UK cafes maintain sales in challenging market but outlet growth stalls

摘要

Project Cafe UK 2020, Allegra World Coffee Portal's report on the UK cafe industry, reveals that the ￡10.5 billion market comprises 25,892 sites across branded, independent and non-specialist operators.The UK branded coffee shop segment now comprises 8,222 outlets, with significantly reduced outlet growth of 0.9%. Allegra said this is indicative of restrained investment in the context of Brexit uncertainty and tough high street trading.Despite market turbulence and a more cautious approach to outlet growth among the UK's branded coffee chains, trading at existing sites remains positive. Forty percent of industry leaders surveyed reported a 5 per cent-plus trading uplift in 2019, up 9 per cent on 2018.