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Latest pub food trends revealed in new report

02-Jan-2024 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

A new report from Lumina Intelligence has revealed how operators are adapting menus to drive spend while retaining value perceptions.

70% of hospitality leaders face staffing challenges

20-Sep-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Around 70% of leaders in the hospitality sector are facing challenges with tough trading conditions expected to continue, according to the new Lumina Intelligence Top of Mind Report 2023.

Eating out market to grow 4.6% in 2023

07-Jun-2023 By Rebecca Weller

The eating out market has been predicted to grow by 4.6% during 2023, reaching a total value of £95.2bn, figures from Lumina Intelligence have revealed.

Pub visits in year-on-year decline

17-May-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Pub and bar occasions showed a 1.2 percentage point year-on-year decrease in the four-weeks to Sunday 16 April, the latest data from Lumina Intelligence has revealed.

On-trade visits in decline but average spend up

18-Apr-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Eating and drinking out occasions in the on-trade saw year-on-year decline in the four weeks to 19 March 2023, the latest data from Lumina Intelligence has revealed.

Convenience and value driving consumer decisions

28-Mar-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Convenience and affordability are driving consumer decisions when visiting on-premise venues, the latest Lumina Intelligence quarterly report has shown.

Consumer value in pubs grows 19%

23-Mar-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Consumer value in the pubs and bars category has grown by 19%, Lumina Intelligence data has revealed.

Burgers most popular new main dish on pub menus

03-Feb-2023 By Rebecca Weller

Main course dishes accounted for the largest proportion of new items introduced onto pub and bar menus in Q4 of 2022, the latest Menu Tracker Tool from Lumina Intelligence has revealed.

Healthier eating trend helping operators manage costs

16-Jan-2023 By Nikkie Thatcher

Operators are capitalising on healthier eating and sustainability food trends in a bid to help mitigate rising costs, a report has found.

Rising cost of living sees average spend drop 9%

12-Apr-2022 By Nikkie Thatcher

Average spend on eating and drinking out has fallen by 9% in the 12 weeks ending 20 March 2022, according to recent data.

23% of pub trips involve burgers

08-Feb-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Almost a quarter (23.15%) of times people ate out at pubs from November 2020 to January 2022 included burgers, data from Lumina Intelligence Eating and Drinking Out Panel has revealed.

Average cost of pub meals rises by 15p

25-Nov-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The average price of a pub meal increased by 1.9% this year compared to last year, according to research.

MA Leaders Club

37 pubs and bars closed per week in 2020

23-Sep-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The pub and bar sector saw a net loss of 1,930 venues during 2020, with £13.9bn being wiped off the total market value from 2019, according to an industry report.

Almost half of pub visits are wet-led

22-Sep-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Two in five (42%) visits to pubs are for drink-only occasions, while almost a quarter (24%) of trips to the on-trade are for dinner, new research has revealed.

Stonegate set to remain largest pub group in 2021

14-Sep-2021 By Michelle Perrett

The 10 largest pubs groups are expected to see +7.0% growth with further consolidation in the pub market, the latest data from the Lumina Intelligence Operator Data Index has revealed.

Pubs account for 15% of eating out occasions

10-Aug-2021 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs are continuing to gain market share accounting for 15% of total eating out occasions across the four weeks to week ending 11 July 2021 (v four weeks w/e 13 June 2021).

MA Leaders Club

Full MA Leaders Club Leeds event agenda confirmed

09-Aug-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

The recently rebranded MA Leaders Club will be hosting its first event, and the first face to face event for the club in a year and a half, later this year.

Most operators predict better than average sales this summer

25-May-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

About two thirds (66%) of operators are anticipating trading over the summer to be above average, research has revealed.

Rent moratorium extension ‘only defers the problem’

23-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

More than half (53%) of operators quizzed in an industry poll said the Government’s decision to extend the rent eviction ban is of ‘little support’ as simply it postpones the issue.

51% of operators call for roadmap review and acceleration, poll says

16-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Almost half (51%) of hospitality operators think the Government should consider a review of the roadmap and accelerate it, if appropriate, an industry survey has found.

Half of operators say grants still not enough, poll finds

09-Mar-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 53% of operators in an industry survey stated while the grants of up to £18,000 were welcome, the funding was not enough help given the extended period of closure.

Rapid testing ‘may have limited benefits’ for almost half of operators, poll finds

26-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Using lateral flow testing as a workable way of reopening parts of the trade where social distancing is not possible could have some benefits to 46% of operators, research has found.

Trade poll finds 67% of operators couldn’t open with a booze ban enforced

19-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

More than two thirds (67%) of businesses would be unable to reopen if the Government banned the sale of alcohol, a sector survey has found.

88% of operators need furlough extension announcement now, according to poll

15-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Almost nine in 10 businesses need the Government to announce any continuation to the furlough scheme now rather than in the Budget next month, a survey has found.

Two fifths of operators back another EOTHO scheme, survey says

08-Feb-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 61% of operators would support another scheme similar to Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) when reopen, an industry poll has found.

76% of operators want to reopen later with no restrictions, according to survey

29-Jan-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Three quarters (76%) of business leaders would prefer to reopen their venues later in the year without any restrictions in place, a trade survey has found.

79% operators can only survive closure until May with Government aid, survey reveals

22-Jan-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Almost eight in 10 (79%) operators have warned their businesses will only survive a trade shutdown until May with support from Government schemes, research has discovered.

Two thirds of operators predict three more months of closure, poll finds

15-Jan-2021 By Nikkie Thatcher

Some 66% of operators are not expecting to reopen their doors for customers to eat and drink on-site before April, an industry survey has revealed.

Majority of operators expect to be in strictest tier in January, survey finds

04-Dec-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Most operators (67%) believe the new year will bring a ‘tier three style lockdown’ an industry poll has found.

Curfew extension will make ‘little impact' to almost half of operators, survey says

30-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

The one-hour extension of the curfew will have ‘little impact’ to 47% of operators’ businesses, a trade poll has found.

Countdown to Brexit

On-trade increasingly split between ‘strongly positive’ and ‘strongly negative’ Brexit forecasts

27-Nov-2020 By Stuart Stone

According to Lumina Intelligence’s UK Pub Market Report 2020, both strongly positive and strongly negative opinions of Brexit have become more prevalent within the on-trade over the past 12 months.

Coronavirus wipes £14bn off pub market value

23-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Lumina Intelligence UK Pub Market Report 2020 found this year, the pub market is set to be worth £9bn with the impact of the pandemic wiping 61% (£14bn) off its value.

Operators split about December reopening

20-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Confidence in the sector about reopening in December was split in the latest edition of a trade survey.

70% of operators ‘optimistic’ vaccine development will break lockdown cycle

13-Nov-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Seven in 10 operators have shown levels of optimism about the development of a vaccine against coronavirus providing a viable way out of a lockdown cycle, an industry survey has found.