Coffee Shops News – Page 7
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NewsCooks Coffee announces £1.5m capital raise
The Esquires and Triple Two Coffee franchise operator has announced a planned £1.5m fund raising in conjunction with its proposed admission on the Aquis Stock Exchange
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NewsBlank Street Coffee snaps up Over Under
The New York City-founded specialty coffee concept has acquired London-based, eight-strong coffee brand Over Under, with plans to rebrand sites underway, MCA can reveal
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NewsCooks Coffee Co to grow UK estate by 10%
The New Zealand-based group, which operates Esquires and Triple Two Coffee in the UK, recently announced plans to list on the London Stock Exchange
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NewsCreams launches partnership with Tesco
Creams Café has announced a partnership with Tesco, which will see it open dessert parlours within the footprint of two of its supermarkets.
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NewsStuffed launches UK franchise model
Dessert and coffee café Stuffed Gelato has has 10 locations lined up already as it looks to expand across the UK.
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NewsPret’s Pano Christou wants to take chain global
Following plans to open in Spain, India, and Kuwait, CEO Pano Christou wants Pret to carry on growing overseas, the Mail on Sunday reports
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NewsWolfox lines up three sites in London
The Brighton-based café, bar and restaurant group, is launching two sites in The Strand and one in Covent Garden
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NewsPatisserie Valerie closes nine sites
The closures leave the Causeway Capital-backed brand with just 30 sites – down from a high of nearly 200 in 2017
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NewsCosta expands partnership with Butlin’s
The coffee chain will open new stores within Butlin’s resorts as part of a five-year contract
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NewsWatchHouse to debut in New York
The speciality coffee business recently opened its tenth site in Mayfair, with plans to open a further six, in Notting Hill, Marylebone, Marble Arch, Covent Garden, Fenchurch Street and Bath
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NewsCornish Bakery to make Scottish debut
The bakery chain will mark a national debut with an opening in Scotland this year and plans to open eight locations in the UK within 12 months
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NewsInternational café Filli negotiating on further London sites
In addition to expansion in the capital, the Indian street food and chai cafe has just signed the lease on a site in Leicester, MD and head of UK franchise Peter Davies told MCA
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NewsCreams announces four regional openings
The dessert parlour brand is also reopening Nottingham with a new training academy for franchisee
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NewsScoffs acquires 10 further Costa sites
The franchise group now operates 111 Costa Coffee sites in the UK and has plans to open a minimum of 20 new sites per year
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NewsSoho Coffee launches new format
The business has launched Soho Piccolo – the first of its smaller format units – at Northampton Train Station, and sees opportunities for growth within travel hubs
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NewsIndian street food concept Filli planning UK expansion
Filli – a chai and Indian street food business based in the UAE – is due to open a café in London later this month, and is planning 10 more UK sites in the next two years
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NewsBlack Sheep opens Waterloo and Kingsway
The specialty coffee shop chain is pressing ahead with new openings, as it looks to double its estate size in the coming months
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NewsPret, don’t forget true loyalty doesn’t always mean having a subscription
Pret’s subscription scheme, designed to gain data about consumers, has changed the culture of the coffee chain, Times reporter Harry Wallop writes
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NewsCosta targeting 500 drive-thrus by 2025
The coffee shop business has just opened its 300th drive-thru, one of 60 planned to open in 2022 as part of a £20m investment in the format
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NewsLoungers: ‘We see lots of opportunity in London’
Openings in Greater London this year to far exceed FY21/22, with its property pipeline remaining “very well advanced”, chief executive Nick Collins has said