Cafes and Coffee Shops

The Cafes and Coffee Shops section on Catering Today explores the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the UK’s vibrant café and coffee sector. Covering independent operators, branded chains, and suppliers, it reports on store openings, menu innovation, sustainability initiatives, and shifts in consumer behaviour. With insights into operations, staffing, and technology, Catering Today provides hospitality professionals with up-to-date intelligence on the business strategies and market forces driving success in coffee-led hospitality.

May- 2022 -

5 May

Creams CEO steps down as Pistachio Holdings ups stake

Creams has announced that Adam Mani, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO), will step down from his position as CEO to assume the role of chief innovation officer. The announcement comes as Creams’ majority shareholder, Pistachio Holdings, and co-investor, Salonica Maroon, have acquired a further shareholding from the brand’s founders,…
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Apr- 2022 -

22 April

Tim Hortons announces first London site amid UK expansion

Tim Hortons has announced it will continue its expansion throughout the UK, with plans to open its first restaurant in London and double its estate across the country by the end of 2023. Having spent the last eighteen months growing its drive-thru portfolio in towns and cities, it will now…
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11 April

Pret to expand into Ireland with Carebrook Partnership

Pret A Manger is set to expand into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for the first time after an agreement of terms were reached with franchise partner Carebrook Partnership Ltd. Through the partnership, 20 Pret shops will be established across the island of Ireland over the next decade,…
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Mar- 2022 -

31 March

Cairngorm Coffee launches subscription service amid wholesale drive

Scottish coffee brand Cairngorm Coffee has appointed a new director and unveiled new packaging as as it begins a sales drive to recruit wholesale customers across Scotland and beyond, and launches a new direct to consumer subscription service. The business, founded by Robi Lambie in 2014, has since opened two…
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28 March

Starbucks UK revenue soars 35% in FY21

Starbucks has announced that UK revenues rose by 35% to £328m in the full-year ending 3 October 2021, largely driven by the recovery of sales in both company owned stores and franchised stores following the pandemic. Profit before tax hit £13.3m, up from a £41m loss reported in FY20, despite…
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16 March

UK food to go market to grow to a value of £21.3bn in 2022

The UK food to go market is forecast to grow by +31.8% in 2022, to a value of £21.3bn, according to the new Lumina Intelligence UK Food To Go Market Report 2022. The report revealed this will see the market fully recover to and exceed its 2019 pre-pandemic market value…
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11 March

Cornish Bakery expands senior leadership team

Cornish Bakery has expanded its senior leadership team to enable its journey towards growing the business to 100 bakeries. Founder Steve Grocutt has bolstered both his board and operational teams, headhunting specialists from across the UK, as well as promoting from within the company. Ralf Goad, previously of Risk Capital…
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8 March

Greggs to open 150 sites as sales surge to £1.2bn

Greggs has announced plans to open 150 new sites as its sales increased by 5.3% on 2019 levels to £1.2bn, according to its preliminary results for the 52 weeks ended 1 January 2022. It revealed pre-tax profits of £145.6m in contrast to £13.7m loss in 2020 and said it is…
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Feb- 2022 -

22 February

Cornish Bakery to open seven new sites

Independent bakery chain Cornish Bakery has announced the opening of another bakery in Rye in late January, with six other sites currently in development in Plymouth Barbican, Bury St Edmunds, Stamford, Beverley, Bakewell and Caledonia Park at Gretna Green. Cornish Bakery is an eat-in or take-out bakery with Cornish roots…
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2 February

Society Café opens fifth site in Bristol

Local award-winning coffee shop chain Society Café has confirmed that they will be opening their next community coffee shop at Alliance House, Baldwin Street, Bristol. Society Café is the latest business to take up residence in the landmark mixed-use scheme, by local independent developer Acorn Property Group. This will be…
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