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Welcome
Sustainability
Category overview
Our high streets and city centres are beginning to buzz
again. People are travelling to towns and cities – for work
and pleasure – more often.1 When they get there, they’re
spending more on food and drink in fast food restaurants,
coffee shops and cafes.2
drink out to treat themselves.3 More employers are using
food and drink to lure workers back into the office,2 while
high street operators are diversifying soft drinks ranges to
differentiate themselves. Drink-only occasions are also on
the rise.3
Brits spent £100.8bn on eating and drinking out in 2024,
a rise of 3.7% on 2023 and 5.1% on 2019.2 While some of
this is of course down to higher prices, the growth is also
evidence of foodservice bouncing back from the challenges
of recent years.2
In short, soft drinks are playing an important role in
foodservice’s recovery. They are fulfilling a widening
range of consumer demands – refreshment, indulgence,
functional health benefits and more – and helping to
bring the buzz back to the sector. We’re working with our
partners in foodservice to accelerate growth in the coming
year. Read on to find out how…
The channel is also changing rapidly, as is soft drinks’
role within it. Increasingly, people are buying food and
FOODSERVICE
IN NUMBERS
In terms of overall revenue growth, quick-service
(or fast food) restaurants have been foodservice’s
star performers in recent years. These venues have
added £1.1bn (3.2%)2 in sales in the past year and a
whopping £6.2bn (21.5%) since 2019.2
Leisure attractions have grown by 7.2%,2 thanks
to increases in tourist numbers and domestic day
trips, as people have cut back on expenditure on
foreign holidays and staycations in response to
ongoing economic pressure.
Fast food has grown as people have drawn in
their belts in response to economic pressures and
spent less in full-service restaurants, which grew
by just 1.1% in 20242 after suffering a 5.3% decline
between 2022 and 2023.2
Revenues from workplace facilities have grown
by 6%2 as employers have sought to lure workers
back into offices more often. This has helped
drive 4.7%2 growth in the overall contract catering
channel to a value of £9bn.2
1 Centre for Cities - https://www.centreforcities.org/blog/hybrid-working-in-global-cities-how-does-londons-return-to-the-office-compare/
2 IGD, Grocery Retailing and Eating out Forecasts to 2029, June 24
3 Lumina Intelligence Eating and Drinking Out Panel – collected 52 w/e 14.05.23 and 52 w/e 12.05.24
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