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Hospitality operators must quickly put the disappointing Budget behind them, as well as accept high prices for some core Christmas products, warns hospitality purchasing specialist Lynx Purchasing. “The focus now needs to be firmly on working with suppliers to trade through the challenging first few months of 2026,” says Lynx Purchasing managing director Rachel Dobson.

The high level of food inflation, which is causing significant challenges for out-of-home operators, is set to continue across the autumn and into the peak festive trading period, warns hospitality purchasing specialist Lynx Purchasing. Spiralling prices on a range of food and drink staples are adding to the higher costs already facing the sector in

Hospitality operators face further pressure on profits this summer, with inflation expected to drive up prices on a range of core menu products, warns purchasing specialist Lynx Purchasing. With staple products such as meat, potatoes and dairy already recording price increases significantly ahead of the headline rate of inflation, operators face the dilemma of whether

Operators facing the challenge of higher food and drink costs need to benchmark their purchasing and be ready to shake up bad habits this spring, warns hospitality specialist Lynx Purchasing. Rachel Dobson, managing director of Lynx Purchasing says: “This isn’t a market in which operators can afford to be complacent about any aspects of their

Hospitality and catering businesses need to be ready to weather a challenging winter as higher operating costs and volatile food pricing have an impact, warns hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. “The pattern of Christmas trading is now clear for almost all operators,” says Rachel Dobson, managing director of Lynx Purchasing. “Menus are in place and

Concerns about the impact of the October Budget, as well as higher energy costs this winter, are likely to have an impact on fragile consumer confidence, warns hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. “The recent cut in interest rates, along with lower inflation, had offered a glimmer of hope to hospitality operators in terms of persuading

As cost pressures on hospitality operators continue, buying specialist Lynx Purchasing has launched a new, fully updated version of its pioneering GP Calculator App. Gross Profit, or GP, is the essential calculation which tells operators the menu price they need to charge for a dish, based on the ingredient costs. The original Lynx Purchasing GP

The UK’s wet and wild weather over recent months means hospitality and catering operators are likely to face sharp increases in the cost of key food and drink lines, warns buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. Many crops, ranging from potatoes, carrots and salad for summer menus to the wheat grown to make beer, have been delayed

Upheaval in the supply chain caused by ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the impact of storms and freezing weather in the UK, threaten to reverse the benefits of the falling inflation rate, warns hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. As operators plan for the busy Easter weekend at the end

Operators who can move fast to change their Christmas menus in response to shifts in price and availability will be in the strongest trading position this year, advises hospitality buying specialist Lynx Purchasing. That could mean substituting beef for turkey, offering sea bass or sea bream as an alternative to salmon, or switching the seasonal