Pubs and restaurants see trade down 45% on opening weekend
Coffer Peach Business Tracker, trading figures for pub, bar and restaurant groups on ‘reopening weekend’, July 4 & 5, 2020.
Coffer Peach Business Tracker, trading figures for pub, bar and restaurant groups on ‘reopening weekend’, July 4 & 5, 2020.
Latest data from CGA’s Outlet Index gives us a first look at outlet reopenings over the first post-lockdown weekend.
Managed pubs, restaurants and bars are planning a gradual re-opening starting this weekend, although operators are feeling both cautious optimism and anxiety about trading levels, according to the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth.
If reopening businesses after a three-month lay-off and with a heap of new regulations and restrictions to follow wasn’t difficult enough, there are those just waiting for pubs and restaurants to mess up.
BrewDog, Drake & Morgan, Loungers, Mitchells & Butlers and Revolution Bars Group are few in this week’s list of venues planning to open their doors.
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.
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