Just under a quarter of England’s licensed premises have opened for trade in hospitality’s first week back for outdoor-only service, according to latest figures from the Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners.
Venues cut their menus by nearly half on the first day of outdoor trading, while burgers emerged as consumers’ most wanted dish.
Three quarters of spending on the first day of hospitality’s reopening went on drinks, with consumers treating themselves to premium beers, cocktails and spirits after several months away.
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Around two in five licensed premises will have some kind of space to trade from when the market reopens for outside trading from Monday 12 April, the latest edition of the Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.
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