All Starbucks articles – Page 38
-
News
Coffee and fast food boosts Euro Garages
Euro Garages, the Blackburn-based forecourt operator, has reported an 8% rise in full-year EBITDA to £13m driven by a strong performance across its Starbucks, Subway and Burger King franchises.The group said that turnover for the year to the end of July climbed 3% to £314m, with sales across its Starbucks, ...
-
Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 17-18 November
Financial results and company newsEnterprise Inns profits fallPoor weather and Olympic disruption are expected to have caused a 13% to 14% fall in pre-tax profits for Enterprise Inns, when the pub group announces its full-year results on Tuesday. Sales in the year to September 2012 were down on the previous ...
-
News
Brands: no hiding place from consumer vigilantes
Brands will increasingly find that they are operating in a nowhere-to-hide global marketplace when it comes to their reputation and its impact on consumer’s purchasing decisions.In the light of Starbucks, alongside Google and Amazon, being forced to defended its tax affairs to a panel of MPs and facing protests from ...
-
News
Cooked-to-order food 'increasingly popular'
Food cooked to order is becoming an increasing popular among people who eat in restaurants and pubs, according to new research from food service consultancy Horizons, which also points to a gradual rise in the cost of meals.Horizons’ latest Menurama survey, which tracks new foods and dishes from the menus ...
-
Opinion
Do pubs really sell more coffee than cafes?
A recent claim that pubs are the UK’s top sellers of coffee, selling more than coffee shops, has caused astonishment in the hot-beverage trade, says Ian Boughton, the editor of the leading trade journal for the coffee shop sector.The claim, which led to such headlines as ‘UK’s pub chains are ...
-
News
Neame: we're not a cash cow
There’s “something very wrong” with Britain’s tax system when firms like Starbucks pay “next to nothing” while brewers endure an “unsustainable” tax burden, British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) chairman Jonathan Neame has said.Speaking at the BBPA’s Annual Dinner, Neame stressed how the reputation of the industry is “on the ...