Lumina Intelligence - Food & Drink

21/12/2022

Welcome Calum Totton to the Sales & Marketing team! Calum is our Sales Executive, we've enjoyed getting to know him so far.

07/12/2022

Green Christmas - Sustainability is re-established at the forefront of trends ♻ 🎄

2 in 3 UK consumers rate themselves as very sustainability-conscious.

Operators should be looking at more eco-friendly decorations for their venues, have plant-based menu spotlights or in the case of convenience, ensure appropriate stock to meet demand. Day 5 looked at Morrisons no plastic sustainability campaign, which was a great example of an initiative with sustainability in mind.

Source: Wholesale Market Report 2022

04/12/2022

Day 4: From 'naughty' yesterday to 'nice' today, 44% of the UK rate themselves as health-conscious (+3ppts year-on-year). Health has been a major driver of change in legislation and consumer behaviour, where we have seen an increase in healthier alternatives.

Consumers have also reduced their alcohol intake based on this pursuit of healthier alternatives, see the Healthy & Natural zone at the Food & Drink Expo from Mon 24th- Wed 26th April 2022.

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03/12/2022

Tis the season for indulgence: "Treat" is a leading mission for eating and drinking out of home/delivery. Suggesting that this Christmas, customers are not afraid of being indulgent. This mission drives 1 in 10 convenience missions and is steadily increasing.

Food & Drink Expo

24/11/2022

Daisy Green's 13th branch. The Aussie-inspired café group opened the doors of its new branch on 19th October this year.

This marks the end of the Lumina Intelligence top 10 fastest growing restaurants by outlets.

15/11/2022

Operator initiatives around sustainability are currently focused on reducing emissions. Lumina Intelligence expects that across the next 3 years, more focus will shift to food waste, sourcing and farming practises, underpinned by the impact of Brexit and the cost of living crisis.

Artificial Intelligence based start ups including Winnow and KITRO use AI powered cameras to track waste bins. The cameras record what and how much is wasted to inform businesses of changes needed to be made.

Source: Lumina Intelligence, October 2022, Winnow Solutions, Instagram

10/11/2022

According to our Operator Data Index's latest quarterly download report, The Ivy Collection of Caprice Holdings, are among the Lumina Intelligence top 10 fastest growing restaurants by outlets with The Cosy Club, Bar + Block of Whitbread, Pizza Pilgrims & Mowgli Street Food

09/11/2022

Cosy Club are among the Lumina Intelligence top 10 fastest growing restaurants by outlets, according to our latest Operator Data Index quarterly download report.

A Cosy Club restaurant opened up at Centre:mk Milton Keynes early last week. Managed by Loungers plc, there are 32 Cosy Club sites across the UK and the CMK venue will be one of just a handful in South East England.

03/11/2022

There's still time to sign up to our webinar, be quick, it starts in 15 mins, here's the event link https://lnkd.in/eiJs3qPQ

Join our Insight Director, Blonnie Whist, as she explores the impact of sporting events on consumer behaviour and expectations using our historical data. Learn about arising opportunities and how to drive loyalty with consumers in order to maximise the potential of events.

02/11/2022

Pizza Pilgrims are among the Lumina Intelligence top 10 fastest growing restaurants by outlets, according to our latest Operator Data Index quarterly download report.

Its first Cambridge restaurant, opening on Monday 21st November, will be the company's 20th restaurant, with a games area designed for customers to play Bocce - a classic Italian game