Operator analysis
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Brand AnalysisFocus on UK hotel operators - March 2020
UK’s leading hotel groups continue to expand, boosting footfall through F&B initiatives
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Brand Analysis
Focus on contemporary fast food brands - February 2020
Minor recovery expected for 2020, after net outlet decline in 2019.
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Brand Analysis
Casual dining brand growth analysis - January 2020
Analysis of casual dining brand growth from 2015-2020 forecasts.
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Brand Analysis
Top 25 branded restaurants promotional offers analysis - December 2019
Growth in online promotions, as seek to build stronger customer relationships.
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Brand Analysis
Foodservice delivery in casual dining analysis - November 2019
Delivery availability widespread and growing in casual dining. Over two third of the Top 100 casual dining brands are offering delivery, this report examines growth in delivery.
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Brand Analysis
Coffee Shop/Café brand analysis - October 2019
Coffee shop brands achieving robust growth, boosting sales through physical growth and a greater focus on food.
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Brand Analysis
Branded restaurant outlet & turnover analysis - September 2019
Upper middle ground troubles with polarised benefits at either end of the estate size scale. Smaller players remain on-top of trends and renovations whilst larger players utilise brand awareness to explore pockets of growth in the market.
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Brand Analysis
Branded 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.
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Brand Analysis
Focus on Healthier Eating Chains - October 2018
Healthier eating is a mega trend that has been disrupting the UK Eating Out market. The analysis highlights key statistics on UK healthier eating chains and developments within the channel, alongside providing an insight into how other channels are adapting to consumer demand for healthier options, and innovative developments in the healthier eating space around convenience and technology.
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Brand Analysis
Focus on Premium Casual Dining Brands - July 2018
The Premium Casual Dining market has grown ahead of the total Branded Restaurant market in recent years, supported by growing consumer demands for more aspiration and higher quality in food and drink, stylish and modern settings, and unique and creative storylines in menus and surroundings.
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Brand Analysis
UK Street Food Market - June 2018
The UK street food market has consistently grown faster than the total fast food market, starting from a much smaller base. It is estimated to reach a total value of £1.2bn in 2018. The analysis highlights key statistics on the UK street food market, successful street food companies (e.g. Street Feast, GRUB, Market Operations, KERB, …) and the influences on the wider eating out sector.
