UK SPPI: food and beverage serving services
UK SPPI: food and beverage serving services stood at 134 in Q2 2026, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is one of the indicators in the Services producer prices table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q4 2008 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Services producer prices table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services price index by industry | |||||||||||
| I56 Food and beverage serving services | 134 | 133.9 | 133.2 | 133.5 | 131.3 | 131.1 | 130.4 | 129.7 | 129.7 | 128.1 | |
| J Information and communication | 118 | 117.4 | 116.9 | 115 | 114.2 | 113.6 | 114 | 114.8 | 113 | 111.5 |
Understanding UK SPPI: food and beverage serving services
Contract catering, institutional canteen services, and corporate event hospitality across the United Kingdom are isolated in this hospitality sub-index. It tracks prices negotiated for outsourced workplace dining facilities, executive board dining, commercial event banqueting, and mobile catering provided directly to enterprise clients. It diverges from consumer restaurant indices by tracking managed hospitality contracts rather than individual over-the-counter consumer meal sales.
Unadjusted quarterly reporting leaves the figures exposed to academic terms, corporate budget cycles, and seasonal entertainment spikes. Figures undergo retrospective revision when large contract caterers submit updated cost-plus reconciliations and retrospective food procurement adjustments. Year-on-year percentage movements provide the only balanced assessment of underlying contract inflation by eliminating regular calendar-based corporate event spikes. The measure must not be treated as a proxy for consumer food price inflation, as catering contracts reflect fixed management fees and labour charges alongside food inputs.
Frequently asked questions
- Are high-street restaurant meals included in this indicator?
- No, it covers services provided to businesses, such as outsourced staff dining, corporate event catering, and contract banqueting.
- How do cost-plus catering contracts affect index revisions?
- Revisions occur when final retrospective reconciliations of food, labour, and management charges are calculated and reported by catering firms.
- Does this index measure the cost of ingredients or the full catering service?
- It tracks the full invoiced service fee, combining food preparation, staff service, and operational facility management charges.