Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
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- Definitions
- Consumer research
- ACORN
- Abbreviations
Premier Insight
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- Bring drama back into the dining room
- Create a close relationship with customers
- Smaller meals and portions – giving customers a taste
Summary of Key Report Findings
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- The eating out market is now worth £28 billion
- It’s all change, change, change
- Fast food is still the fastest growing sector…
- …but it is faltering
- The ethnic sector is the most vulnerable to changes
- Pub catering tops the polls
- Experimentation and the need for comfort food
- The need for individuality
- Measured rather than rapid expansion
Market Factors
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- Rising PDI and consumer expenditure
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- Figure 1: PDI and consumer expenditure, at current and constant prices, 2000-10
- Demographic changes bode well for the eating out market
- Age
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- Figure 2: The UK adult population structure, by age, 2000-10
- Socio-economic group
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- Figure 3: The UK adult population structure, by socio-economic group, percentage change, 2000-05 and 2005-10
- Making the best use of leisure time
- Snacking growth driving demand for ‘grab and go’ food
- In-home entertainment – keeping consumers in?
- You are what you eat
- Food quality, safety and health concerns
- The fad diet phenomenon
- Eating out and the tourism sector
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- Figure 4: Tourist expenditure on eating out in the UK, 2000-05
- Key legislative issues
Market Size, Trends and Segmentation
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- Market size and trends
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- Figure 5: The UK eating out market, 2000-05
- Market segmentation
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- Figure 6: The UK eating out market*, by segment, 2000-05
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- Figure 7: The UK eating out market, share by sector*, 2000-05
- Fast food
- Burger bars
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- Figure 8: The UK burger bar market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Indian and Chinese takeaways
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- Figure 9: The UK ethnic takeaway market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Pizza and pasta
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- Figure 10: The UK pizza and pasta market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Fish and chips
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- Figure 11: The UK fish and chips market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Chicken bars
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- Figure 12: The UK chicken bar market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Other takeaways
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- Figure 13: Other UK takeaway fast food markets*, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Restaurants
- Pub catering
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- Figure 14: The UK pub catering market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Hotel catering
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- Figure 15: The UK hotel catering market*, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Restaurant meals
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- Figure 16: The UK restaurant meals market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Ethnic restaurants
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- Figure 17: The UK ethnic restaurant market*, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- In-store catering
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- Figure 18: The UK in-store catering market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
- Roadside catering
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- Figure 19: The UK roadside catering market, at current and constant prices, 2000-05
The Supply Structure
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- Figure 20: Number of restaurants in the UK, 2000-05
- Domino’s Pizza Group Ltd
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- Figure 21: Domino’s UK & Ireland plc, financial performance, 2000-04
- KFC (Yum! Brands Inc)
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- Figure 22: KFC, financial performance, 2000-04
- McDonald's Restaurants Limited (UK)
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- Figure 23: McDonald’s Corporation, financial performance, 2000-04
- The Restaurant Group
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- Figure 24: Restaurant Group plc, financial performance, 2000-04
- Whitbread plc
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- Figure 25: Whitbread Group plc, pub and high street restaurant divisions, financial performance, 2000-05
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The Consumer
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- Eating out venues visited
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- Figure 26: Venues eaten in the last three months, April 2005
- Eating out venues by demographics
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- Figure 27: Most popular eating out venues visited in the last three months, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 28: Most popular eating out venues visited, by detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 29: Most popular eating out venues visited, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 30: Most popular eating out venues visited, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
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- Figure 31: Next most popular eating out venues visited, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 32: Next most popular eating out venues visited, by detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 33: Next most popular eating out venues visited, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 34: Nest most popular eating out venues visited, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
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- Figure 35: Other eating out venues visited, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 36: Other eating out venues visited, by detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 37: Other eating out venues visited, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 38: Other eating out venues visited, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
- What other outlets do restaurant users visit?
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- Figure 39: Most popular eating out venues visited, by eating out venues visited, April 2005
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- Figure 40: Next most popular eating out venues visited, by eating out venues visited, April 2005
- Frequency of eating out
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- Figure 41: Frequency of eating out, 2001, 2003 and 2005
- How frequently do consumers who visit specific venues eat out?
