All Starbucks articles – Page 32
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Le Pain secures McDonald’s Hampstead site
Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and cafe concept, has secured its 24th site in the UK, after acquiring the McDonald’s unit in Hampstead High Street
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NewsStarbucks warns on 2014 profits
Starbucks has warned that profits for its next year will fall below expectations despite reporting a 13% rise in net revenues to $3.8bn in Q4
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NewsStarbucks launches “tweet-a-coffee” scheme
Starbucks has introduced a new way to gift its beverages via Twitter through a new platform called Tweet-a-Coffee, which allows anyone to send $5 worth of coffee via a tweet.
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 26-27 October
Company results and news£1bn sale on menu at Pizza ExpressThe owner of the restaurant empire behind Pizza Express is finalising plans for a £1bn sale or float.The private equity backer of Gondola Holdings, which also owns the Zizzi and Ask restaurant chains, are expected to appoint an investment bank in ...
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Pinkberry to exit the UK
Pinkberry is set to exit the UK after reportedly placing its two standalone sites based here on the market
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Analysis & Insight
Domino’s most attractive brand for 18-24 year olds
Domino’s is the eating-out brand that matter most to 18-24 year olds, according to the Youth 100 compiled by research firm Voxburner
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Investors target food operators at c£30m auction
Commercial property investors showed a particular appetite for food outlets at the Acuitus October auction, which saw a total of £29.08m of assets being sold
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NewsWhitbread: economy, coffee saturation, restaurant performance, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the H1 results for Whitbread for the six months to 29 August, reports from a media conference call with chief executive Andy Harrison, and rounds up the views of analysts
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Operators sign up for transport hub developments
A number of operators including Leon, Castle Rock Brewery and Flat White, are amongst seven new brands that are set to sign up to open as part of the new food & beverage mix at East Midlands Airport
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NewsStarbucks names Pizza Hut’s Mark Fox as new UK MD
Starbucks has named Mark Fox, former chief executive of Pizza Hut UK’s delivery business, as the new managing director of its UK operations. He takes up his new role on 6 January
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French: Costa reaching saturation in UK
A leading analyst has said that he believes Costa is approaching saturation in the UK whilst the international business is being deprived of the investment needed to capitalise on the growth opportunity
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OpinionTaking Tragus forward
Mark Wingett talks to Tragus chief executive John Derkach about his first year at the helm of the Café Rouge, Strada and Bella Italia operator. The former Costa Coffee managing director talks about how Bella is primed for growth, Café Rouge is going through a process of reinvigoration and working to make Strada special again, while touching on some wider sector issues
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 12-13 October
Weekend press round-up, 12-13 OctoberSector growthRestaurant, café and bar groups among top mid-market private firms Pret A Manger, Nando’s Caffe Nero and Novus Leisure have been listed among the top 250 mid-market private companies in an index published in the Sunday Times.They are included in the Top Track 250 league ...
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OpinionAgents of change
Operators need to be agents of change and have clarity of vision for their people and brand, says Chris Muller, the leading academic expert in the field of chain restaurant management
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Starbucks ramps up food investment
Starbucks UK is launching its largest ever investment in food in the UK, which includes the addition of Duffin, a hybrid of a donut and a muffin, to its new food range
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Operators eye York’s Monk’s Cross scheme
Giraffe, Ed’s Easy Diner and Prezzo are believed to among the line up of operators poised to take sites at the Monk’s Cross shopping scheme in York, which is set to fully come online next spring
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SSP opens two Starbucks at stations
Travel concessions operator SSP has announced the conversion of two former Pumpkin stores located at stations into Starbucks outlets
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Analysis & InsightThe world’s their lobster
Goodman Restaurants broke the mould with the launch of Burger & Lobster in 2011, but there’s plenty more unconventional concepts still in the pipeline, as directors George Bukhov and David Strauss reveal
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New coffee/restaurant venture seeks funding
A fundraising bid for a new coffee shop-meets-restaurant venture, which has plans to expand to high streets across the country, has launched on Crowdcube
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Analysis & Insight
Less buzz, more longevity
Back in January 2008, the world was a different place. Post the Lehman Brothers crash, the talk then was that the “dip in the economy” as it was seen then, would correct itself by the summer and the previous period of growth would be back before the run up to Christmas. At the same time, M&C Report was picking its hot concepts to look out for in the coming 12 months