All Costa articles – Page 27
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Analysis & Insight
Google to give expert help to Britain’s best high streets
Google is to send a taskforce of experts into hundreds of high street stores to help Britain’s businesses to grow
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News
Johnson: Culture of hospitality is changing
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said that the culture of hospitality is “changing the atmosphere and the culture of work in London”
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NewsDebenhams further extends F&B offer
Debenhams is to further ramp up its in-store F&B offer with the introduction of Patisserie Valerie and Chi Kitchen concessions
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NewsMcDonald’s and Nando’s lead on social media engagement
Nando’s, McDonald’s and Domino’s lead the way when it comes to social media engagement in the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector,
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News
Costa UK lfls up 5% in Q1
Costa Coffee saw like-for-like sales in the UK grow 5% in the 13 weeks to 28 May with total system sales up 15.9% to £375.2m.
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Analysis & Insight
Pubs lagging behind on coffee service
A poll has shown that while 24% of people think restaurants provide the best service when buying coffee, only 1% thought the same for pubs.
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News
Roadchef FY lfls up 11.1%
Motorway service station operator Roadchef saw like-for-like sales grow 11.1% in the year to 6 January, boosted by its in-house Fresh Food Café and new McDonald’s sites.
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News
American private equity firm buys forecourt operator
American private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is set to announce the acquisition of petrol forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group.
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NewsAbokado builds pipeline
Abokado has announced that it has secured two further sites in the City of London
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News
Macquarie lines up £1.1bn Moto sales
Macquarie Group has appointed advisers for a potential £1.1bn sale of Moto Hospitality, Britain’s biggest motorway services company
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NewsCosta adds vegetarian GF wrap
Costa has added a free-range egg and tomato gluten-free wrap to its summer menu as the first vegetarian option for coeliac and gluten intolerant customers
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Diary
Diary: TGI; Oakman Inns; Costa and M&B
In this week’s Diary we reveal more on a key vacancy at TGI Friday’s; review a busy year at Oakman Inns; look at why McDonald’s is taking the long-term view and find out why Mitchells & Butlers has been urged to bring one of the country’s oldest pubs into the 21st century:
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News
Petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen to launch IPO
Petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen has announced its intention to raise £50m through an initial public offering in June.
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News
Costa and Fuller’s sign for Greenwich development
Costa Coffee and Fuller’s have both been confirmed for housing and leisure development in Greenwich, New Capital Quay, to open venues this summer
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Opinion
Mixing markets takes Brains
As Coffee#1 reaches the milestone of its 50th store, SA Brain chief executive Scott Waddington talks about what pubs can learn from coffee shops but why the company is certainly not seeking to emulate Whitbread
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News
Analyst corner: Rollo on Whitbread
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley says that he expects Q1 16 like-for-like sales of 5.5% from Whitbread
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News
Consumers demand eco-friendly packaging
The majority of UK consumers (85%) want hot beverage outlets to use compostable takeaway cups and 57% of them would be willing to pay 2% more for their drinks to be served in them
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NewsCosta trials To Go format at transport hubs
Costa is trialling an express format in transport locations across London to serve coffee and food at speed, which the company told M&C includes range developments that set it apart from other Costa formats
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News
Analysts on Whitbread update and search for new CEO
Leading analyst Simon French at Cenkos has said that the departure of Andrew Harrison as chief executive of Whitbread probably delays any decision on the demerger of Costa
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NewsWhitbread FY lfls up 6.5%; Harrison to step down as CEO
Whitbread has announced a 6.5% rise in full year like-for-like sales and announced it has commenced a succession process with current chief executive Andrew Harrison set to retire by the end of its next financial year