It was an Easter break to forget for Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups with collective like-for-like sales down 3.8% on 2016’s four-day holiday weekend, according to latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker figures
At the Arena Summer Event on Monday 15 May, CGA’s Peter Martin will chair a special debate with supplier and operator panellists. They will explore the issues of supply chain and rising food prices, and discuss what suppliers and operators want to see from each other going forward. Confirmed panellists to date include Chris Hopkins of Mitchells & Butlers, Frank Bandura of Gaucho Restaurants and Paul Collins from Reynolds.
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Steep rise in fish prices and the weak pound are major contributors to higher than average inflation in the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.
The Alchemist, Leon, Carluccio’s, Señor Ceviche, Ahi Poké and Ikea round out this week’s new openings.
Ladies of Restaurants, the new collective for women working in hospitality, holds its next gathering in London on Monday 15 May.
Our recent sell-out Conference delivered a host of insights from some of the sector’s brightest minds. Here are ten of our top takeaways.
NRI, Innis & Gunn, Hammerton Brewery, Tim Hortons and Drake & Morgan round out this week’s new openings
Britain’s restaurant and pub groups saw collective like-for-like sales fall back 0.5% in March, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker – with the late Easter holiday break being the chief culprit.
The value of alcohol sold out-of-home in Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants rose by 1.8% in 2016, latest figures from CGA Strategy reveal.
MEATliquor, Flight Club, Slug and Lettuce, Kimchee, and the Bengal Brasserie round out this week’s new openings.
Sharp marketing needs proper segmentation of consumers, deep understanding of their needs and brilliant delivery on the frontline, CGA Peach’s Consumer Insight and Marketing Conference heard on Thursday (6 April).
More than nine in ten leaders think building loyalty will be a very important (56%) or important (38%) operational issue this year. That reflects the enormous value of building loyalty in a marketplace that is packed with choice for diners and drinkers.
Pho, Gaucho, Vagabond Wines, Second Cup, M Restaurants, Dandy Cafe and Cote’s Limeyard round out this week’s new openings.
Foodservice price inflation rose to 3.7% in February, the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals—and further increases are likely to follow in the next few months.
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