All Costa articles – Page 21
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Craig: Pure and Whitbread is a long-term project
Spencer Craig, founder of healthy, food-to-go concept Pure, in which Whitbread acquired a 49% stake earlier this week, has told MCA that the new partnership is a long-term project
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NewsWhitbread enters food to go sector with Pure acquisition
Whitbread has made a move into the UK’s food-to-go sector with the acquisition of a 49% stake in London based company, Healthy Retail Ltd, trading as ‘Pure’, for £6.8m
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NewsCosta to trial artisan coffee concept
Costa is to trial a new ‘finer coffee’ concept at a store in Covent Garden, as it seeks to speed up its rate of innovation.
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Costa FY lfls up 2.9%; Whitbread sales up to £2.9bn
Whitbread has reported UK retail sales at Costa up 15.7% in the year to 3 March with like-for-like sales in UK equity stores increasing by 2.9%.
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OpinionNLW: It's not just the economics, stupid
The national living wage (NLW) may have come into force this month, but its impact on the sector is far from clear yet. With any resulting boost to consumer spending yet to filter through, operators know the timing of price rises to mitigate the NLW effect must be handled cautiously. ...
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NewsJackson & Rye lines up further London site
Cote, the BC Partners-backed group, is in advanced talks to secure a fourth site in London for its Jackson & Rye brand
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Debenhams added 15 F&B operators in H1
Debenhams says it added a further 15 third party branded food offers to its stores in the six months to 27 February.
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Analysis & Insight
“Brand fatigue” is shaping the coffee shops of the future
Coffee chains such as Starbucks and Costa are at risk of ‘brand fatigue’ with customer loyalty beginning to wave
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NewsLe Bistrot Pierre set for Altrincham
Le Bistrot Pierre has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after securing a site in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
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NewsRogers steps down as Costa MD
Whitbread has announced that Christopher Rogers is to step down as managing director of Costa.
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Macellaio RC lines up third London site
Macellaio RC, the Italian restaurant concept from Roberto Costa, has lined up a third site in the capital in Southwark
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NewsDerkach to chair Le Bistrot Pierre
Le Bistrot Pierre, the Livingbridge-backed group, has appointed ex-Costa Coffee managing director and Tragus chief executive John Derkach as its new chairman
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NewsGBK signs for Beverley shopping centre
Gourmet Burger Kitchen is to open a unit on the Flemingate shopping centre in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
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WHSmith plans coffee shop sub brand
High street retailer WHSmith is planning to launch a new coffee shop sub brand
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Marston’s appoints new head of trading & development
Marston’s has appointed Rebecca Gadsby, formerly of Costa, as its new group head of training and development
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Food Fund International eyes City opening
Food Fund International, the hospitality group founded by one of South Africa’s most prolific restauranteurs, Costa Tomazos, is in advanced talks to open a site in City of London
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NewsJohnson steps down as EAT CEO
Adrian Johnson has stepped down as chief executive of EAT, the Lyceum Capital-backed sandwich shop chain, to pursue other opportunities
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Reynolds steps down at YO!
Paul Reynolds has stepped down as operations director and as a board member of the Mayfair Equity Partners-backed YO! Sushi
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Analysis & InsightFive Guys ranked most popular fast food chain
Five Guys, the US burger concept, which launched in the UK in 2013, has been ranked the UK’s most popular fast food chain
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Analysis & Insight
Millennials remain most loyal consumer group
New research has shown that millennials are the most likely age group (18%) to plan increased spending on eating out in 2016