McDonald’s UK & Ireland has the highest share of eating/drinking out occasions in the UK, despite its share having fallen over the past year, according to Lumina Intelligence.
The UK eating out market is forecast to reach £95.2bn in value this year, according to data from the new Lumina Intelligence Eating Out Market Report 2022.
Menus across the UK eating and drinking out market grew in size between February and April 2022, according to data from Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker, with average prices also increasing.
The proportion of main dishes on operator menus that are sandwiches has risen across four key eating out channels to give consumers cheaper meal-time options amid cost of living pressures.
The total UK coffee shop, sandwich and bakery market is set to exceed its 2019 market value in 2022, according to the latest data from Lumina Intelligence's Operator Data Index.
Average consumer spend on dining out declined by 9% per visit in the 12 weeks to 20 March, the latest data from Lumina Intelligence Eating & Drinking Out Panel reveals.
A new Lumina Intelligence report reveals the use of delivery has become 'habitual to consumers', with the market forecast to grow by £0.7bn in 2022 to a value of £13.3bn.
According to the new Lumina Intelligence UK Restaurant Market Report 2021/22, the UK restaurant market is set to recover to 94% of its 2019 value in 2022.
The 10 largest casual dining brands in the UK are forecast to grow their combined outlet count by 1.1% in 2022 to 5,566 sites, new data from Lumina shows.
Average spend per head in the hospitality sector fell by almost a third in the four weeks to 26 December, according to Lumina’s Intelligence’s latest Eating and Drinking Out Panel data.
Menu options have shrunk by 18% as operators look to minimise disruption to kitchens and consumers amid supply challenges, the latest insights from Lumina Intelligence show.
Eating out frequency, penetration and average spend all increased in the four weeks ending 31 October, according to the latest data from Lumina Intelligence’s Eating & Drinking Out Panel.
The proportion of out-of-home occasions that are purchased and consumed on-premise increased by 3.4% in the 12 weeks ending 3 October, new research from Lumina Intelligence reveals.
The UK's top restaurant brands saw their combined turnover fall by nearly a quarter last year, the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Operator Data Index reveals.
Five Guys, Tortilla, German Doner Kebab and Coco di Mama are all set to fully recover and exceed their 2019 turnover values this year, the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Operator Data Index shows.
More than two thirds of reopening sales in restaurants were made on-site following the easing of restrictions, the latest update to the Lumina Intelligence UK Restaurant Market Report 2020/21 reveals.
The UK pub and bar market will recover to nearly two thirds of its pre-pandemic value in 2021 with a full recovery expected by 2024, according to Lumina Intelligence.
The 10 largest pub groups are expected to see 7% growth with further consolidation in the pub market, the latest data from Lumina Intelligence's Operator Data Index shows.
Average dish counts across both chain and fast food restaurants, as well as managed pubs and bars, remain 'significantly smaller' than before the pandemic, new data from Lumina reveals.
The average spend per consumer per visit in hospitality settings increased by 3.9% in the 12 weeks to 11 July, according to new data from Lumina Intelligence.
Staff shortages and challenges around importing and exporting have been the biggest impacts of Brexit to businesses within the hospitality sector, according to Lumina Intelligence.
Latest data from Lumina Intelligence’s Eating & Drinking Out Panel indicates a shift in channel share during the four weeks to 11 July 2021, driven by the Euros.
Almost a third of consumers plan to eat out less frequently than they did pre-pandemic, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Eating Out Market Report 2021.
The UK eating out market is expected to make a full recovery and exceed its pre-pandemic value by the end of 2022, according to new research from Lumina Intelligence.
Delivery and click and collect accounted for 44% of all out of home (OOH) occasions in first quarter of 2021, up from 42% in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Rising costs of ingredients and increased overheads has forced hospitality businesses to increase their menu prices, Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll reveals.
Following exceptional growth in 2020, the food delivery channel is predicted to see modest decline in the full year of 2021. Should restaurant operators continue to invest, or is now the time to step back?
Hospitality businesses have reported good business since reopening for outside trading, Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality latest Leaders Poll has found.
Hospitality businesses across England have reported a mixed bag of trading in the first few weeks of the lifting of lockdown for outside trading, according to the latest Lumina Intelligence Hospitality Leaders Poll.
Food delivery grew by £3.7bn in 2020 to reach £11.4bn - double its 2015 market value - as it benefited from being one of the few routes to market during the pandemic, Lumina Intelligence reports.
Operators within the hospitality sector are confident that the UK will avoid going into another lockdown after the summer, according to the latest Lumina Intelligence Hospitality Leaders Poll.
The UK food to go market suffered a 45.5% decline in 2020 as the Coronavirus pandemic severely restricted travel and movement, the latest data from Lumina Intelligence shows.
A large majority of hospitality businesses believe that the new track and trace rules requiring all guests to sign in will have a negative impact on their business.
With the prospect of turnover rents and a glut of properties on the market, there is cause for optimism among small and medium-sized restaurant businesses in 2021 and beyond.
More than half of hospitality operators (59%) expect to bring back their staff from furlough by or before May, when restrictions on dine-in operations have been lifted.
The vast majority of Hospitality operators believe the Government’s three-month extension of the lease forfeiture moratorium offers little or no meaningful support to their businesses, according to data from the latest Lumina Intelligence Hospitality...
The hospitality industry is split on whether the Government’s hospitality roadmap should be reviewed, and accelerated if possible, according to Lumina Intelligence latest Hospitality Leaders’ Poll.
Diners will return to city centre restaurants post the pandemic, but in smaller numbers than in pre-Coronavirus times, hospitality operators are predicting.
The value of the UK restaurant sector is expected to grow by 32.1%, to reach £11.7bn, in 2021, on the back of market contraction of 53.1% last year, according to a new report from Lumina Intelligence.
