All Costa articles – Page 36
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Danciger leaves M&S
Jason Danciger has stepped down as head of hospitality at Marks & Spencer (M&S) to become F&B Director at The Garden Centre Group
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NewsKrispy Kreme returns to expansion trail
Krispy Kreme UK, the Alcuin Capital Partners-backed doughnut retailer, plans to return to the expansion trail in 2014 after suspending new openings, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsDunkin’ Donuts plans 1,000 UK sites
Dunkin’ Donuts, the doughnut retailer and cafe chain, has a long term plan to open at least 1,000 UK stores, the company’s UK general manager Jim Johnstone has told M&C Report
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Synge & Byrne cafe concept launched
Damien and Adrian Garvey, who are directors of BWL Food Retail and owners of O’Brien Sandwich Bars in Northern Ireland, have developed Synge & Byrne, a new café concept, which will be rolled out across Ireland
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NewsAnalyst corner
A trio of leading analysts - Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley, Wyn Ellis at Numis and Karl Burns at Panmure Gordon - take a closer look at the Costa investor day
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NewsCosta plans Espresso format rollout
Costa is planning to open further sites under its new takeaway store concept Espresso after the success of a pilot site near St James’s Park tube station in London
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NewsSector called upon to help revive UK high streets
The Government has turned to the eating and drinking-out sector to help it revive the UK’s high streets
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NewsCollyer and Ellis raise Whitbread TPs
Leading analysts have given their views on Whitbread following its Q3 interim management statement yesterday
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NewsMenu improvements lift Whitbread restaurants
Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison has cited changes to the menu for the improved performance at the company’s restaurants
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NewsWhitbread lfls grow 4.3%
Whitbread, the leisure group, has reported a 4.3% rise in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 28 November, led by Premier Inn and Costa which saw like-for-likes grow 5.4% and 4.9% respectively -
NewsFrench: Concerned over Costa slowdown
A leading analyst has said he remains concerned over a potential slowdown in UK like-for-like equity store sales at Costa
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NewsSector brands dominate High St happiness list
Leading eating and drinking-out sector operators have dominated the top 10 of the latest High Street Happiness Survey, which looks into the levels of customer satisfaction being provided by the UK’s top high street brands
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UK rollout planned for Yam Yam To Go
Bakerstreet Holdings, the Dutch owner of the Yam Yam To Go pan-Asian takeaway concept, hopes to expand the brand to between 10 and 20 outlets in the UK over the next three years, chief executive Henri Froeling has told M&C Report
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Job centres 'let down industry'
Perceptions Group vice-chair Anthony Pender says he is “appalled” by the lack of promotion of hospitality jobs from careers advisors after a dozen industry employees carried out mystery visits at Jobcentre Plus outlets
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Diary
Diary: M&B, Eclectic, Enterprise Inns, PBR, Starbucks, Costa
This week’s Diary includes Eclectic’s admission to AIM, the end of the line for M&B’s Tuk Cho, Ted Tuppen’s next move, the fallout from PBR and finding love in Costa
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Brains replaces Costa in pubs with own brand
SA Brain, the Welsh brewer and pub operator, has taken out Costa coffee in its 95 sites and brought in its own brand named Great Little Coffee Company, retail director Philip Lay told the Pub Retail Summit
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NewsRollo expects solid Q3 from Whitbread
A leading analyst said he expects Whitbread to report solid like sales growth of 3%, in line with H1 when it updates the market on 10 December, but that growth across its restaurants will be flat due it being underrepresented in London
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NewsCosta to launch in Morocco
Costa Coffee has announced plans to open its first store in Morocco, in partnership with Fawaz A. Alhokair & Co
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Eating-out brands make customer experience 100
ASK Italian, Nando’s, Harvester and TGI Friday’s were amongst the top 100 ranking food and drink brands named in the annual run-down of the best names for customer experience in the UK
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NewsEAT set for next stage growth
EAT, the Lyceum Capital-backed chain, is set to embark on its next stage of development after it is believed to have agreed a new bank facility that has freed up a further £10m-£15m of funds