Consumer spending nudged up on the back of heavy discounting, new figures from Barclaycard show – but many people remain very cautious with their money.
Whitbread has teed up a new Beefeater Bar + Block high street all-day restaurant concept, with the first branch to open in Birmingham next month.
The Thai Leisure Group says it will open eight to ten new sites this year after sales passed the £30m mark in 2015.
Thaikhun, Franco Manca, Carluccio’s, Five Guys, Harry Ramsden’s, Tortilla, Cottons, Geronimo and Côte are among the many brands with news of new openings this week.
CGA Peach’s Peter Martin will be providing an expert overview of the industry and future trends at the Hotelympia show later this month at the ExCel centre in London.
A long-term trend of decline in licensed premises in Scotland could be at an end, a new report from RBS based on CGA Peach data finds.
Fuller’s has updated on trading with a 5.3% rise in like for like sales at its managed pubs and hotels business in the 43 weeks to 23 January.
In another lively week of expansion news, brands including the Alchemist, Gusto, Côte, Nando’s, Wagamama, Thaikhun, Solita, Rosa’s, Carluccio’s and Prezzo have all lined up new openings.
People are eating out more often and in a wider variety of places than ever before, new data from Greene King’s Leisure Spend Tracker confirms—with young adults having the biggest range of options.
Thai café group Rosa’s says it will open three new central London sites this year after agreeing a new £1.8m funding facility with Santander.
The joint venture between CGA Strategy and Nielsen in the US has launched a Brand Index service in the drinking and eating out sectors in the country.
The year has begun with another flurry of openings news from brands including Red’s, Smashburger, Carluccio’s, Busaba Eathai, Le Bistrot Pierre, Marston’s, Loungers, Côte, Bella Italia and many more.
Hospitality charity Springboard is taking part in a new campaign by the Department of Work and Pensions to promote hospitality as a career.
Pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales increase 1.8% over the six-week Christmas and New Year period. Latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show that after a slow start most of the uplift came in the last two weeks of the festive season.
CGA Peach is pleased to reveal the dates for its industry-leading events programme in 2016 – including the prestigious 2020 Conference and Hero & Icon Awards dinner on Wednesday 23rd November 2016.
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