Weak consumer confidence flattens delivery and takeaway sales growth in June

The first half of 2024 saw muted sales growth for the sector.

Top restaurant groups’ delivery and takeaway sales by value were virtually flat year-on-year in June 2025 amidst mixed weather and hesitant consumer confidence, according to the latest edition of CGA by NIQ’s Hospitality at Home Tracker.

Revenue was marginally down by 0.3% on a like-for-like basis across the month—a downward movement after 1.8% growth in May. It completes a muted first half of 2025 for restaurants, with at-home sales less than two percentage points either side of level in all six months.

Restaurants’ trends in deliveries and takeaways mirror those of in eat-in sales. The CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker—based on a separate cohort of restaurant operators—showed like-for-like June sales were exactly level with the same month in 2024. 

The Hospitality at Home Tracker shows deliveries slightly outperformed the at-home market as a whole in June, with growth of 1.6% compared to a drop of 4.6% in takeaways and click-and-collect sales. However, the volume of orders rose in both channels—by 6.6% in deliveries and 11.2% in takeaways.

The Tracker reveals that deliveries and takeaways accounted for 18.3 pence in every pound spent with participating restaurants in June. Total combined sales—including from venues opened by groups in the last 12 months, or where deliveries and takeaways were introduced for the first time, were 10.8% higher than in June 2024.

“Sustained, real-terms growth has been elusive, and any increases have mostly been driven by higher menu prices and new openings. Alongside soft spending, the impact of increased labour costs is now being keenly felt across hospitality, and while the sector’s long-term outlook remains positive, margins are likely to remain under severe pressure over the second half of 2025,” Karl Chessell, director - hospitality operators and food, EMEA at CGA by NIQ, said.