The impact of COVID-19 on the out-of-home industry is being felt by all. To try and make sense of how this is impacting businesses, we’ve created this special update and we will be regularly adding news as we have it. CGA is sharing these insights publicly to support all of us during this incredibly challenging time.
US on-premise recovery continues
5th June 2020
2:30 pm
Sales across the US restaurant and bar market continued to grow in the week up to May 30, despite civil unrest in a number of city centres across the country. Research by CGA’s Chicago-based operation Nielsen CGA shows that on-premise sales nationally were only 39% below pre-COVID norms, and up 118% on the week of March 28 when lockdown started to kick-in.
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Ten takeaways from CGA’s Course to Recovery webinar
5th June 2020
11:42 am
As the out-of-home sector works towards a potential reopening from early July, this CGA webinar focused on the key factors that will influence how plans for rebooting hospitality will evolve and adapt to a changing trading landscape. The ‘Resetting the Course to Recovery’ session, run with insight partner Wireless Social, set out the on-trade, consumer and economic dynamics that all operators and suppliers will need to react to and track—and explored what the ‘new normal’ might look like. Download the presentation or watch the recording.
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Innovation needed to keep post-COVID wine drinkers happy
4th June 2020
8:07 am
The latest CGA-Buyer Wine Insights bulletin finds wine drinkers look likely to be at the head of the queue when Britain’s pubs, bars and restaurants eventually reopen, but they may be met with less choice.
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Time for some serious gardening
29th May 2020
12:44 pm
Some good may yet come out of the Dominic Cummings chaos. In a move that could be interpreted as a way to win back public popularity, the Prime Minister has hinted tantalizingly that pubs and restaurants may be allowed to reopen earlier than first suggested – with pub gardens and restaurant terraces earlier still. Read Peter Martin’s latest commentary.
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Join our webinar June 3: Resetting the course to recovery
28th May 2020
12:21 pm
CGA, in association with Wireless Social, presents a special webinar on the key factors that will influence how plans for reopening hospitality will evolve and adapt. Attend our webinar next Wednesday, June 3 from 1-2PM to learn more.
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UKH Supplier Alliance launches to secure further Government support
28th May 2020
10:40 am
UKHospitality, the leading trade body for the UK’s hospitality sector, has launched a new Supplier Alliance to push for Government support to help hospitality supplier businesses. Read more.
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Hospitality prepares to map out new trading landscape
22nd May 2020
5:55 am
Latest figures from the CGA AlixPartners Market Recovery Monitor show that at the end of March this year, the pre-lockdown number of licensed premises in Britain stood at 115,108, a 2.4% reduction on March 2019. Read what our now monthly report finds.
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Unstable pricing ahead, predicts CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index
21st May 2020
7:32 pm
New edition of exclusive monthly report highlights widespread and potentially long-lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the foodservice sector. The CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index recorded deflation for the first time in its history in March 2020—but the COVID-19 pandemic is set to create significant instability in pricing in the months ahead.
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Reopened states give boost to US out-of-home recovery
21st May 2020
4:54 pm
Sales across restaurants and bars in the US grew by 25% week-on-week between May 9 and May 16 as a number of major states reopened for business. Latest data from Nielsen CGA* show that while national sales are still 54% down on pre-COVID levels, the opening up of the out of home market in states such as Texas, Florida and Georgia has provided a fillip for the industry. When lockdown first hit, overall sales fell by 80%.
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Last updated 02 April, 2020
While all of us continue to navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its impact on our hospitality industry, CGA is committed to supporting your business throughout the course of this pandemic and to provide continuity of service at all times.
Here’s how we will continue to measure and report with clarity and quality in order to protect the eating and drinking out industry.