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.

Sep- 2022 -

23 September

Creams launches emergency support package for franchisees

Creams has announced it has launched an emergency franchise partner support package to help and guide its partners through inflationary pressures, the cost-of-living crisis and other ongoing economic and societal challenges. The full support package includes financial incentives such as a reduction on royalty fees from October 2022 until February…
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16 September

Cairngorm Coffee to relaunch Edinburgh location

Edinburgh city centre coffee shop Cairngorm Coffee is set to relaunch after repeated closures. With lockdowns, low footfall, and a staffing crisis, the venue has struggled and turnover was just £30,000 in 2020 and £55,000 in 2021, while online orders improved. The brand has since expanded its wholesale business and…
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8 September

Hebrides site Café Kisimul brought to market for £275,000

Café Kisimul, in Castlebay on the Isle of Barra, has been brought to market by DM Hall, being marketed for sale at offers over £275,000. Named after Kisimul Castle, Norse for Castle Island which overlooks the village, the main settlement on the 1200 population island, Café Kisimul is a single…
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Aug- 2022 -

5 August

Costa Coffee opens 300th UK drive-thru amid £20m expansion

Costa Coffee has opened a new drive-thru in Peel Centre Retail Park, Sunderland, which marks the 300th drive-thru for the business and forms part of Costa’s £20m expansion strategy for its drive-thru format alone this year. Costa Coffee and its franchise partners will invest in 60 new drive-thrus in 2022,…
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Jul- 2022 -

15 July

Krispy Kreme appoints president and managing director for UK and Ireland

Krispy Kreme has announced that it has appointed Jamie Dunning as its new president and managing director for the UK and Ireland. A former managing director and president at Mars Retail Group and sales director at Cadbury Schweppes, Dunning will take over from Richard Cheshire, who recently took the decision…
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4 July

Pret H1 revenues surge 230% to £357.8m

Pret A Manger has reported that its half year (H1) revenues in 2022 has grown by 230% year-on-year to £357.8m, up from £155.4m in H1 2021, and up by 160% from £223.4m in 2020. May saw revenues across the UK surpass 2019 levels for the first time, with “particularly strong”…
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Jun- 2022 -

30 June

Pret to expand to India in partnership with RBL

Pret has announced its partnership with Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), to launch and build the brand in India. RBL will open the food chain across the country starting with major cities and travel hubs. As India’s luxury to premium retailer, RBL has over 14 years experience growing global brands in…
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30 June

Pret sales hit by rail strikes

Pret A Manger’s sales in London’s financial and shopping district have fallen “sharply”, as coffee, soup and sandwich sales in the City and Canary Wharf were at 62% of pre-Covid-19 levels through Thursday (23 June), according to the latest figures tracked by Bloomberg’s Pret Index. This is reportedly the lowest…
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27 June

Creams Cafe to open at Manchester Arndale

Dessert restaurant brand, Creams Cafe, will be opening at Manchester Arndale later this year with a new 2,325 square feet store at the centre. The store, which has been let on a 15-year lease, will offer the full Creams Cafe experience with the brand’s menu of desserts for dine-in, takeaway…
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27 June

Patisserie Valerie settles £200m claim with Grant Thornton

The administrators of Patisserie Valerie have reportedly settled a £200m lawsuit with Grant Thornton after allegations of negligence arose in its audits of the café chain, which collapsed after a suspected fraud. According to the Financial Times, FRP Advisory, which is liquidating the failed group, sued Grant Thornton in 2020.…
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