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?
An overwhelming majority of festival-goers who have received refunds on their tickets for 2020 say they will rebook tickets for next year, new research commissioned by UK Festival Awards and Brothers Drinks reveals.
Not feeling safe is the main reason why consumers in the US say they are not yet ready to return to restaurants and bars, new research from Nielsen CGA reveals. Overall 30% of people questioned had been out to eat in the last two weeks with 12% going out just for a drink. Pre-COVID-19 just over 80% of US consumers would normally visit a restaurant or bar for a meal at least once every two weeks, revealing the challenge the market still has to reassure people to come back.
CCGA is teaming up with Peter Martin’s Atlantic Club to host a special webinar on Tuesday, June 23 with an international panel and audience to discuss Rebooting restaurants and bars: the global experience. Attend our webinar on Tuesday, June 23 from 4:30-6:00PM to learn more.
The Government is preparing a major overhaul of the planning system in England to speed up approvals for new developments. It’s all part of its strategy for kick-starting the economy, or so we read in the press. We are now used to ministers testing out the popularity of ideas in the media before either pushing ahead or simply denying they were ever being considered in the first place.
Britain’s hospitality sector was responsible for nearly a quarter of the GDP losses felt by UK business in April, highlighting the urgent need for the sector to be allowed to re-open. Total GDP in the UK fell by 20.4% in April, according to ONS figures released yesterday, while new figures from the UKHospitality Tracker reveal how badly the hospitality sector was hit, with turnovers down nearly 90% in the same month. Taken with data from March, with hospitality being first into the downturn, the sector has been responsible for some 32.7% of lost GDP for the country since the crisis began, with figures for trading in May and June being no better.
COVID-19 has been an extremely challenging time for our industry, with hospitality businesses and their staff impacted beyond what any of us could have imagined.
At their core, bars, restaurants, coffee shops and clubs (and many other on-premise businesses) are the result of organically grown passion projects. As a frequent visitor to many of them, and as someone who has developed a strong working relationship with many key brands and businesses in this industry, it’s hard to even contemplate that some of these establishments may never open their doors again. Read Amy Warren’s latest commentary.
As the out-of-home sector works towards a potential reopening from early July, this CGA webinar focused on the key factors that will influence how plans for rebooting hospitality will evolve and adapt to a changing trading landscape. The ‘Resetting the Course to Recovery’ session, run with insight partner Wireless Social, set out the on-trade, consumer and economic dynamics that all operators and suppliers will need to react to and track—and explored what the ‘new normal’ might look like. Download the presentation or watch the recording.
The rise of hard seltzers is one of the big trends in the US on-trade market – and suppliers now have the UK pub, bar and restaurant market in their sights. Hard seltzers, a light refreshing mix of fizzy water, alcohol and flavouring, generated $1.2bn in sales in the US on-premise market during 2019—with 462% dollar sales growth, while volume sales increased by the equivalent of 182 million 12oz cans.
Some good may yet come out of the Dominic Cummings chaos. In a move that could be interpreted as a way to win back public popularity, the Prime Minister has hinted tantalizingly that pubs and restaurants may be allowed to reopen earlier than first suggested – with pub gardens and restaurant terraces earlier still. Read Peter Martin’s latest commentary.
CGA, in association with Wireless Social, presents a special webinar on the key factors that will influence how plans for reopening hospitality will evolve and adapt. Attend our webinar next Wednesday, June 3 from 1-2PM to learn more.
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