed people’s out-of-home food choices with research from CGA by NielsenIQ revealing that half of consumers (49%) would change their…
Read more...Hospitality Sales Fall With Food Hit the Most
Hospitality sales fell by 4.1% over the six-week summer holiday period between 25 July and 4 September this year in comparison to 2021. Drink sales…
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UK Restaurants Welcome a Bank Holiday Boost in Trade as Brits Enjoy the End of Summer
Data from Barclaycard Payments shows that during the Summer Bank Holiday (27-29 August), UK restaurants benefited from an 8.32 per cent increase in transactions as…
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Consumer Priorities Have Changed Since EOTHO Discount Scheme, Analysis Reveals
This month marks two years since Rishi Sunak launched the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, aimed at getting people into restaurants during the pandemic….
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Hospitality SMEs Report Revenue Growth but Brace Themselves for Turbulent Times Ahead
More than half (55 per cent) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) saw revenue increases in the second quarter of this year against 2021, reveals…
Read more...Growth “Off the Menu” for Small Firms as Cost Crunch “Bites Deep”
Publication of FSB’s full Small Business Index report for Q2 2022 finds growth expectations are down, and cost pressures are weighing heavily on small firms…
Read more...Hospitality Numbers Stable in Second Quarter but Costs Crisis Threatens Recovery
Britain’s licensed sector has stabilised in the second quarter of 2022, the latest Market Recovery Monitor from CGA by NielsenIQ and AlixPartners reveals. The report…
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