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- Figure 42: Frequency of eating out, by eating out venues visited in the last three months, April 2005
The Consumer – Detailed Demographics
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- Frequency of eating out by demographics
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- Figure 43: Frequency of eating out, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 44: Frequency of eating out, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 45: Frequency of eating out, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 46: Frequency of eating out, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
- Average frequency of eating out
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- Figure 47: Average frequency of eating out in the past 3 months, by gender, age, socio-economic groups and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 48: Average frequency of eating out in the past 3 months, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 49: Average frequency of eating out in the past 3 months, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 50: Average frequency of eating out in the past 3 months, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
Consumer Attitudes and Targeting Opportunities
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- Figure 51: Attitudes towards eating out, April 2005
- Attitudes to eating out by type of eating out venue
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- Figure 52: Attitudes towards eating out, by the most popular eating out venues visited, April 2005
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- Figure 53: Attitudes towards eating out, by the next most popular eating out venues, April 2005
- Eating out repertoire – the number of types of outlets eaten in
- Eating out repertoire by the type of eating out venue visited
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- Figure 54: Eating out repertoire, eating out venues visited in the past 3 months, April 2005
- Eating out repertoire by the frequency of eating out
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- Figure 55: Eating out repertoire in the past 3 months, by the frequency of eating out, April 2005
- Eating out repertoire by the attitudes towards eating out
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- Figure 56: Eating out repertoire in the past 3 months, by attitudes towards eating out, April 2005
- Eating out target groups
- Restaurant Buffs (18% of sample or 8.9 million adults)
- Food Buffs (17% of sample or 8.3 million adults)
- Familiar Foodies (19% of sample or 9.4 million adults)
- Restaurant Rarities (12% of sample or 5.9 million adults)
- Eating Out Apathetics (34% of sample or 16.7 million adults)
- Eating out target groups by eating out venues
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- Figure 57: Eating out target groups, by eating out venues visited, April 2005
- Eating out target groups by eating out repertoire
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- Figure 58: Eating out target groups, by eating out repertoire, April 2005
- Eating out target groups by the frequency of eating out
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- Figure 59: Eating out target groups, by eating out repertoire, April 2005
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Consumer Attitudes and Targeting Opportunities – Detailed Demographics
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- Most popular attitudes towards eating out
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- Figure 60: Most popular attitudes towards eating out, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 61: Most popular attitudes towards eating out, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 62: Most popular attitudes towards eating out, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 63: Most popular attitudes towards eating out, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
- Next most popular attitudes towards eating out
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- Figure 64: Next most popular attitudes towards eating out, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 65: Next most popular attitudes towards eating out, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 66: Next most popular attitudes towards eating out, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 67: Next most popular attitudes towards eating out, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
- Other attitudes towards eating out
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- Figure 68: Other attitudes towards eating out, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 69: Other attitudes towards eating out, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 70: Other attitudes towards eating out, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 71: Other attitudes towards eating out, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
- Eating out repertoire
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- Figure 72: Eating out repertoire, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 73: Eating out repertoire, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 74: Eating out repertoire, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 75: Eating out repertoire, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
- Eating out target groups
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- Figure 76: Eating out target groups, by gender, age, socio-economic group and working status, April 2005
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- Figure 77: Eating out target groups, detailed lifestage groups, April 2005
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- Figure 78: Eating out target groups, by region and ACORN category, April 2005
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- Figure 79: Eating out target groups, by media, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, April 2005
The Future
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- Slow and steady growth anticipated
- Competition will continue to heat up
- Leisure and casual dining – an area of growth
- Pizza/pasta – a saturated market?
- Ethnic chain developments on the horizon
- Health and diet – a trend rather than a fad
- Location constraints
- The smoking ban and the pub trade
- The shortage of labour will impede growth
- Eating out is now a lifestyle choice
- It’s not just about food
- Demographic implications – keeping up with change
Forecast
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- Figure 80: Forecast of the UK eating out market, At current prices, 2005-10
- Health concerns will have an impact on the fast food sector
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- Figure 81: Forecast of the UK eating out market, at 2005 prices, 2005-10
- Other catering show fastest real growth
- Fast food
- Chicken goes up the pecking order
- Chains maintain the ethnic growth
- Restaurants
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