All Costa articles – Page 21
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Costa opens first motorway services drive-thru
The first drive-thru Costa at a British motorway services has been opened by Roadchef at its Rownhams East site in Hampshire
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Costa to launch first regional Pronto site
Costa is to launch the first regional site under its fast format Pronto in Bath
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Costa reaches £10m fundraising milestone
Costa’s UK employees, as well as customers and suppliers, have come together to help Costa Coffee reach a £10m fundraising milestone
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OpinionGrowing pains
Bill’s and Byron, arguably two of the UK’s eating-out sector’s leading success stories over the last few years, are each facing, for very different reasons, their first challenging periods. At the same time, EAT has made another management change, which it will hope will finally push it forward and out of the long shadow cast by Pret A Manger
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Analyst corner: Rollo on impact of Pokemon Go
Leading sector analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks at the impact of the current Pokemon Go craze on the pub and restaurant market
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Analysis & InsightThe problem with coffee cup waste
Sam Roberts, managing director of Boston Tea Party, the 18-strong café and restaurant brand, talks about why the company is launching a new initiative – which sees it offer a 25p discount to customers who use reusable coffee cups - in a bid to cut the amount of cups ending up in landfill
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Whitbread’s Baker to become BRC chair
Richard Baker, chairman of Whitbread, is to become chairman of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the retail industry’s trade association, from this autumn.
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Costa launches first online community
Costa has announced it is looking to broaden the scope of its market research efforts by creating an online insight community
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Operators take home Good Housekeeping Awards
Pizza Express and Costa Coffee have both triumphed in the twelfth annual Good Housekeeping Awards
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EAT appoints Walker as new CEO
Andrew Walker, the former managing director of Pret A Manger UK, has been appointed the new chief executive of EAT
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CDG plans Middle East and Asia push
CDG has signed a franchise deal in Saudi Arabia as a platform for expansion throughout the Middle East and Asia
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NewsFirst Costa Fresco outside London to open
Whitbread is trialling its Costa Fresco model outside London for the first time and begun rolling elements of its food offer into other London stores.
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NewsWhitbread Q1 lfls up 1.8%
Costa Coffee grew UK retail sales by 11.4% to £226.5m in the 13 weeks to 2 June as like-for-like sales in company stores grew 2.6%.
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NewsPrezzo appoints Freathy as Chimichanga MD
Prezzo has appointed Morag Freathy, formerly of Compass, as managing director of its Tex-Mex brand Chimichanga
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Holloway joins Prezzo as group property director
Steve Holloway, former partnerships director at Costa UK & Ireland, has officially joined Prezzo this week as its new property director
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Independent coffee shop sector challenging brands
The independent coffee shop sector is now challenging its branded rival for market share, according to consultants Pragma.
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Pita Pit closes London operation
The expansion of Pita Pit across London has been placed in doubt, after the brand’s franchisee for the capital was placed into liquidation and its five sites in the south east closed
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Campaigners ask restaurants to turn down the music
Campaigners are calling on restaurants, cafes and pubs to turn down loud music to make eating out a more ‘pleasant’ experience for hard of hearing diners
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Analysis & Insight
A different class?
A lack of quality sites for growth and expansion is sadly the restaurant industry’s Achilles heel. A shortage of supply, together with increasing rent and premiums, means that even those with ample funds and considerable appetite are finding it increasingly difficult to achieve returns for investors; and this problem is only likely to amplify as more operators join the bun fight, argues consultant Stephen Evans
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Pure FY turnover tops £10m
Pure, the healthy, food-to-go concept, saw turnover top £10m for the first time in the year to the end of 2015