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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Apr- 2018 -19 April
Plastic straws set to be banned in the UK
The prime minister has set out plans to ban plastic straws and stirrers, which she said formed part of “one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world”. May discussed this at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, using examples such as the plastic bag ban to show how the…
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18 April
Starbucks to close all US stores for racial bias training
Starbucks is set to close more than 8,000 stores across America for racial bias education on the afternoon of 29 May 2018. The training will be undertaken by 175,000 employees and will become part of training for new employees. The decision has come after two African-American men were arrested in…
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18 April
Pret ads banned over ‘misleading’ natural claims
Adverts claiming that bakery chain Pret A Manger baked its goods in store and was free of additives has been ruled as misleading by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). Three adverts by the food company were investigated by the ASA, all of which were seen in December 2016. The first…
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18 April
Costa Coffee promises to recycle half a billion takeaway cups per year
Costa Coffee has promised that it plans to recycle up to 500 million cups by 2020, the same amount that the chain puts on the market, and the equivalent of a fifth of the 2.5 billion takeaway coffee cups consumed by the nation per year. The announcement came in partnership…
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