Limited-Service Restaurants

Current value sales in limited-service restaurants in Germany experienced another year of notable recovery in 2023, signalling a departure from the challenges and uncertainties of previous years. After navigating through periods of economic…

Limited-service restaurants in Switzerland continued to witness robust growth in 2023, having shown much resilience and adaptability during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Players navigated the pandemic era well by focusing on takeaway, delivery…

In 2023, chicken, fish, and Asian cuisines performed particularly well in limited-service restaurants, thanks to the strong performance of KFC and the rapid expansion of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in Spain. The chain saw its network expand from 13…

In 2023, limited-service restaurants in Ireland played a significant role in overall foodservice, contributing 32% share to total value sales. Limited-service restaurants not only recovered to 2019 sales levels in 2022, reaching a recovery index of…

Limited-service restaurants continued to record substantial current value growth in 2023, although the number of transactions and outlets remained stagnant. This was due to multiple factors as the economic environment in the UK continued to struggle,…

Limited-service restaurants experienced growth across all metrics in 2023, although huge current value increases were exaggerated by very high inflation. Nonetheless, the category secured competitive advantages over other consumer foodservice types,…

Limited-service restaurants performed relatively well in 2023, with robust rises in current value sales growth driven by high inflation, and positive growth in volume transactions.

Limited-service restaurants continued to see positive value growth in 2023, although this was partly fuelled by the continued high levels of inflation, which translated into price increases. As a result of the economic downturn and high inflation,…

The economic landscape characterised by a high inflation rate and growing housing costs led to the decline in the disposable incomes of households in Portugal. Reduced purchasing power fuelled a downtrading trend in several industries. For the…

Although outlets numbers continued to decline in 2023, limited-service restaurants witnessed another solid year in Norway and registered one of the best performances in consumer foodservice. On balance, limited-service restaurants have proved…

2023 was a good year for limited-service restaurants in Italy with the category seeing an increase in the number of outlets, while also seeing healthy transaction growth in value and volume terms. This positive trend was seen both in independent as…

2023 saw dramatic rises in living costs resulting from soaring inflation and price hikes for food and energy, with consumer purchasing power squeezed considerably. Greeks had to reduce their spending on foodservice and prioritise essential purchases.…

Limited-service restaurants saw healthy growth in current value terms in 2023 as well in terms of the number of transactions. Although this growth was not as strong as that seen in cafés/bars and full-service restaurants this was in large part due to…

As with consumer foodservice in general, limited-service restaurants continued to see strong current value growth in 2023, albeit spiked more by the high rate of inflation in the country than by bigger volume sales. Current value sales grew at a…

Limited-service restaurants performed better than many other foodservice channels following the outbreak of COVID-19. The category benefited from players adapting to COVID-19 restrictions by offering takeaway and delivery services to help keep…

Limited-service restaurants continued to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023, although value growth was much slower than recent years. This is mainly due to the twin issues of higher food prices and more conservative spending patterns, as…

As a result of the energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Austria saw exceptionally high inflation for the second year in a row in 2023. For local consumers, this meant less disposable income and a concomitant reluctance to spend…