Britain’s restaurant and pub groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 4.6 per cent in March against the same month last year, marking 12 consecutive months of positive growth for the sector.
The Restaurant Group, owner of the Frankie & Benny's, Chiquito, Garfunkel's and Coast to Coast restaurant brands, says it has seen an 'excellent performance' across all its brands in the first half of 2013.
London-based brewer and pub operator Fuller’s has announced it experienced a ‘very positive’ last year of trading with growth across its business but revealed the beginning of 2012 had been the ‘most volatile’ start to a year ever for the company.
April proved to be a washout for the eating and drinking-out market as unusually cold and wet weather hit like-for-like sales, according to this month’s Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
Restaurants and pubs have benefited from the unseasonably warm weather of March, with collective like-for-like sales up 1.9 per cent and total sales up 6.3 per cent on the same month last year.
Pub and restaurant chains suffered a slump in sales in May following April's bank holidays, but performed better than retail according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
Pub and restaurant groups reported a rise in like-for-like sales in February against a strong comparative period in 2010, helped by a month of fair weather and families eating out during half term.
Las Iguanas, the Latin-American restaurant chain, has seen an increase in sales despite eschewing across the board discounting, which has proved popular at other chains
