Pub Restaurants

Managed pubs dominating the eating out market

15-Mar-2013 By Lesley Foottit

Managed pubs are enjoying the strongest growth in the UK’s eating-out sector, according to foodservice consultancy Horizons.

Consumers eating out more but spending less per visit

24-Jul-2012

Consumers are eating out more often although they are spending less per visit, says new research from foodservice consultancy Horizons.

Restaurant Group: pubs trading well

09-Mar-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reported an increase in margins and profits at its pub restaurants for the 53 weeks to 2 January.

Snow slows sales at Whitbread restaurants

14-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney

Whitbread has reported a 5.5% uplift in covers at its pub restaurants for the 39 weeks to 2 December despite a slow third quarter due to the poor...

Snow 'n' ice dents Whitbread's fortunes

14-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ

'Value' meal deals are continuing to drive customers into Whitbread's pub restaurants, the group said today, but it warned recent bad weather had...

Weather impacts Whitbread pub restaurants

04-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

Whitbread's pub restaurants suffered a slow January due to the adverse weather but still continued to grow over the fourth quarter. Its pub...

The Restaurant Group to beef up pub estate

03-Mar-2010 By Hamish Champ

Pub restaurant operator The Restaurant Group (TRG) said it expects to capitalise on the economic downturn forcing existing operators to downsize...

TRG: recession has cathartic effect

03-Mar-2010 By Ewan Turney

The recession will have a "cathartic" effect on the eating out sector, The Restaurant Group (TRG) has claimed as it reported a "resilient" 2009.

Whitbread's value for money strategy pays off, up to a point

16-Jun-2009 By Hamish Champ

Whitbread's focus on value for money deals to attract customers to its pub restaurants has boosted footfall but at the cost of like-for-like sales,...

City Diary — 7 May

08-May-2009 By The PMA Team

All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.

Value food offers fuel Whitbread uplift

28-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

Whitbread's pub restaurants delivered a 7.9% increase in like-for-like covers for the year to 26 February chiefly driven by its value food offers....

'Cut-price supermarket booze to be banned to stamp out binge drinking'

18-Jun-2008

Cut-price booze in supermarkets is to be banned in a bid to stamp out binge-drinking. Ministers are determined to stop stores peddling alcohol at...

Whitbread sees growth in pub restaurants

24-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team

Whitbread's 400 remaining pub restaurants saw a 2.7% increase in like-for-like sales growth in the second half. The remodelling of the Beefeater...