Cocktail sector continues to surge
More than three quarters of the country’s bars now sell cocktails, with healthier and premium mixed drinks among the big trends driving the flourishing market, exclusive new research from CGA Strategy reveals.
Festive footfall down, spending up
Visits to pubs, bars and restaurants fell over the crucial Christmas period, CGA Strategy’s definitive new survey of December trading reveals—but spending increased.
CGA, Nielsen take Brand Index to the US
The joint venture between CGA Strategy and Nielsen in the US has launched a Brand Index service in the drinking and eating out sectors in the country.
Food inflation to stay flat in 2016
Food inflation will stay around zero in 2016 following a second successive year of deflation in 2015, the annual report from Prestige Purchasing with CGA Strategy concludes.It predicts that soft drinks will return to inflation at 0.5% next year, while alcoholic drinks will fall 1.0%—with food in between at 0%. It follows a year in […]