New openings round-up
Blacklock, BrewDog, Franco Manca, Nando’s and Vagabond round out this week’s list of new openings.
Blacklock, BrewDog, Franco Manca, Nando’s and Vagabond round out this week’s list of new openings.
Optimism in the eating and drinking-out market has risen to its highest point for 18 months, the latest Business Confidence Survey reveals—but senior executives remain wary of squeezed consumer spending and rising costs as 2020 nears.
The exclusive quarterly survey of business leaders across the UK pub, bar and restaurant market indicates that 44% are optimistic about prospects for the eating and drinking-out sector over the next 12 months. That figure is substantially up on 30% in the last survey three months ago, and is at the highest point since May 2018.
New edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals inflation of less than 1% in seven of ten categories in October 2019.
CGA’s Jonny Jones showed this week’s Drink Tank conference why a hyper-local appreciation of consumers helps pubs, bars, restaurants and suppliers refine their drinks strategies.
BrewDog, Greene King, Gaucho, Patty & Bun and Tim Hortons round out this week’s new openings.
As we look brightly into 2020, we thought it would be interesting to share with you a collection of our most popular articles on the CGA blog in 2019 (by number of pageviews).
What do the next few years have in store for eating and drinking-out businesses? A Peach 2020 panel of leaders from three different sectors—Bartlett Mitchell’s Wendy Bartlett, Revolution Bars Group’s CEO Rob Pitcher and Jane O’Riordan, chair of several big brands—explored some of the big challenges.
Where is the food supply chain and hospitality heading after the General Election and Brexit? Three experts at Peach 2020 pointed to some of the likely paths of direction.
CGA’s Graeme Loudon gave the recent Drink Tank conference an overview of big developments in the beer market. Here are five of the top takeaways.
This year’s CGA Prestige FPI Report shows that whilst food and drink inflation for restaurants and caterers finished 2018 at 3.7%, 2019’s rate almost doubled to 6.1% (year to date), and that many of these cost challenges were sustainability-related.
How has the cider category performed in 2019? CGA’s Paul Bolton shared a host of insights at the recent Drink Tank conference. Here are five of his messages about the £2bn-a-year market.
Soft drinks is a vital and fast-changing part of the on-trade, but where will the category go next? CGA’s Dave Lancaster shared some clues at the recent Drink Tank conference.
The spirits category of the on-trade is changing fast, so what are the big developments to follow? CGA’s Philip Montgomery served up some of the most significant trends to the Drink Tank conference.
On-trade wine sales have been falling, but there are big opportunities to revive interest in a key drinks segment. At the recent Drink Tank conference, CGA’s Charlie Mitchell laid out some of the big trends to follow in 2020.
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-sales edge up 0.5% in November compared with the same month last year, latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker reveal.
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