Harris + Hoole, the coffee shop venture from Taylor St Barista, in which Tesco has a stake, is to open a brand new development kitchen to support its rollout across the South East.
The group, which currently operates 13 sites across the capital and the South East, will open the new hub kitchen in Park Royal, North West London later this summer.
Harris + Hoole hopes to operate an estate of 20 sites inside and around the M25 by this summer, but plans to open “dozens of new shops across the UK” over the next 12 months.
In February, the group appointed former SSP employee Hannah Saunders as its first head of food. Saunders joins the business after six years at SSP, where she was product development manager.
It has ramped up its links with minority stakeholder Tesco, with the opening of sites above and next to two of the supermarket giant’s units in Osterley and Tooley Street.
