Spending was down 0.7% on 2007 as the `credit crunch recession' hit leisure markets, and the market is predicted to contract further during 2009.

An underlying demand for eating out is still increasing, however, and Key Note predicts the restoration of growth from 2010 onwards. Positive factors include: busier lifestyles — reduced time for cooking meals at home; and the interest in cuisine inspired by television programmes and celebrity chefs.

Restaurant meals are defined by Key Note as part of the broader catering industry, worth £35bn a year, extending to a total of £64bn if alcoholic drinks are included. It is the social trend towards eating out rather than simply drinking in public houses that has changed the market historically; but so many pubs now offer a meal service that they have grown to account for 35.2% of the market, having overtaken the quick-service (i.e. fast food) sector in this decade.

These two sectors boast major US-based players such as: McDonald's (used by 44% of UK adults in 2009), KFC and Burger King in quick service; while major pub-restaurant operators include Mitchells & Butlers (Harvester and Toby Carvery) and Whitbread (Brewers Fayre and Beefeater). Excluding quick service, the largest chain of restaurants is Pizza Hut (700 branches, used by 30% of adults), part of Yum! Brands Inc, which also owns KFC (725 branches).

In contrast to these giant, global brands are successful UK companies with concepts such as Frankie & Benny's `casual diners' (The Restaurant Group), PizzaExpress (Gondola) and Loch Fyne (Greene King). The possibilities for innovation, in a UK restaurant market always open to new ideas, have been illustrated in this decade by operators such as Nando's — now with 215 Portuguese chicken-based `fast casual' branches — and Clapham House Group, developer of Gourmet Burger, The Real Greek and Tootsies (family diners).

Table of Contents :

Foreword
Hot Points
Executive Summary
Market Definition
REPORT COVERAGE
MARKET SECTORS
Licensed/Unlicensed
Restaurant Format
MARKET TRENDS
General Trends
Recent Trends
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Population
Gross Domestic Product
Inflation
Unemployment
Household Disposable Income
[(c)MARKET POSITION
The UK
Overseas
Market Size
THE TOTAL MARKET
By Value
By Volume
BY MARKET SECTOR
Restaurants
Pub Restaurants
Quick Service
Industry Background
RECENT HISTORY
NUMBER OF COMPANIES
EMPLOYMENT
REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE
HOW ROBUST IS THE MARKET?
LEGISLATION
Alcohol Licensing
Minimum Wage
Legislation for Tipping in Restaurants
Food Hygiene
Changes to Immigration Legislation
KEY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
British Hospitality Association
The Federation of Specialist Restaurants
Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés in Europe
Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association
Sustainable Restaurant Association
Competitor Analysis
THE MARKETPLACE
MARKET LEADERS
Burger King
Gondola Group Ltd
Greene King PLC
Marston's PLC
McDonald's Restaurants Ltd
Mitchells and Butlers PLC
Nando's
Punch Taverns PLC
The Restaurant Group PLC
JD Wetherspoon PLC
Whitbread PLC
Yum! Brands
OTHER COMPANIES
The Bay Restaurant Group Ltd

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