All Forecasts articles – Page 4
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Analysis & InsightDrinks sales up 10.7% on New Year’s Eve week
Trading flattened in early January, as consumers returned to work, tightened their spending, and particpated in Dry January, according to NIQ’s Daily Drinks Tracker
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NewsFuller’s toasts ‘outstanding’ Christmas and New Year season
The pub company says it has maintained growth momentum in the year to date, bolstered by a like for like sales rise of 8.2% over the festive period
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Analysis & InsightPremiumisation and innovation to push coffee & sandwich market value to £13.3bn
Robust turnover growth in the branded bakery-led segment is helping to grow the market’s wider value, new data from Lumina Intelligence shows
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NewsGovernment ‘did not have access’ to full picture on rates
Business secretary Peter Kyle said the government has listened to the concerns of the hospitality sector, particularly pubs, and is preparing to make an announcement in due course
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Analysis & InsightChristmas week offers boost to pubs
Like-for-like sales at managed pub operators were up by 4.8% in the seven days from 22 December, the latest NIQ RSM Hospitality Business Tracker shows
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OpinionLet’s raise a glass-half-full this Christmas
Despite a prevailing sense of gloom over costs, it was refreshing to hear some genuine positivity from hospitality leaders looking ahead to 2026
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NewsTurnover continues to slide for Patisserie Valerie as it swings to loss
The bakery business says it has taken ‘significant steps to simplify operations’ in its last financial year, as well as ‘improve efficiency and reposition the brand for long-term sustainable growth’
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Analysis & InsightFrom treat to routine: What UK and US dining spend reveals about consumer behaviour
In the UK, eating out continues to be viewed primarily as a discretionary treat, whereas in the US, dining out has evolved into a routine part of everyday life. Restaurant consultant Robert Ancill examines the takeaways for operators on either side of the Atlantic
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Analysis & InsightPizzaExpress navigates expensive finance costs and structural consumer shifts
The casual dining brand is paying the price of increased interest rates on its borrowing, just as its debt pile has grown and the restaurant market has become tougher than ever, Simon Brooke reports
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InterviewsKokoro: ‘We have strengthened our competitiveness’
Director Chris Lee tells MCA the QSR chain has responded to increasing competitiveness by expanding its Korean offering as it prepares to accelerate expansion
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Analysis & InsightAutumn Budget: Mixed signals for hospitality and leisure
One of the largest tax raising budgets in the post-war era, the increased burden on the middle classes is forecast to dampen spending and contribute to continued subdued trading in hospitality
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NewsBeef prices rise by record 27.4%
In the UK, farmers have faced higher feed costs rising wage bills and higher energy prices following the war in Ukraine, with the number of cattle farms dropping by 8.5% since 2020
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NewsConsumers 'continue to choose convenience' as restaurant deliveries rise in October
Data shows restaurant delivery sales have risen while takeaway and click-and-collect orders have slumped amid a steady move away from consumers picking up food
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Analysis & InsightAlixPartners: ‘UK F&B market proving more resilient than the US’
While F&B is feeling the effect of consumer cutbacks, the impact is milder in the UK than the US, according to Graeme Smith, MD of the financial advisory firm
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NewsGLP-1s to wipe out $53bn in F&B sales
Snacks, baked goods and confectionary are set to be the biggest losers, alongside alcohol, as more people turn to weight-loss drugs, research from Bloomberg Intelligence shows
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Analysis & InsightLeader confidence at five year low
The soaring cost of doing business and pressure on consumer spending mean just just 26% of hospitality leaders feel optimistic for the next 12 months
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NewsHospitality insolvencies flat ahead of budget
A further 265 accommodation and food service businesses collapsed in September this year, with RSM UK warning the future of many more will be dependent on the upcoming budget
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Analysis & InsightDiscretionary spending flat as consumers cut back pre-budget
While overall consumer card spending fell 0.8% year-on-year in October, hospitality and leisure saw modest growth led by rises in entertainment and travel sales
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NewsOne in eight pubs now ‘technically insolvent’
New analysis by accountancy firm Price Bailey show pub insolvencies surged during the spring and summer of 2025 with June recording the highest number of business failures in over a decade
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Analysis & InsightBattersea Power Station tries to defy London luxury slump with £2bn sale
Offloading the landmark site would serve as a litmus test for the capital’s dwindling property market, reports The Telegraph