Trends & Reports

Analysis of all the latest consumer trends and industry reports to help you operate your business more effectively.

The Lowdown: celebrity-backed restaurants

09-Aug-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Rick Astley (of Never Gonna Give You Up fame) is opening a bar in London with a Danish microbrewer.

Instagram partners with Quandoo to allow in-app restaurant bookings

07-Aug-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Instagram is integrating with restaurant reservation platform Quandoo to allow its users to book restaurants through the photo sharing app.

"You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread person": Pret introduces genderless biscuits

06-Aug-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Pret A Manger, the 500-strong sandwich chain, is re-labelling its gingerbread biscuits as it decides to make them gender-neutral.

Friday Five: the week's top news

03-Aug-2018 By Sophie Witts

We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week.

The Lowdown: the 2018 food shortages

02-Aug-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Farmers are describing this year as the ‘worst year in history’ for harvesting crops, as a number of combining factors have seriously reduced the normal yield.

Eating out sector growing at slowest rate for five years

02-Aug-2018 By Sophie Witts

The UK eating out market is growing at its slowest rate for five years, according to analysis from BigHospitality’s sister site MCA.

Fruit and veg prices rise as produce "left to rot" in heatwave

31-Jul-2018 By Sophie Witts

UK restaurants have been hit by a rise in fruit prices fuelled by the ongoing heatwave.

Friday Five: the week's top news

27-Jul-2018 By Georgia Bronte

We round up some of the top stories in hospitality you might have missed this week.

Culture Club: meet the British artisans rethinking fresh cheese

27-Jul-2018 By BigHospitality

The quality of fresh cheese in this country is rapidly increasing as cheesemakers and chefs embrace the logistical challenges of making and serving them as fresh as they can possibly be.