The total foodservice and hospitality market in the UK is expected to be worth £90bn by 2018, according to Allegra Strategies’ Eating Out in the UK report as eating out becomes the ‘new normal’.

According to today's report, which studies the eating out habits of UK consumers and the views of the industry’s senior executives, 19 million adults now eat out at least once a week, compared to 17 million a year ago.

This year, the market, which covers all areas of out-of-home dining, from cost sector catering to coffee shops, fast-casual and fine-dining restaurants,  is expected to grow by 1.8 per cent to £79.7bn and will continue to see positive growth over the next five years.

“This will be driven by physical expansion, improved consumer confidence with higher anticipated average earnings growth combined with lower inflation rates leading to trading up, ” said Anya Marco, Allegra’s director of insight.

Read the full article at bighospitality.co.uk