• NIQ’s Hospitality at Home Tracker showed Britain’s top restaurant groups’ total at-home sales rose 9.6% in August 2026 from August 2025.
• Like-for-like at-home sales increased 0.2%, the weakest reading since February, signaling a sharp slowdown in underlying growth.
• Delivery outperformed, rising 3.4% like-for-like, while takeaway and click-and-collect revenue fell 7.1% for a 17th straight month.
• At-home channels represented 19.3% of restaurant consumer spending in August, with deliveries generating more than two-thirds of at-home revenue.
• NIQ flagged margin pressure from rising operating costs, third-party delivery fees, and potential cannibalization of dine-in demand.

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