Cafes and Coffee Shops
The latest news and updates on cafes and coffee shops, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Jan- 2024 -12 January
Workshop Coffee appoints new chairman
Workshop Coffee has announced the appointment of David Read as the company’s chairman. Read is joining the board of directors with over 50 years of experience in the food, drink and hospitality industry. The news follows a recent run of B2B new business wins that include The Langham, 1 Hotel…
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3 January
Black Sheep Coffee FY turnover doubles to £21.3m
Coffee shop chain Black Sheep Coffee has revealed that turnover doubled to £21.3m during the year ending 31 December 2022, up from £10.7m a year prior. At the year end, the group had net assets of £33.7m compared with £4.9m in 2021. During 2022, Black Sheep Coffee opened a total…
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Dec- 2023 -20 December
Lavazza to relaunch flagship site in London
Lavazza is set to relaunch a renovated flagship site in central London, inspired by the first site based in Milan. Situated in a historical building opposite the Liberty store on Great Marlborough Street, Lavazza has “engaged with renowned names, from design to gastronomy”, to transform the site. The newly renovated…
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Nov- 2023 -24 November
SSP launches Café Local
SSP has launched a new travel-focused café and retail store concept called Café Local, which has been developed for UK regional rail stations. The first 15 Café Local stores have opened at stations around the country, including Fratton, Exeter, Reading, Dover and Sheffield, and the flagship store has recently opened…
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23 November
Ole and Steen appoints new CEO
Ole and Steen – known as Lagkagehuset in Denmark – has announced the appointment of Joachim Knudsen as its new CEO, effective from 1 January 2024. Knudsen, who succeeds Jason Cotta, joins the bakery chain from a previous role as managing director of McDonald’s Sweden and Denmark. Over the past…
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13 November
Loungers roll-out continues with four new sites
Loungers, a UK-based café, bar and restaurant operator under the Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside brands, has revealed that its accelerated site roll-out plan remains firmly on track, with the launch of four new sites since it announced its landmark 200th Lounge opening on 13 September 2023. The three new…
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6 November
Finca to open sixth site in Glastonbury
Coffee shop company Finca will be opening its sixth location in Glastonbury on Market Street, in the New Year. The new Finca opening will sit in the original location of “fashionable” artisan coffee shop Mocha Berry, which first opened in 1959. Finca established the first specialty coffee shop and roaster…
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2 November
Cornish Bakery opens 58th site in Harrogate
The Cornish Bakery has opened the doors to its 58th location in the Victorian spa town of Harrogate, Yorkshire. The Harrogate launch comes on the back of eight successful openings in the last 12 months in Norwich, Bakewell, Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury, Truro, Whitby Harbour, Plymouth Barbican and Caledonian Park. …
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Sep- 2023 -19 September
Tim Hortons to expand UK franchise estate
Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons has launched a new franchise model in the UK as part of its plans to significantly expand its UK estate. According to the coffeehouse, its franchise model is a “core pillar of growth”, which will help the brand increase its portfolio of 75 restaurants in…
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Aug- 2023 -31 August
NHS-funded wellness café opens in Birmingham
Two leading mental health organisations – Living Well Consortium and Birmingham Mind – have partnered to launch the West Midlands’ first wellbeing café, Grounded. The news comes after Nightline, a dedicated helpline that has been supporting students for over five decades, recently reported a 51.4% increase in calls since 2020,…
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