Coffee Shops News – Page 130
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O’Halloran to step down as Paul MD
Esther O’Halloran will step down as managing director of Paul UK at the end of this month to start her own HR business consultancy firm, M&C Report understands.O’Halloran had been running the 32-strong French café bakery chain on a day-to-day basis after James Fleming stepped down as chief executive last ...
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Orieux returns as Paul UK CEO
Jean-Michel Orieux, the former managing director of Ping Pong, the dim sum chain, has returned to Paul UK, the 32-strong French café bakery chain, as its new chief executive.Orieux started the roll out of Paul in the UK nine years ago as managing director, before leaving in 2007 to oversee ...
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Breakfast Club secures new sites
Breakfast Club, the licensed all-day café chain, has secured two further sites in London for openings in the first half of 2013, following a 25% increase in sales year-on-year.The four-strong group, which was founded by former head of public/customer relations at the Football Association Jonathan Arana-Morton with his sister-in-law Alison ...
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UK coffee shop growth set to continue
The total UK coffee shop market grew 7.5% in 2012 to reach £5.8bn in turnover, and it is expected to increase to 20,000 sites with a £8bn turnover by 2017.That’s according to an annual report on the sector from Allegra Strategies, which says the total number of outlets grew 4% ...
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Krispy Kreme prepares to make Scotland debut
Krispy Kreme, the doughnut retailer, is to make its debut in Scotland next February with the opening of a drive-thru site at the £4m Hermiston Gait Retail Park development in Edinburgh.The group, which is backed by Alcuin Capital Partners, will open its first Hotlight store in the country on 13 ...
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BGF makes £3m Camino investment
Camino, the tapas-based restaurant and bar chain led by Richard Bigg, has secured £3m of new investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF) to grow towards a 10-strong estate in London by 2015. The group, which counts Mark Derry, chief executive of Brasserie Blanc, as non-executive chairman, currently operates three ...