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.
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Oct- 2018 -12 October
Patisserie Valerie chief finance director arrested
The chief finance director of embattled bakery chain Patisserie Valerie was arrested and has been released on bail, the company has confirmed. On Wednesday (10 October) the company announced it had suspended CFO Chris Marsh from his role as it investigated “potentially fraudulent” accounting irregularities. It later discovered that it…
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11 October
Patisserie Valerie warns of possible collapse
High street bakery Patisserie Valerie has warned that it could be forced to close unless it receives an “immediate injection of capital”. This news comes just a day after it temporarily suspended trading and suspended its CFO Chris Marsh from his role while it investigated “potentially fraudulent” accounts. The company…
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10 October
Patisserie Valerie faces winding up order as £1.14m unpaid tax bill is found
Patisserie Holdings has revealed that high street bakery chain Patisserie Valerie faces a winding up petition after it discovered a £1.14m unpaid tax bill. HMRC has filed the petition against its parent company Stonebeach Limited on 14 September and was later advertised in the legal Gazette on 5 October. However,…
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10 October
Patisserie Valerie suspends CFO following ‘potential fraud’ discovery
High street bakery Patisserie Valerie has temporarily suspended trading and the company’s chief financial officer following a discovery of “potentially fraudulent” accounts. At 7.30am on 10 October, the company suspended its shares as it awaited clarification on its financial position. Patisserie’s directors were notified of “accounting irregularities” and therefore a…
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9 October
Latest Pret A Manger allergy victim-link identified
A second Pret A Manger customer who is believed to have died after an allergic reaction after eating a ‘super-veg rainbow flatbread’ at one of the coffee chain’s outlets has been named. Celia Marsh, 42, from Melksham, Wiltshire, died in December shortly after eating the flatbread, and her family said…
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3 October
Costa advert banned for ‘avocado criticism’
Costa has seen an advert banned after it suggested an avocado was a “poor breakfast choice” adding that those who wanted a decent breakfast should have a bacon roll or egg muffin from Costa. The radio advert announced that avocados would be “hard as rock for the first 18 days,…
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3 October
Pret A Manger announces it is to label all products following ‘baguette death’
Pret A Manger has announced it is to label all products after a teenager fell into cardiac arrest after eating a baguette which did not list all ingredients correctly. The company’s CEO Clive Schlee said he was “deeply sorry” when the company announced the labelling changes this morning (3 October).…
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Sep- 2018 -21 September
Food-to-go market growing three times as fast as on-premise spend
The food-to-go market has become one of the fastest growing segments of Britain’s out-of-home (OOH) foodservice industry, as Britons increasingly eat pre-prepared food and drink on-the-go. Latest figures from global information company, The NPD Group, showed that off-premise consumption (excluding delivery and drive thru) was growing while on-premise was shrinking.…
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11 September
Number of licensed F&B businesses drops by 3000 in a year
Britain has 3,116 fewer restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises than 12 months ago, according to the latest Market Growth Monitor, from CGA and AlixPartners. The report showed there were 119,800 licensed sites across the country in June 2018 – a fall of 2.5% since June 2017. On average,…
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5 September
Mandatory calorie labelling could cause ‘serious burden’, warns UKHospitality
UKHospitality has warned that the introduction of inflexible mandatory calorie labelling could present a “serious burden” for hospitality businesses. The warning follows reports that the government is preparing the launch of a consultation on a requirement for businesses to provide calorie labelling on menus. The Department of Health is proposing…
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