Jan 20, 2023 Hospitality Market Monitor – 2022 closures eclipse those of COVID-hit 2021 as cost pressures mount By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel Unprecedented inflation in energy bills and other costs has led to a net decline of 1,611 licensed premises in the fourth quarter of...
Jan 05, 2023 Will the New Year signal an inflection point for Hospitality operators? By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel While the men’s football World Cup and the festive season may have provided welcome boosts for the UK’s hospitality sector, the need to...
Oct 31, 2022 In case of recession, get ready for new behaviors from the pandemic-hardened consumer By Molly Harnischfeger TJ Wommack Eric Dzwonczyk Adam Werner Andrew Sharpee +2 more... Show less Americans eager to leave the pandemic behind showed their enthusiasm over the past year by flocking to restaurants, bars, and hotels,...
Aug 25, 2022 Are you a product-centric company? Should you be? By William Oellermann Many businesses that do not start out as product companies realize they should consider becoming product-centric. Some may decide to...
Apr 26, 2022 Food distribution – mitigating the “perfect storm” of disruption By Peter Appel Joe Cubellis Mat Accardo Of all the challenges facing American consumers in 2022, rising prices and inconsistent availability of food has one of – if not the –...
Oct 28, 2021 Fries with your AI? By Angela Zutavern Adam Werner Eric Dzwonczyk The pandemic was an accelerant for many companies – especially born-traditional ones – to “up their digital game” and embrace...
Oct 13, 2021 Market Recovery Monitor – Deep industry disruption curtails hospitality’s recovery from COVID By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel The road to recovery for the hospitality was never going to be one without further obstacles along the way.After 18 months of...
Aug 16, 2021 Market Recovery Monitor – 7,000 licensed premises in Britain still in limbo post-‘Freedom Day’ By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel The long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ on 19 July marked the beginning of a new chapter for hospitality, with the focus for operators shifting to...
Jul 14, 2021 VIDEO: The route to restoring orders in UK hospitality By Graeme Smith Continued lockdowns and the delay of “Freedom Day” have had an immense impact on consumers’ and travellers’ spirits across the UK and...
Jul 13, 2021 Crispy, Crunchy Deals - US Middle Market Eyes Restaurant Chains By Connor Lott With the US beginning to open up, private equity investments in the restaurant industry and other related sectors have slowly increased,...
May 19, 2021 Hello Gousto and farewell Tesco Metro: the winners and losers of changing customer habits By Kate Boddington News this week that Tesco are scrapping their Metro format and transitioning more stores to the Tesco Express brand comes as the shift in...
May 17, 2021 Market Recovery Monitor: A third of licensed premises trade once again in April - two thirds more can unlock their doors today By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel As the hospitality sector moves to a crucial phase of the reopening roadmap today, with indoor service resuming, a look back at April’s...
May 04, 2021 Growth in mind as businesses look to normality By AlixPartners Since the turn of the year, through our third national lockdown and as the economy starts to pick up as the vaccine roll out continues...
Apr 20, 2021 Leisure sector M&A trends for a post-COVID world By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel During the pandemic the focus for operators and investors has, unsurprisingly, been on safeguarding the future of their businesses and...
Mar 29, 2021 Market Recovery Monitor – April’s outdoor reopenings will be just the start of the road to recovery in hospitality By Craig Rachel Graeme Smith It has been an incredibly tough 12 months in hospitality, with nearly 7,600 net closures of licensed premises witnessed across Britain...
Mar 25, 2021 Why now is the time to shift from survival mode to a view of long-term value creation By AlixPartners This article originally featured on London First's blog.The New Year ushered in a further wave of COVID-related restrictions, putting the...