All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 7
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Contemporary fast-food players driving QSR outlet growth
Players such as Popeyes and Wendy’s are expected to lead outlet growth in 2023, according to Lumina Intelligence
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KFC calls on businesses to tackle hiring inequality
A study by the fast food chain and youth charity UK Youth found that inequality of opportunity and a culture of nepotism are preventing many young people from landing their first job
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Retail inflation at lowest level in a year
Now at 5.2%, falling shop price inflation could boost households’ income and spending in time for Christmas, the busiest period of the year for consumer spending
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Great experiences key to loyalty
A report from Zonal found more than half (52%) of consumers have higher expectations of brands due to cost-of-living, rising to 64% among 18-to-24-year-olds
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Further pub closures forecast for 2024
A combination of energy costs, business rates, and tax pressures will see another 750 pub closures in the first half of 2024, according to Frontier Economics
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Why six pubs are closing every day, with the number across UK falling below 100,000
For the first time since records began, Britain has fewer than 100,000 venues serving alcohol as drinkers shun pubs and clubs due to soaring prices
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Premium brands driving restaurant sales growth
Premium restaurant brands are achieving growth with consumers increasingly opting for experience-led quality dining, according to Lumina Intelligence.
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Loungers: opportunity to revisit valuation
Analyst Berenberg has increased its price target to 360p, citing recent takeover announcements in the sector leading to greater focus on the low valuations many leisure names have been trading on
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Night time economy businesses vanishing at ‘alarming’ pace
The night time economy has seen a 5% decline in independent businesses between 2022 and 2023, according to figures from CGA
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Is investment returning to the hospitality sector?
Nick Wallis, partner at Shelley Sandzer Corporate Finance, sees positive signs for the recovery of the sector in a flurry of recent M&A deals
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TRG/PizzaExpress combination offers ‘compelling logic’
MCA asks industry commentators about a potential bid by PizzaExpress owner Wheel Topco for The Restaurant Group, a deal that could not only see cost synergies but combine two of the high street’s biggest brands
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Restaurants’ delivery sales rise but takeaways dip
After a surge during the pandemic, and a steady fall since, restaurants’ at-home sales are settling into a new pattern of solid year-on-year growth, according to CGA by NIQ
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Warm September prompts month-on-month delivery decline
While delivery fell back, restaurants, QSR, and retail all benefited from increased footfall, according to Lumina Intelligence
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Return to normal habits drives more eating out occasions
As inflation eases and consumer confidence improves, Lumina Intelligence senior insight manager Katie Gallagher sees a return of consumers to the market – with a skew towards drinks
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The pizza market in 2023: ‘It’s too crowded’
MCA explores the up-and-coming brands looking to take on the dominant pizza chains, the potential for new innovation to dethrone Neapolitan as the leading trendsetter, and the thoughts of former Fulham Shore boss David Page on how the landscape has changed
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Party Dining: How late-night restaurants are supplanting clubs
As premium restaurants amp up the volume and theatrics with DJs and live entertainment, MCA explores how the fast-evolving space will push boundaries and become “more and more bold”
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42% considering career outside sector
Operators and managers are looking at employee satisfaction with cautious optimism, with pay up and well-being a growing priority, according to research from CGA by NIQ and Harri
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No-shows double in a year
Research from Zonal and CGA by NIQ shows that 12% of consumers are not honouring their reservations or informing venues in advance that they need to cancel.
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Hospitality businesses see 5.9% sales growth
Managed restaurant, pub and bar groups achieved 12 consecutive months of year-on-year sales growth in September, according to CGA
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Hospitality leader sentiment remains cautious
Katie Gallagher of Lumina Intelligence considers how eating out spend is being driven by low-ticket necessity occasions, while restaurants suffer year-on-year declines in share of the market