The latest forecasts from the Bank of England say that, by the end of this year, households will be spending somewhere between 7.5% and...

At the end of last month Amazon published results that gave me pause for thought. The company made a loss in the first quarter of this...

Working from Home, Travel and Delivery are pressuring the sector and posing some fundamental questions for operators, who is the...

In this week’s numbers, I consider the impact of tourism. VisitBritain has published forecasts which suggests overseas tourists will...

Whilst, I’ve talked about this before, a couple of things have heightened the issue for me. The new calorie labelling regulations being...

Is delivery technology killing the personal touch? That personal touch that is synonymous with hospitality. Are delivery companies...

The reason I pose this counter factual question, is that I’m noticing two, opposing states of mind. On the one hand, we are facing...

This is the 100th edition of my Weekly Briefing Report. In the issue, I take a look at the last year. What did I predict this time last...

Headlines in the investment media last week proclaimed that, last summer, DoorDash was having discussions with Deliveroo, as if this was...

In this Weekly Briefing Report, I take a look at a mundane, quotidian issue with what I hope can be seen as a light touch in this dark...

In this week’s WBR, I consider what’s going to be needed to help the evolution of the hospitality and foodservice world. It’s most...

We are an ageing population which means a smaller pool of potential employees; what does this mean for businesses and the economy? And,...

Casual Dining is a phrase you don’t hear much nowadays. In the ancient, pre-covid days it was of course heard everywhere. And, again in...

In this issue of Weekly Briefing Report, I share my heat map. The virus is back and the graph shows a large spike with growth of over...

We know how the saying goes. But, what are sales… and how do we measure them and their changes? LfL, GTV… at the moment, all of it is...

According to the government (and to be fair, the official statistics) the economy is growing nicely. So what happens if people continue...

I’ve been taken to task over the past week for not attaching any figures to the state of the foodservice sector in the run-up to...

The year seems to have begun on quite a sombre note. However, I believe, despite yet more challenges, there are reasons and...

Chicken features as the main product from 62% of newly created dark kitchens in the past year. And, with the publication of my latest...

Omicron (or “omnivore” as some spellcheckers will have it) has come out of the blue – or has it? Scientists (and politicians) have,...