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Loungers - Opening 35 casual dining outlets annually there’s plenty of runway to 665 target

September 2024

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  • Epic Code:
  • LGRS
  • Price:
  • 275p
With average pay settlements running at almost three times the rate of inflation (and further stoked by Labour’s inflation-busting pay settlement for teachers and NHS staff), the first stirrings of a new feel-good factor are sweeping the UK. Another indicator of better times comes from forecaster GfK’s Consumer Confidence Barometer, running since 1974, which has improved for the third month in succession to its highest since November 2021 when the country was still enjoying the Pandemic stimulus. I think one likely beneficiary of this increased disposable income could be Loungers, which operates a fast growing chain of casual dining outlets in the UK. In a hospitality sector on its uppers with a number of restaurants and pubs clos ...

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