COVID-19: business recovery challenges in eating out sector UK

Business leaders within the eating and drinking out sector in the United Kingdom expected their biggest challenges for business recovery post-lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to be operational changes and Government regulations. Challenges related to staff and supply were not considered as major.

Challenges for business recovery in the eating and drinking out sector after the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Operational changes due to COVID-19	85%
Additional Government regulations	77%
Food supply	29%
Retaining staff	27%
Re-negotiation of contracts with suppliers	25%
Drink supply	15%
Re-training staff	11%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 17-24, 2020

Number of respondents

123 respondents

Special properties

Leading industry figures from the eating and drinking out sector**

Supplementary notes

* Share of leaders who said 'our biggest challenge' or 'a major challenge'. The original survey question was worded as follows: "How challenging do you perceive the following to be for your recovery?"

** The sample included:
60 percent CEO/MD
39 percent Chairman and board level
1 percent Other senior management

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