The first week of August sees the fifth week in a row where garden centre sales have been up on last year, an average of 18% up, according to GTN Bestsellers.
After speaking with a number of centres much of that increase is credited to the changeable, but more bearable weather. This has been encouraging more people to eat in garden centre restaurants – remember last summer many restaurants were unbearable for weeks, and that resultant increase in footfall is driving the increased sales.
How have your restaurants and coffee shops been performing this summer? Have you made significant menu changes to help increase sales? Email trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk
GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year (week 31) Garden Products - up 34% Growing Media - up 4% Wild Bird Care - up 26% Veg-2-Gro - up 5% All Plants Index - down 4% All Items Index - up 15%
