All Costa articles – Page 40
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Diary
Diary: Whitbread, Polpo, Five Guys, Shake Shack
This week’s Diary includes Polpo looking at the Big Apple, Andy Harrison’s offer to investors, Square Pie keeping an old rocker rocking, and who’s on top in the burger wars?
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News
Eat seeks new FD
Eat, the sandwich shop chain, backed by private equity firm Lyceum Capital, is seeking a new finance director
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News
Analysts mixed on Premier Inn offshoot
Leading analysts have given a mixed reaction to news that Whitbread plans to rollout a smaller, cheaper version of Premier Inn aimed at major cities
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Analysis & Insight
Nando’s loses some desirability
Nando’s saw its brand desirability fall by 17% in 2012, according to a new survey
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News
Marston urges pub franchisors to restore trust
Pub companies embarking on franchise operations have to go further than other hospitality franchises
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News
Costa makes Spanish debut
Costa Coffee is understood to have teamed up with Airfoods, a Grupo Enasui subsidiary, to make its debut iin Spain
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News
Whibread Q1 LFLs up 3.1%, restaurants flat
Whitbread has reported a 3.1% rise in Q1 like-for-like sales, with Costa again leading the growth with like-for-likes up 8% but with flat like-for-likes in its restaurants division
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News
Caan linked to Little Chef bid
James Caan, the entrepreneur and star of Dragons’ Den, is the latest name to be linked with a possible acquisition of troubled roadside restaurant chain Little Chef
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News
French identifies key risks to sector
Leading analyst Simon French has identified seven key areas of risk for the industry, and provides and overview of the main sector firms
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News
Odeon looks to ramp up F&B options
Odeon is understood to have held talks with a number of branded operators about ramping up its F&B offer.
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NewsRollo: Weather to hit Whitbread restaurants
A leading analyst has said that he expects Costa to have seen strong trading (+3%) helped by the poor weather, when it gives its Q1 trading update on 18 June.
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Opinion
Little Chef brand set to disappear
The iconic restaurant brand could disappear from the UK’s roadsides after a number of potential buyers indicated that they may want to rebrand the 83-strong business.
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 25-27 May
Please see below our roundup of this weekend’s newspapers: Pubs Britain’s pubs face lost decade The pub industry faces a lost decade with sales unlikely to hit 2007 levels for at least another five years despite the government’s efforts to reduce the cost of beer in the latest budget. Tightened ...
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OpinionFull of beans
Here’s a question for you, what constitutes a coffee shop these days? According to the latest figures, there are c15,700 coffee shops in the UK,
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Opinion
The method man
Chief executive Mike Tye is committed to putting a great guest experience at the heart of Spirit’s culture.