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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Jun- 2018 -14 June
Cafe that offers food and drink for both dogs and humans opened
A cafe has opened in Somerset that will allow dog and owner to eat side by side from their own separate menus. The cafe will offer dogs towels, blankets and water alongside a specialised canine menu, and mock alcoholic drinks for dogs called ‘Bottom Sniffer’ a dog beer and ‘Pawsecco’.…
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6 June
Eat’s bread leftovers to be used for Toast Ale craft beer
Sandwich chain Eat has announced a new partnership with Toast Ale to give its leftover bread to the beer company for brewing purposes. The bread will be used in the production of craft beers that will be sold in Eat’s five licenced premises. Eat is using the partnership as a…
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5 June
Starbucks executive chairman steps down after 36 years
Howard Schultz, the executive chairman of coffee chain Starbucks, has announced his departure from the role after 36 years. In a letter to the partners and employees of the company he confirmed that he would be leaving on 26 June 2018. Schultz joined Starbucks in 1982 and has overseen massive…
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May- 2018 -29 May
Pret A Manger ‘sold for £1.5bn’, all staff to receive a £1,000 bonus
Pret A Manger is to give every member of staff a £1,000 bonus after the company was reportedly bought for £1.5bn. Pret CEO Clive Schlee Tweeted the news this morning: https://twitter.com/Cliveschlee/status/1001385588312952833 The deal is set to be completed over the summer with the Pret CEO saying: “The £1,000 bonus will…
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25 May
Private equity firms flirting with Costa Coffee
A group of private equity firms are attempting to purchase Costa Coffee, despite owner Whitbread’s desire to float it on the stock market. The Press Association said that it understood Whitbread had been approached informally over a buyout of the firm. Despite potential interest from elsewhere Whitbread is continuing plans…
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17 May
34 Carluccio’s restaurants to close after it announces CVA
Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s has announced it is to close 34 restaurants as part of a recently announced company voluntary agreement (CVA). As many 103 UK sites are also set to “exit” as part of restructuring at the company. The CVA, yet to be approved by creditors will see the…
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10 May
Greggs shares sliced after bad weather and high street woes
Shares in Greggs have dropped 13% in the wake of disappointing sales figures following bad weather in March. The bakery chain had reported sales growth of 3.2% compared with year’s figures, but the company has said they are “cautious” of worse than expected profits in a statement. Greggs had expected…
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8 May
Cote Restaurants ‘outperforms market’ with 15.8% sales growth
Cote Restaurants has seen a 15.8% rise in sales for the 52-week period to 30 July 2017. Revenue was at £140.7m, up from £121.5m the previous year, with operating profit remaining flat at £10m. Its like-for-like growth stood at 4.1% while it had EBITDA growth of 8.9% versus the 52-week…
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Apr- 2018 -25 April
Whitbread to split Costa Coffee off into separate firm
Whitbread has announced that it will spin off the Costa Coffee brand into a separate business of its own as investors pressurised the company to do so. The split is expected to happen within two years and will allow shareholders to invest in “two distinct, focused and market-leading businesses” and…
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20 April
Costa, Wetherspoon, Greggs and Mitchells & Butlers named customers’ favourite brands
Costa, JD Wetherspoon, Stonehouse Pizza & Carvery, Miller & Carter and Greggs are among the businesses with the most momentum in the out of home eating and drinking sectors at the moment, a new report reveals. The ‘CGA EI | Stone & River Brand Momentum Report’ analyses CGA data to…
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