{"id":18268,"date":"2023-04-12T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=18268"},"modified":"2023-04-12T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:52:18","slug":"ovenu-highlights-cost-of-living-switch-to-home-cooked-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/ovenu-highlights-cost-of-living-switch-to-home-cooked-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovenu highlights cost of living switch to home cooked food"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Ovenu, the UK\u2019s largest established oven cleaning specialist, says people are saving money by eating out less and cooking at home more.<\/p>\n

Rik Hellewell, the company\u2019s founder and managing director, said its experience is broadly in line with British Retail Consortium figures for March which reveals people are making fewer visits to restaurants and spending more time entertaining at home.<\/p>\n

This, along with the sales of home accessories and furniture helped total retail sales rise by 5.1 percent in March, compared with the same period last year, despite households feeling the financial pinch. (BBC Business and Barclays)<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cOvenu has not witnessed any huge fall off in enquiries as clients increasingly view their oven as a way of saving money by preparing more meals at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe anecdotal evidence from our franchisees is that clients are reigning in their spending and visiting restaurants is now far less commonplace and something reserved for special occasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn spite of the cost of living increases, people recognise that using their oven more is cost effective and that keeping it clean and well maintained improves its efficiency and helps extend the lifespan of the appliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

A survey by Barclays found that half of consumers questioned are cutting back on eating out \u2013 with restaurant spending falling by 5.1 per cent in March and grocery spending increasing by 7.1 percent. (BBC Business and Barclays)<\/p>\n

The latest figures support the experience of our more than 100 Ovenu franchises across the UK that people are continuing to reduce their discretionary spend and investing any spare money in their home.<\/p>\n

Rik added: \u201cWe have already noted a shift towards a \u2018make do and mend\u2019 attitude, with a greater willingness to either buying second hand or delay replacing a current oven with a brand new appliance<\/p>\n

\u201cA thorough clean by a professional technician can transform an oven to near showroom condition and helps reduce the number of ovens being scrapped, which is also beneficial to the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw a similar trend during the pandemic, with people investing in property improvements. Now, when money is tight, they are again focusing on making the home a more comfortable and stylish place to spend time and entertain in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ovenu, the UK\u2019s largest established oven cleaning specialist, says people are saving money by eating out less and cooking at home more. Rik Hellewell, the company\u2019s founder and managing director, said its experience is broadly in line with British Retail Consortium figures for March which reveals people are making fewer visits to restaurants and spending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ovenu","category-cleaning-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rik-Hellewell-Ovenu-Franchising-Limited-04.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}