Operator analysis
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Brand AnalysisBranded Bakery Analysis - August 2019
Branded bakery market outperforming total market, led by brands tapping into food-to-go and engaging in key trends including convenience and healthier eating.
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Brand Analysis
Sustainability Within Leading Casual Dining Brands - July 2019
Sustainability is a hot topic in the Eating Out market, with consumers increasing attention on environmental responsibility. This analysis piece investigates sustainability within the leading casual dining brands and efforts being made to make a difference.
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Brand Analysis
Focus on Small Pub Companies - June 2019
Smaller pubcos displaying caution in expansion, as distinctive premium-led operations fuel growth. This piece focuses on smaller pub companies with between 5 and 100 outlets.
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Brand Analysis
Profitability Analysis at Leading Restaurant Companies - May 2019
Operating profit margins have seen decline among the leading restaurant groups, but the blame cannot lie solely with external market pressures and groups must exercise resilience and evolve. This analysis looks at reported operating profit across the leading restaurant companies and provides insights into the shape of the sector and the reasons behind this.
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Brand Analysis
Focus On UK Burger Operators - April 2019
Dessert parlour brands are rapidly growing across the UK, satisfying several current consumer trends and benefitting from internal mechanic advantages around franchise operations and low operational costs. This analysis piece explores the Top 10 brands by outlets, growth drivers of dessert parlours and marketing tools that are enabling customer engagement and increasing brand awareness.
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Brand Analysis
Selected & Emerging Pizza-focused Chains - March 2019
The last decade has seen the eruption of artisanal pizza offerings, tapping into market and consumer trends around authenticity, affordable quality and personalisation. The following analysis piece takes a closer look at 22 selected operators with between 2 and 10 outlets at December 2018, and provides insights around growth, the development of the UK Pizza market and the innovation and experimentation that is reinvigorating the pizza scene.
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Brand Analysis
Focus on Dessert Parlour Brands - February 2019
Dessert parlour brands are rapidly growing across the UK, satisfying several current consumer trends and benefitting from internal mechanic advantages around franchise operations and low operational costs. This analysis piece explores the Top 10 brands by outlets, growth drivers of dessert parlours and marketing tools that are enabling customer engagement and increasing brand awareness.
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Brand Analysis
Casual Dining Brand Growth Analysis and Forecast 2016 - 2019
Both traditional and contemporary fast food segments growing amidst branded restaurant and pub/bar restaurant decline. Growth from the leading casual dining brands is being led by fast food, with both brands in traditional and contemporary fast food set to see segment growth in 2019. Fast food operators often benefit from using franchise models and smaller format stores, equating to more risk-adverse site additions. Fast food also benefits from being a lower ticket eating out occasion, hit less by the tightened purse strings of cost-conscious consumers.
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Brand Analysis
Top 25 Branded Restaurant Promotional Offers - December 2018
Modest increase in promotional activity this Christmas as restaurant chains fight for footfall.
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Brand Analysis
Focus on Garden Centre Foodservice - November 2018
The analysis piece takes an in-depth look into food & beverage sales at the UK’s Top 10 garden centre chains, growth in outlets and turnover, and how food and beverage offers can drive footfall, dwell time and consumer loyalty.
