Food & Drink sector analysis

Welcome to our first ever ‘Shaw Report’ into the Food & Drink (F&D) sector which provides the industry’s SME business leaders with a powerful benchmarking tool to aid their decision making. 

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"In this report we have segmented 2,172 F&D businesses with earnings of £1m+ by size and subsector to track their performance, profitability, debt levels and M&A activity."

Alexei Garan
Director & Head of Debt Advisory, Shaw & Co

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Larger blue-chip corporates have regular access to this type of analysis from investment banking advisers. However, it is our mission to provide SME business leaders with free access to the same market intelligence in a clear, concise and easy-to-use way.

This report will help you benchmark your performance relative to the sector. It will also provide you with valuable insight regarding your relative creditworthiness and attractiveness from a M&A point of view. 

Key findings

• Within the F&D sector, the Bars & Restaurant segment has been hardest hit by Covid, reporting a drop in turnover of 35% and earnings of almost 60%. This is understandably creating a knock-on effect with brewers and the wider sector as a whole.
• There is now a significant opportunity for alternative lenders to bridge the gap left by the traditional lenders for longer term loans for SMEs.
• Outside of the Bars & Restaurant segment, if you are a good business with solid growth plans you could be borrowing up to 4 times your earnings (Ebitda) for growth projects and acquisitions.
• The F&D industry is a very buoyant M&A market with double the volume of transactions compared to the prior year. There is strong international buyer demand for quality UK businesses regardless of size or location. 

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