Coffee Shops News – Page 113

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    Waitrose facing backlash on free coffee offer

    2014-02-14T16:19:00Z

    Supermarket chain Waitrose is facing a growing backlash from coffee shop operators and now an MP over its free tea and coffee offer

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    Mayfair Capital secures F&B investment

    2014-02-14T16:02:00Z

    Mayfair Capital Investment Management has acquired £12m of assets for its Property Income Trust for Charities fund, including three F&B units at the Greenwich Peninsula

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    Shep Neame launches branded coffee concept

    2014-02-07T16:41:00Z

    Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has launched a branded coffee concept to raise its tenants’ revenues.

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    Abokado plans 10 in 2014

    2014-02-07T08:03:00Z

    Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy food bars led by Mark Lilley, plans to open 10 new sites in the capital this year

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    Nordic Bakery eyes 10 sites

    2014-02-07T07:57:00Z

    Nordic Bakery is seeking funding and looking for sites as part of a plan to grow to 10 Scandinavian-style cafes in central London within the next three years, M&C Report has learnt

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    Crepeaffaire expansion continues

    2014-02-07T07:51:00Z

    Crepeaffaire, the all-day snack concept, has secured a further site in Cambridge and told M&C Report that it has “loads in the pipeline” both in the UK and internationally

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    Spianata & Co eyes expansion and investments

    2014-02-07T07:51:00Z

    Spianata & Co, the Italian sandwich and bakery chain, is looking for its seventh site in London whilst embarking on a £200,000 makeover for its existing stores in the City as it eyes further expansion

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    AngelBerry raises £150k for expansion

    2014-02-05T07:50:00Z

    AngelBerry, the Bristol-based frozen yoghurt operator, has reached its £150,000 fundraising target for an ”aggressive” expansion drive over the next three years that would see it grow from six to c100 outlets globally

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    Crussh eyes expansion and repositioning

    2014-02-05T07:49:00Z

    Smoothie bar operator Crussh is looking to open at least three more sites this year in London whilst revamping and repositioning all 26 of its existing stores, M&C Report has learnt

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    Workshop Coffee Co grows pipeline

    2014-02-05T07:38:00Z

    Coffee shop operator Workshop Coffee Co is set to launch its third London site next month in Holborn, with a fourth location expected to open by the summer, M&C Report has learnt

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    D'Acampo launches coffee offer

    2014-02-04T07:38:00Z

    Italian TV chef Gino D’Acampo is looking to steal business away from the major coffee players by charging just £1 for a coffee at his My Pasta Bar concept in London

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    Dum Dum Donutterie starts expansion

    2014-02-04T07:31:00Z

    Former operations director at Dunkin’ Donuts UK, Paul Hurley, is launching his second Dum Dum Donutterie this month at Box Park in Shoreditch

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    PV plans further restaurant sites

    2014-01-31T16:55:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed café chain, is looking to open further sites under its new restaurant format, after the success of the first two sites in Scotland.

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    Itsu secures Mayfair site

    2014-01-31T16:10:00Z

    Itsu, the chain founded by Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has further grown its pipeline in London, after securing a site in Mayfair

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    Coffee#1 to strengthen south coast presence

    2014-01-31T08:03:00Z

    Coffee#1, the SA Brain-owned coffee chain, has lined up six new openings for the first six months of the year, as it looks to strengthen its presence along the south coast

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    Starbucks reshuffles senior team

    2014-01-30T08:10:00Z

    Starbucks has reported a reshuffle of its senior management team that will see chief executive Howard Schultz expand his focus to “innovation and next generation retailing and payments Initiatives”.

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    Vital Ingredient grows pipeline

    2014-01-30T08:05:00Z

    Vital Ingredient, the London-based tossed salad-to-go concept, has lined up a further three openings in the capital

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    ​Tim Hortons to evaluate UK opportunities

    2014-01-30T08:02:00Z

    Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee giant that operates more than 4,000 outlets worldwide, has confirmed to M&C Report that the UK is a market that it will evaluate for a possible future launch

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    Costa to rollout “youngsters into work initiative”

    2014-01-30T08:00:00Z

    Costa Coffee is to expand a successful partnership with the Prince’s Trust in Bristol that helps youngsters into work across the UK over the next year

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    Paul UK appoints new commercial director

    2014-01-29T07:54:00Z

    Paul UK, the London-based French bakery concept, has appointed Darren Williams, former head of retail at Hotel Chocolat, as its new commercial director