{"id":18094,"date":"2026-03-11T07:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/?p=18094"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:05:19","slug":"uk-market-pulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/market\/uk-market-pulse\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Market Pulse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>UK MARKET PERFORMANCE \u2013 Same Store Sales (SSS) Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Performance during 2026W7 (Week ending 02\/15\/2026)<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Total Restaurant Cohort:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SSS: +1.2% YoY | +19.3% vs prior week 
Indicates a strong WoW rebound across the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Fine Dining:<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SSS: +4.4% YoY | +26.3% vs prior week 
Outperformed the broader market on both YoY and WoW metrics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upscale Casual:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSS: \u20132.1% YoY | +14.3% vs prior week 
Still below last year but showing meaningful week\u2011over\u2011week recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>PERFORMANCE DRIVERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Higher Sales per Head (SPH) is the primary driver of positive sales momentum. SPH increases helped offset the traffic softness. 
Total Cohort: SPH +1.5% YoY | Avg SPH \u00a354.2 
Fine Dining: SPH +5.1% YoY | Avg SPH \u00a3104.2 
Upscale Casual: SPH +5.2% YoY | Avg SPH \u00a341.2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The week reflects stronger spend per guest despite softness in cover volumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>OBSERVATIONS<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Over the trailing 13\u2011week period (2025W41 to 2026W1), Our Fine Dining<\/strong> portfolio experienced a SSS decline of ~ (1.0%) versus the prior year, driven primarily by a ~ (1.7%) drop in traffic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consumers have been scaling back on dining\u2011out occasions – particularly higher\u2011priced, family\u2011oriented meals. Notably, 46% reported plans to reduce how often they dine out, which has directly affected hotel family\u2011meal traffic and event\u2011catering volumes. (1)<\/sup> This shift in consumer behavior has contributed to the softer performance in both Fine Dining and Family Dining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(1) Leisure and hospitality industry outlook 2025 | RSM UK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UK MARKET PERFORMANCE \u2013 Same Store Sales (SSS) Overview Performance during 2026W7 (Week ending 02\/15\/2026)  Total Restaurant Cohort: SSS: +1.2% YoY | +19.3% vs prior week Indicates a strong WoW rebound across the market.  Fine Dining:  SSS: +4.4% YoY | +26.3% vs prior week Outperformed the broader market on both YoY and WoW metrics.  Upscale Casual:  SSS: \u20132.1% YoY | +14.3% vs […]\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":17995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18094"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18116,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18094\/revisions\/18116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperchase.ac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}