The increase in COVID-19 cases across much of the south of the United States has put a brake on the recovery of the out-of-home market, with sales growth slowing nationally and going into reverse in some states such as Texas as restrictions on trading are re-imposed.
As the hospitality sector prepares for its 4th July reopening, key industry experts have collaborated to provide an integrated digital network that will provide swift and clear feedback, allowing consumers to rate their experience of sites’ safety and hygiene measures to help the market return, safely and ultimately profitably.
New research for UKHospitality trade association, detailing the lockdown impact on hospitality suppliers, has highlighted the risk of 460,000 job losses if Government does not extend hospitality support to include the supply side of the sector.
As restaurants, pubs and bars get ready to reopen their doors from Saturday (4 July), CGA’s ‘Pre-Opening Nerves’ webinar delivered vital insights from both the people running them and those using them. Here are ten of the major dynamics and changes to watch as the sector gets back to business.
The food supply chain has held up, and supermarket shelves are well stocked. That’s not to say it’s been easy.
The results of CGA’s latest Business Confidence survey will be presented by the CGA team, looking at the biggest concerns for the leaders of Britain’s pub, restaurant, bar and café companies.
The Hospitality Professionals Survey from CGA and CPL Learning shows that front-line teams in pubs, bars, restaurant and hotels are ready to get back to serving customers, with the majority of staff saying they had been well supported by their employers during lockdown and furlough.
This week, the Government has confirmed July 4 as the official reopening date for bars, pubs and restaurants, and has reduced the two-metre social distancing rule to a more manageable one metre, allowing operators to gear up plans for welcoming customers again.
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On the day that restaurants, pubs and bars in England were given the green light to reopen from 4 July, a CGA and Atlantic Club webinar set out what the new landscape might look like.
With the Government’s announcement earlier today that social distancing through pubs, cafés, bars, hotels and restaurants has been reduced to 1 metre from 4th July, out of home food and drink consultancy CGA has calculated that this means 145 million additional pints of beer will be sold through the sector, compared with what would have been sold with 2 metre social distancing.
As the hospitality prepares for reopening, what is the mood among the leaders of Britain’s pub, restaurant, bar and café companies? What are their biggest concerns? How optimistic are they that customers and sales will return? What new revenue streams are they looking for?
International business leaders and market experts will share insights on the post-opening restaurant and bar landscape at next week’s special joint Atlantic Club CGA webinar.
As the pub, bar and restaurant market looks towards reopening in July, we are restarting openings. We’ll be covering reopenings across the hospitality sector and also tracking sites offering delivery and takeaway services.
Last week’s YouGov poll revealed that many people remain nervous about venturing out after months of lockdown, and that’s across all regions and age groups. How can the hospitality sector change that public sentiment – or at least move it a few percentage points?
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