"Contract caterers have substantially outperformed Britain's hospitality sector in recent years, and these latest figures extend a stellar 2025. Strong organic sales growth and a steady increase in new contracts show the high demand for their services, despite multiple challenges in a high-cost trading environment. While there is no room for complacency, the catering sector will be entering the crucial Christmas season with high confidence."
"Sales at Britain's leading contract caterers jumped by 12.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, according to the new Contract Catering Tracker from CGA by NIQ, Bidfood and UKHospitality. The latest performance stretches a long run of growth in every quarter since the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-2021. It also marks an acceleration of growth in 2025, following increases of 8.0% and 9.5% in the first and second quarters of the year respectively."
"The Contract Catering Tracker, from CGA, Bidfood and UKHospitality, aggregates sales from leading operators to provide quarterly reports with year-on-year analysis. It offers businesses a valuable benchmarking tool to measure performance across various metrics and market groupings, and participants in the Tracker receive additional analysis in return for their contributions."
Sales at Britain's leading contract caterers rose 12.2% year-on-year in Q3 2025, continuing quarterly growth since mid-2021 and accelerating through 2025 following earlier quarterly increases of 8.0% and 9.5%. Twelve-month MAT sales growth to end-September stood at 9.7%. Most sales growth was organic, while the number of outlets served increased by 1.4% since Q3 2024. The sector's performance outpaced broader hospitality, showing strong demand despite high-cost trading challenges. The Tracker aggregates leading operators' sales and provides benchmarking and additional analysis to participants.
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