By Mike Shipley: The seasoned, or battle-hardened, operators among us will argue it was ever thus. But it is clear that the bar and restaurant industry is operating in a challenging market, buffered by significant headwinds in the form of rising costs, allied to an intensely competitive trading environment.
A host of expert speakers shared insights into finance in the eating and drinking out world at CGA Peach’s exclusive seminar on Thursday (23 June). Here are just ten of the lessons we learned.
Brands including Muriel’s Kitchen, Patty & Bun, Le Bistrot Pierre, Punch Taverns, Cote, Cure and Cutt, Blanchette, Five Guys and Flat Iron are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
In under two years the number of consumers who use mobile devices to speed up payment has increased from 2.4 million to 3.1 million.
CGA Peach research shows that almost 29m consumers had food delivered at least once in the last six months. What does this say about changing consumer habits and the future shape of the eating out market? Deliveroo’s UK managing director Dan Warne will be talking about the opportunities, economics and challenges of the current delivery boom at next week’s CGA Peach Future of Finance & Development seminar in London.
Brands including Itsu, Handmade Burger Co., JD Wetherspoons, Cote, Epic Pubs, Be At One, Gusto, Ruby Violet and Byron are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Five FutureChef Alumni supported Springboard’s fundraising event and helped to raise £23,000 for FutureChef, Springboard’s school cooking initiative designed to tackle the chronic chef skill shortage.
Britain’s pub and restaurant groups saw same-store sales slip in May, with collective like-for-like trading down 1.4% on the same month last year according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
American and British consumers want a good range of options when they go out to drink, but are increasingly overwhelmed by choice, new research by CGA Group reveals.
Experienced restaurant entrepreneur and investor Mark Derry is the latest big name to join the speakers’ roster at next week’s CGA Peach Future of Finance & Development seminar in London.
Living Ventures Group (LV) CEO Jeremy Roberts, who alongside the late Tim Bacon launched the New World Trading Company (NWTC) in 2011, will be joining the speakers’ roster at this month’s CGA Peach Future of Finance & Development seminar in London.
Brands including Pret a Manger, Papa John’s, Rhubarb, Living Ventures, Cote, MOD, George’s Great British Kitchen, White Brasserie Pub Company, and TGI Friday’s are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
The diversity of London’s restaurants and bars makes it one of the world’s greatest cities for eating and drinking out – but it is the growth in food-led establishments, at the expense of drinking venues, that is changing the shape of the market and leading the expansion into new areas.
Brands including Albion, Carluccio’s, Café Rouge, Hollywood Bowl, Revolucion de Cuba, Little Chef, Yo! Sushi, Pret a Manger, EasyCoffee, Dominos and Gourmet Burger Kitchen are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Birmingham bar and restaurant entrepreneur Matt Scriven is the latest name on the speakers’ roster at next month’s CGA Peach Future of Finance & Development seminar in London. The Bitters’n’Twisted founder joins Living Ventures boss Jeremy Roberts to bring a regional city perspective to the day’s debate
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