Loyalty in focus when the market reopens
Post-lockdown reopenings could give brands new chances to generate guest loyalty, the latest edition of the GO Technology report from CGA and Zonal suggests.
Change and polarisation in food choices highlight need for supplier support
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered important changes in people’s attitudes to food and created a split between those seeking quality and value—but suppliers are well placed to help operators capitalise on post-lockdown sales opportunities.
Five priorities for supplier support in 2021’s new normal
As operators come to terms with challenging market conditions and changed consumer behaviours, how can suppliers best help in 2021? CGA’s client director Fiona Speakman set out major pandemic-related trends that could last long beyond lockdown in a webinar this week for events company Montgomery Group, and highlighted some of the key areas for support.
Ten trends impacting on premise drinking for 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns are radically changing the way people engage with pubs, bars and restaurants—possibly for good. As the on-trade enters a challenging 2021, here is CGA’s guide to how shifts in consumer behaviour will impact the drinks market over the next 12 months.
Rebooting restaurants and bars: Ten trends to watch
On the day that restaurants, pubs and bars in England were given the green light to reopen from 4 July, a CGA and Atlantic Club webinar set out what the new landscape might look like.
Hard seltzers: next stop, UK bars
The rise of hard seltzers is one of the big trends in the US on-trade market – and suppliers now have the UK pub, bar and restaurant market in their sights. Hard seltzers, a light refreshing mix of fizzy water, alcohol and flavouring, generated $1.2bn in sales in the US on-premise market during 2019—with 462% dollar sales growth, while volume sales increased by the equivalent of 182 million 12oz cans.
Hard seltzer: the next big thing from the USA?
Hard seltzers are the new drink category starting to dominate supermarket and liquor store shelves in the US. High-profile Super Bowl advertising and social media moments have pictured them as the beverage of choice at home, by the pool or at the beach. With US off-premise sales having hit $1.55bn, on the back of a 213% annual growth rate, hard seltzers are now successfully hitting the American bar and restaurant market too – and if that continues can a mass move across the Atlantic to these shores be far behind?
Lockdown Britain reaching for the wine bottle
Wine drinking is getting a boost from the COVID-19 crisis, with new research showing that well over half of wine drinkers are either maintaining or increasing the number of times they drink wine.The latest CGA-Buyer Wine Insights Bulletin also finds that of those drinking wine more often, the key drinkers are younger and male, which is a significantly different profile to the typical on-trade wine customer.
Britain’s drinking habits are changing under lockdown
With Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants shut down, the nation’s drinking patterns have changed as a result, with almost a quarter of the population (24%) buying alcohol online in the past two weeks, and with more planning to in the coming weeks, new research from CGA shows.