UK pub, restaurant and bar chains have said that sales halved in July compared with last summer after reopening for the first time after lockdown. Sales in July were 50.4 per cent lower year-on-year, according to data from the latest monthly Coffer Peach Business Tracker of hospitality firms. Bars saw sales tumble by 63.3 per cent for the month, while restaurant sales dived by 59.8 per cent. The tracker also revealed that 76 per cent of sites which had been open in February were open again in July. Sales over the next four days, when the discounts did not apply, fell but left the week-on-week increase at 31 per cent, CGA said.

Source: Daily Mail August 13, 2020 14:35 UTC