The UK Ethnic Restaurants and Takeaways Market Report identifies consumers’ attitudes towards ethnic restaurants and takeaways, factors that influence consumers’ choices, and the impact of inflation on the ethnic restaurants and takeaways market. This report covers the ethnic food market size, market forecast, market segmentation and industry trends for the UK ethnic restaurant and takeaways market.
Despite ethnic food outlets and restaurants reopening for dine-in services following the lockdown at the start of 2021, the food takeaway market has not lost its momentum. The UK takeaway market size has been boosted by increased consumer confidence in ordering ethnic food online, the increased range of takeaway options available and changes to consumers’ lifestyles, meaning that more people want their food brought to them.
Many consumers agree that rising living costs have made it harder to justify using ethnic restaurants or takeaways and are more cautious with spending, which is set to decrease ethnic food market size and margins slightly.
Meanwhile, flexible working practices have resulted in a dispersed consumer base, making it less viable for foodservice operators to rely on earnings from one retail format. Therefore, alternative concepts, including street food markets, dark kitchens and drive-through will enable the ethnic food market to expand their catchment areas and make ethnic cuisines more accessible.
The ethnic restaurants and takeaways market has an opportunity to play a more significant role in supplementing home cooking with the emergence of a hybrid meal that enables consumers to put together a wholesome meal with minimal effort.
The ethnic food market will focus on modernising restaurant and takeaway functions. This will include state-of-the-art drive-through, sustainable takeaways packaging solutions, and on-premise dining experiences with enhanced restaurant atmospheres as well as entertainment and leisure activities.
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Cuisines: Caribbean, Mexican, South American, Moroccan, Eastern Mediterranean, South Asian, South-East Asian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese.
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This report, written by Trish Caddy, a leading senior analyst in the Foodservice sector, delivers in-depth commentary and analysis to highlight current trends and add expert context to the numbers.
Ethnic restaurant/takeaway operators have an opportunity to play a bigger role in supplementing home cooking with the emergence of a hybrid meal – made up of prepared ethnic restaurant/takeaway dishes (eg a large portion of curry) and staple home-cooked dishes (eg rice, salad) – that enables consumers to put together a wholesome meal with minimal effort.”
Trish Caddy
Senior Foodservice Analyst
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