Pubs and restaurants see sales continue to slowly rise

Coffer Peach Business Tracker figures for w/c 20 July 20 show that collective like-for-like sales were down 28.5% year on year, but up on the 31.6% decline the week before, and the 39.8% decline the week before that. The rise has been helped by more sites reopening, with 68% of group-operated sites open compared to 60% the week before. “Trading at just over 70% of pre-covid norms is an improvement on the week before for those businesses operating, but it’s more steady than sensational,” said CGA director Karl Chessell.“Operators are still taking it cautiously as demand edges up, and that’s been particularly true among restaurant chains.”