All Coffee shops & Cafes articles – Page 76
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NewsWhitbread FY lfls up 6.5%; Harrison to step down as CEO
Whitbread has announced a 6.5% rise in full year like-for-like sales and announced it has commenced a succession process with current chief executive Andrew Harrison set to retire by the end of its next financial year
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NewsDunkin’ Brands keen to develop relationship with Welcome Break
Jim Johnstone, the managing director Dunkin’ Brands UK & Ireland, has told M&C Report that he is keen to expand the company’s relationship with Welcome Break.
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Abokado launches London Marathon offer
Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy food bars, is supporting the London Marathon by offering free lunches to runners.
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NewsCosta's loyalty scheme hacked
Costa has warned its Coffee Club Card members of a potential security breach after its online accounts were hacked and accounts were suspended
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Village London lines up Victoria opening
Village London, the London-based company behind Riding House Café, Village East and The Garrison, is understood to have lined up a fourth site in Victoria.
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Soho, Esquires and AMT top for ethical coffee
Soho Coffee Shop, Esquires Coffee Houses and AMT were named the top three ethical coffee shop brands across a number of environmental, social, sustainability and Fairtrade categories from 14 national chains in a recent study by Ethical Consumer
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Starbucks launches second UK site under evenings concept
Starbucks has opened the second UK store to feature its evenings menu, including the sale of alcohol.
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NewsPret: Flirting over loyalty cards
Clive Schlee, chief executive of Pret A Manger, has said that company has avoided loyalty cards and instead empowered staff to give away a certain number of hot drinks and food every week for free
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Ravello adds fifth site
London coffee shop group Ravello has opened its fifth London site marking its City debut at Angel Court near Bank
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NewsSubway opens 500th non-traditional site
Subway has reached another milestone as it announced that it now has more than 500 stores open in non-traditional locations in the UK & Ireland
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Brains CEO: Pubs can learn from coffee shops
Scott Waddington, the chief executive of SA Brain, has told M&C Report pubs can learn lessons from coffee shops on how to entice customers back from the off-trade.
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Asda launches new in-store café concept
Asda has launched a new in-store cafe called Express Diner, which serves “coffee from Seattle” and “tea from Yorkshire” as well as pizza, hot dogs and soft drinks
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OpinionBreaking bread
Launched in the UK in 2006, Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and café concept, has quietly grown to a c£34m-turnover, 24-strong business. New managing director Peter Jenkins talks to Mark Wingett about what comes next for a business that is increasingly finding the market coming its way
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NewsEAT reports 4.5% LFLS following 2014 loss of £26.3m
EAT, the Lycium Capital-backed group, has reported improvement in its sales and performance after its losses doubled to £26.3m for the 12 months to 26 June 2014, up from £12.3m year on year
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NewsDebenhams to ramp up F&B offer
Debenhams is to further ramp up its in-store F&B offer with the introduction of Joe and the Juice sites and through a partnership with Insomnia
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NewsTortilla secures West Hampstead PizzaExpress
Tortilla, the Quilvest-backed, fast-casual concept, has secured the former PizzaExpress unit in West Hampstead for an opening next month
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NewsCoffee#1 ‘watching with interest’ as rivals move into evenings
Scott Waddington, the chief executive of SA Brain, has told M&C Report that he is “watching with interest” how Starbucks and Pret fare with their evening concepts before deciding if Coffee#1 will follow suit.
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NewsEAT appoints new head of operations
EAT has appointed Esther Arnanz, formerly of Pret A Manger, as its new head of operations
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NewsMoran becomes CEO of Le Pain US
Jack Moran has been promoted to chief executive of the all-day bakery and cafe concept’s growing US operation
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Veeno expansion continues
Italian wine café concept Veeno has lined up its first opening in Liverpool as it seeks funding to grow to 10 sites over the next 18 months