Combined sales in June 2022 were 23% below the level of June 2021, when venues were subject to trading restrictions and some consumers remained hesitant about eating out, according to the latest data from CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker. It marks the eighth month of year-on-year decline in a row recorded by the Tracker.
Despite the continued fall, delivery and takeaway sales remain well above pre-Covid levels, with growth of 113% in June 2022 compared to the last pre-pandemic June of 2019. Delivery sales were 275% higher than three years ago, while takeaway and click-and-collect sales were up by 39%.
“With trading conditions in restaurants and pubs returning to normal, a slowdown in delivery and takeaway sales was to be expected in the first half of 2022, and it suggests that most of Britain’s consumers have returned to their pre-Covid eating-out habits,” says Karl Chessell, CGA’s business unit director - hospitality operators and food, EMEA,
“However, this sector is still more than twice the size it was before the pandemic, and it’s now worth nearly 24 pence in every pound spent in managed pubs and restaurants who contribute to the tracker. Balancing eat-in and at-home operations, and achieving growth in both without compromising either, will be a top priority for businesses over the second half of the year.”