All Costa articles – Page 28
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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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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
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NewsCosta's loyalty scheme hacked
Costa has warned its Coffee Club Card members of a potential security breach after its online accounts were hacked and accounts were suspended
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NewsDebenhams to ramp up F&B offer
Debenhams is to further ramp up its in-store F&B offer with the introduction of Joe and the Juice sites and through a partnership with Insomnia
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NewsZivkovic takes Abokado ops director role
Abokado has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Richard Zivkovic, formerly of Costa, TRG and Pret A Manger, as its new operations director
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Analysis & Insight24-hour party people
The lines between pubs and restaurants have been blurring for years, followed by the ones separating them from coffee shops and cafes. Day parts are following suit as operators follow consumer trends but also take advantage of their expertise and locations to stretch their brands
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NewsAnalyst corner: Rollo on Whitbread
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley says he expects Whitbread to report strong FY results as it raised PBT guidance to the top end of consensus
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Starbucks to share 10 years of sustainability research
Starbucks is to share 10 years of research on support the coffee farming industry.
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NewsWhitbread to offer 6,000 apprenticeships by 2020
Whitbread has pledged to invest £5.7m in a scheme to hire 6,000 apprentices by 2020.
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Moto trials new dining concept
Motorway service station operator Moto is trialing a new dining concept called Arlo’s pantry & kitchen at its Chieveley Service station on the M4 in Berkshire
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Spar launches new foodservice concept
Spar, one of the UK’s leading convenience store operators, is trialling a new foodservice concept, Daily Deli
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NewsCosta to open first ‘zero energy’ coffee shop
Costa will open a new ‘Eco Pod’ store - the first ‘zero energy’ coffee shop building in the UK - at Wrekin Retail Park tomorrow
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Costa and Harvester win at Tommy’s
Costa and Harvester were amongst this year’s winners at the Tommy Baby-Friendly Awards
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 28-29 March
Restaurants, fast food and takeaways Domino’s tech-loving boss likes humble pie with his pizzas Patrick Doyle did not pull any punches. “It sickens me,” he told the hundreds of thousands of viewers who watched his online apology. It was just after Easter 2009 and as the boss of Domino’s in ...
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Costas Spiliadis to bring restaurant Estiatorio Milos to London
Acclaimed international chef Costas Spiliadis is to open a branch of his Greek fish restaurant Estiatorio Milos in London in June
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NewsConsumers rate favourite coffee shops, pubs and fast-casual brands
Greggs and Pret a Manger have topped a consumer poll for providing the best customer experience for coffee shops, with Toby Carvery being named favourite in the pub restaurant space
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Coffee brands mobile apps need greater promotion
Coffee shop brands that have created a mobile app are failing to market the service to the majority (60%) of people as the respondents of a recent survey show that that number of people are unaware whether or not companies offered an app
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Chopstix launches in Ireland with forecourt deal
Chopstix, the fast growing noodle bar chain, has signed a franchise deal with petrol station operator Applegreen to launching sites in Ireland
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NewsJDW: Cut-price offers; food sales and margins
John Hutson, chief executive of JD Wetherspoon, has given more detail on the cut price drinks and breakfast offers being introduced next week as well as the company’s growth plans; why the analysts have got it wrong on margins; why accommodation isn’t difficult and the underwhelming performance of its first motorway service site.