All Coffee shops & Cafes articles – Page 61
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NewsSubway opens 500th non-traditional site
Subway has reached another milestone as it announced that it now has more than 500 stores open in non-traditional locations in the UK & Ireland
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Brains CEO: Pubs can learn from coffee shops
Scott Waddington, the chief executive of SA Brain, has told M&C Report pubs can learn lessons from coffee shops on how to entice customers back from the off-trade.
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Asda launches new in-store café concept
Asda has launched a new in-store cafe called Express Diner, which serves “coffee from Seattle” and “tea from Yorkshire” as well as pizza, hot dogs and soft drinks
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OpinionBreaking bread
Launched in the UK in 2006, Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and café concept, has quietly grown to a c£34m-turnover, 24-strong business. New managing director Peter Jenkins talks to Mark Wingett about what comes next for a business that is increasingly finding the market coming its way
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NewsEAT reports 4.5% LFLS following 2014 loss of £26.3m
EAT, the Lycium Capital-backed group, has reported improvement in its sales and performance after its losses doubled to £26.3m for the 12 months to 26 June 2014, up from £12.3m year on year
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NewsDebenhams to ramp up F&B offer
Debenhams is to further ramp up its in-store F&B offer with the introduction of Joe and the Juice sites and through a partnership with Insomnia
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NewsTortilla secures West Hampstead PizzaExpress
Tortilla, the Quilvest-backed, fast-casual concept, has secured the former PizzaExpress unit in West Hampstead for an opening next month
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NewsCoffee#1 ‘watching with interest’ as rivals move into evenings
Scott Waddington, the chief executive of SA Brain, has told M&C Report that he is “watching with interest” how Starbucks and Pret fare with their evening concepts before deciding if Coffee#1 will follow suit.
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NewsEAT appoints new head of operations
EAT has appointed Esther Arnanz, formerly of Pret A Manger, as its new head of operations
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NewsMoran becomes CEO of Le Pain US
Jack Moran has been promoted to chief executive of the all-day bakery and cafe concept’s growing US operation
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Veeno expansion continues
Italian wine café concept Veeno has lined up its first opening in Liverpool as it seeks funding to grow to 10 sites over the next 18 months
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NewsThe Savoy opens gourmet takeaway unit
The Savoy on The Strand opens its ninth food and beverage outlet this week - Melba, a gourmet takeaway offer
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NewsPatisserie Valerie opens third Brasserie site
Patisserie Valerie has opened the third site under its brasserie format on the site of the former Café Rouge in Glasgow’s Royal Exchange Square
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NewsEAT's London expansion gathers pace
EAT, the Lyceum Capital-backed group, has opened the second and secured a further three units in a planned 10 new high street stores in London for the first half of this year
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Chatime targets student hubs for expansion
Chatime, the bubble tea franchise from Taiwan, is targeting towns with high student populations to increase its UK estate
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NewsZivkovic takes Abokado ops director role
Abokado has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Richard Zivkovic, formerly of Costa, TRG and Pret A Manger, as its new operations director
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Cook & Garcia to open London flagship
Cook & Garcia is to open a flagship site in London’s Monument after securing new funding from private equity firm Oakfield Capital Partners
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NewsWrap It Up! confirms Adobo deal; achieves funding target
Wrap it Up! has confirmed it has acquired the three-strong Mexican burrito chain Adobo for an undisclosed cash sum
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NewsWrap it Up! acquires Adobo
Wrap it Up! has further strengthened its London estate with the acquisition of the three-strong Mexican burrito chain Abodo
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Good Life Eatery eyes expansion
Good Life Eatery is planning to expand across London, and is close to securing its second site in the capital