
Consumer Pulse Survey November 2020
The majority of consumers feel confident enough to return to pubs, bars and restaurants after England’s lockdown, a new CGA survey shows.
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The majority of consumers feel confident enough to return to pubs, bars and restaurants after England’s lockdown, a new CGA survey shows.
In their latest Consumer Survey, On Premise consultancy CGA revealed that consumers are returning to pubs after lockdown with changed mindsets, an increased desire to visit local venues, and a new tendency to experiment and treat themselves.
A look at how the Out of Home landscape has changed throughout the pandemic and what this means for consumers and operators in the new norm.
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The COVID-19 disruption once again affected the Index in May as fluctuations in demand and stock, as well as low availability of labour and logistics continue to put pressure on categories.
While COVID-19 continues to affect the markets and food supply around the world, both month-on-month and year-on-year inflation has remained relatively low in June.
The implications for many Index categories which have been disrupted by the pandemic have yet to appear, but it is likely they will start to do so in the months ahead.
The full implications of both the effects of COVID-19 on global supply and the gradual reopening of foodservice businesses have yet to be seen but we expect the index to begin to adjust over the months ahead.
We have seen price inflation drop significantly to just 0.7% in 2020 (year to date), with the month of March 2020 reporting overall year on year deflation of -2.9% for the first time since FPI records began in 2015.
This month saw the Foodservice Price Index continue to fall. Year-on-year FPI deflation for November -1.0%, a further 3 index point fall from October.
With Britain in lock-down, hot food delivery services from restaurants and takeaways are set to have an increasingly important role in keeping the nation fed. The public’s appetite for delivered food has been growing.
The public has become increasingly focused on health and wellness as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, with two thirds (66%) of adults saying they are now taking precautions to protect long term health, such as changing what they eat and drink and how frequently they exercise, new research from CGA reveals.
Wine drinking is getting a boost from the COVID-19 crisis, with new research showing that well over half of wine drinkers are either maintaining or increasing the number of times they drink wine.
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