Loungers - On a roll
With Loungers trading ‘fantastically well’ and its organic growth strategy ‘never looking more relevant’, management is pulling no punches. Since full reopening on 17 May, its first nine weeks’ like-for-like sales growth of 24% on the same period of 2019 shows material market outperformance (restaurants +8% like-for-like in June, according to Coffer CGA Business Tracker) and sustains the buoyancy of its initial month (+27%). Yet more striking is Loungers’ resumption of its historical run rate of 25 openings a year (seven in the latest quarter) with clear scope to accelerate (already filling FY23 pipeline) and at increasingly attractive sites, given the boost from pandemic fallout and strong finances (c £30m current liquidity). Staffing challenges should be mitigated by ensuring that Loungers remains a hospitality employer of choice.
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