All Costa articles – Page 30
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OpinionAt your convenience
The UK’s eating out market is in a state of flux. Everybody wants to be part of it, most want to be fast casual. Every piece of research tells us that consumers increasingly want speed of transaction and instant gratification. Who better to meet that need than your new rival, the local convenience store or should that be c-restaurant?
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NewsSalisbury Pubs wins inaugural allergen award
Salisbury Pubs’ site the Alford Arms in Frithsden, Hertfordshire has won an award for being the most allergen-aware eatery in the UK.
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BTP planning next three sites
Boston Tea Party, the 15-strong coffee shop group founded in Bristol, is planning three new sites in 2015 as it moves towards an all-day format with a wider menu, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
Food to go market blurring
The growth of the food-to-go market in the convenience store sector is being driven by a blurring of traditional convenience with foodservice
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NewsSlug & Lettuce rolling out updated brunch menu
Slug & Lettuce has updated its brunch menu and has begun rolling it out across all of its sites as part of its evolution of the brand.
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NewsCosta & Greggs make top five tenants list
Costa and Greggs both made the top five in list of 50 top tenants across the UK’s shopping centres, according to the Going Shopping 2015 Guide
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Analysis & Insight
Catering sector turnover has doubled in 20 years
The food and service management (FSM) sector has doubled its turnover since 1993, according to the British Hospitality Association (BHA)
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Krispy Kreme UK returns to profit
Krispy Kreme UK returned to profit in the year to 2 February 2014, on the back of an increase in underlying sales
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Analysis & InsightDomino's and PizzaExpress lead Youth100 list
Domino’s Pizza has topped the fast food and restaurant category in this year’s Youth 100 List: which highlights the UK’s top brands according to 18-24 year olds
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Starbucks and Costa Coffee top in social media benchmark
Starbucks and Costa Coffee are leading the pack in engaging with UK social media users, according to the latest Food and Beverage Social Media Benchmark from eDigitalResearch.
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Pita Pit continues London expansion
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept, which launched in the UK last year, has secured its third site in London
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NewsCosta growth strategy realistic
The managing director of Costa Coffee has insisted the brand’s growth strategy is realistic and that the growing resilience of competitors Café Nero and Starbucks is not a concer
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NewsPatisserie Valerie appoints marketing director
Patisserie Holdingshas appointed Nicola Hedley, formerly of Costa, as the new marketing director of its core brand Patisserie Valerie
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NewsWhitbread H1 group lfls up 7%
Whitbread has this morning reported a 7% rise in group like-for-like sales for the six months to 28 August 2014, driven by a 6.1% rise in like-for-like sales across Costa in the UK and a 3.1% climb in sales in its restaurants division
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NewsEllis: Whitbread on track for another good year
Leading analyst Wynn Ellis at Numis has said he believes that Whitbread remains on track for another good year
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NewsTragus makes senior management changes
Tragus has completed the re-organisation of its management team, with James Spragg set to return to the company as managing director of Café Rouge and Andrew Walker, the former managing director of Pret A Manger UK, appointed to the newly-created role of managing director of business development
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out brands named in customer service poll
Millie’s Cookies, Costa, Greggs, TGI Fridays, Dunkin’ Donuts, Nando’s, Krispy Kreme, Pizza Hut and Pizza Express have been named in Nunwood’s top 100 companies for customer experience in its 2014 analysis
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Irish coffee chain Insomnia eyes UK launch
Insomnia, the Irish coffee chain, plans to open its first site in the UK, the Irish Independent reports
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NewsCosta extends retail park presence
Costa Coffee has secured six new sites on retails parks owned by British Land
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NewsCosta trials next generation high street format
Costa is trialling a next generation high street format, which has a more “independent operator” feel, in two locations in the UK