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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Aug- 2018 -17 August
Business rates for English hospitality firms could rise to £50m, analysts say
Business rates for English hospitality companies could increase to £51.26m next April if inflation remains unchanged at 2.5%, according to real estate advisor Altus Group. Altus Group said next month could be “pivotal for the hospitality sector” as the upcoming Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation determines how business…
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7 August
Pret A Manger introduces genderless gingerbread men
Pret A Manger has decided to make its gingerbread men genderless and call them gingerbread biscuits instead. The decision was made after the sandwich chain’s CEO Clive Schlee received a letter from one of its customers, whose niece Annie asked why Pret only had gingerbread men. So far, the chain…
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3 August
Hospitality salaries hit a seven-month high, but majority feel underpaid
Average salaries for hospitality roles hit a six-month high in July, as pay increased by 6.1% month-on-month, above the national inflation rate of 2.3%. According to data from independent job board CV-Library found that salaries had grown consistently since January 2018. However, despite pay for hospitality roles seeing positive growth,…
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Jul- 2018 -31 July
McDonald’s to trial brewed ‘barista coffee’
McDonald’s is to trial ‘barista coffee’ in two of its London restaurants with a view to rolling it out nationally. The branches in St Paul’s and Oxford Street will employ baristas who will brew coffee as opposed to using a machine as McDonald’s currently does. McDonald’s has previously been scathing…
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31 July
Late-night customers account for 83% of British foodservice growth
British people visit food or beverage outlets 257 million times between midnight and 7am every year, according to new figures. The data, released by market research firm, The NPD Group, for the year ending May 2018 suggested that the growing demand for late-night and early morning food and beverages consumed…
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30 July
Starbucks launches 5p cup charge in UK
Starbucks is rolling out a 5p paper cup charge in all 950 UK stores, following a three-month trial in London. The company has added the 5p charge to all beverages served in a plastic cup, and customers who bring a reusable cup in-store will be eligible for the existing 25p…
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12 July
Pret to open outlet run by former homeless staff
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger has announced plans to open an outlet run by staff who were once homeless. Pret has run a ‘Rising Stars’ programme for 10 years, where it trains people who are homeless in an effort to break the cycle of homelessness. In a blog written by…
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6 July
Whitbread to cut 250 management jobs in restaurant business
Whitbread is set to cull 250 management roles from its restaurants business in a bid to make the company more “efficient and effective”. It is understood that the decision has not been prompted by the company’s decision to demerge from Costa, which was announced in April. The decision to make…
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4 July
UKHospitality warns against PPL music licence tariff increase
UKHospitality has cautioned that any increases to the UK music licencing body’s ‘SFE’ tariff will place considerable burdens on venues and limit their ability to offer recorded music. The organisation which provides businesses with licences to play recorded music, PPL, has begun formally consulting on a revised Specially Featured Entertainment…
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4 July
London bar reprimanded by ASA over ‘socially irresponsible’ advert
Savannah Cafe Bar in Haywards Heath has been reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following an advert for Offshore Pilsner beer which was considered “socially irresponsible”. The advert notified customers of a change in alcohol percentage on Offshore Pilsner beer which it said made it “more sessionable”. The ASA…
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