All Research articles – Page 30
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Analysis & InsightCustomers scoring pubs higher
The latest data from MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor has shown customers are more likely to recommend leading pub brands than they were a year ago.
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Analysis & InsightPoll shows demand for restaurant brands among football fans
Football fans are twice as likely to treat themselves to a meal at a premium restaurant brand than the average consumer, new research shows.
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Analysis & Insight
Young diners more critical than older generation
Younger diners are more likely to leave a negative online review than older diners, a survey from Fourth has found.
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Analysis & Insight
Leisure M&A activity down 44% in Q2
Transactions in the leisure sector in Q2 2017 dropped by 44% on the previous quarter as the divestment of hotel and pub assets by debt purchasers came to an end, BDO analysis has found.
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Analysis & InsightFood to Go visit frequency falling
The average number of food-to-go visits per head per month has fallen at every daypart in the year to June 2017, the latest MCA data has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
Restaurant spend down 7%
Restaurant spending fell by seven percentage points year-on-year in Q2 2017, research from Deloitte reveals.
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Analysis & Insight
Majority of diners choose from menu within two minutes
Three in four diners find something they would consider ordering within two minutes, with 65% arriving at a final decision 60 seconds later, a new survey has found.
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Analysis & Insight
Consumer spending up 3.5% in July
Consumer spending grew by 3.5% year-on-year in July, the highest figure since April
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Analysis & Insight
Poll shows dining alone increasingly popular
Research by Westfield into the nation’s eating habits has suggested diners are increasingly comfortable with eating alone.
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Analysis & Insight
Future of menu price inflation ain’t what it used to be…
Menu changes and associated price increases have typically come twice a year. However, as operators face ever more challenging headwinds, is more frequent menu adjustment becoming the new norm? Steve Gotham looks at what the data from MCA’s Menu Tracker can tell us.
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Analysis & InsightConsumer spending falls but eating-out remains resilient
Consumer spending has suffered its longest sustained fall since early 2013, according to the latest data from Visa.
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Analysis & InsightMenu price inflation at 3%
Menu price inflation is running at 3%, the latest data from MCA has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
‘Significant’ financial distress up 25% year on year
New research from Begbies Traynor shows that 329,834 UK companies were experiencing “significant” financial distress at the end of Q2 2017, a 25% increase yoy
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Analysis & Insight
Talking about their generation
Operators are all too aware of the need to appeal to the Millennial generation but how many have started preparing to attract Generation Z? At MCA’s Managed Pub Conference last month, we presented our own bespoke research and heard from Generation Z expert Chloe Combi. MCA looks at a group that wants to drink soft and die old.
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Analysis & InsightEating out growth to slow to 1.7% in 2017
Growth in the UK eating out market will slow to1.7% in 2017 to a total value of £87.9bn, MCA analysis predicts.
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Analysis & InsightEating out visits down 2% but average spend up 6%
The frequency of eating out visits fell 2% for the full year up to June 2017, while average spend was up 6% to £7.55, MCA analysis reveals.
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Analysis & Insight
Consumer confidence lowest since Brexit vote
Worries about the economic outlook and a squeeze on household budgets has dented consumer confidence
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Analysis & Insight
Weak pound keeps foodservice price inflation high
The weak pound and a sharp increase in the price of fish have kept foodservice price inflation high at 8.8% in June, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals.
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Analysis & Insight
The AA names Berkshire as hospitality top spot
Berkshire has been named the ‘hospitality capital of England’
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News
Co-operative pub sector “thriving”
The co-operative pub sector is thriving, enjoying 15% annual growth and a 100% survival rate