All Coffee shops & Cafes articles – Page 87

  • Muffin Break
    News

    Muffin Break to double UK estate

    2014-03-07T16:54:00Z

    Muffin Break, the Australian bakery cafe chain owned by Foodco, plans to double its UK estate by the end of 2014

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    Coffee Republic steps up expansion

    2014-03-07T16:20:00Z

    Coffee Republic has signed new franchise agreements in Oman and Qatar and increased its presence in the UK

  • Patisserie Valerie
    News

    Patisserie Holdings acquires Philpotts chain

    2014-03-04T12:49:00Z

    Patisserie Holdings, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group and operator of the Patisserie Valerie chain, has acquired Philpotts Ltd, the independent premium sandwich and salad retailer with 23 shops in the UK, for an undisclosed sum.

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    Boost Juice Bars opens flagship London site

    2014-03-04T07:49:00Z

    Boost Juice Bars UK, the juice and smoothie bar operator, which is backed by the Business Growth Fund (BGF), has opened a flagship central London site

  • Caffe Nero logo
    News

    Caffe Nero to make US debut

    2014-03-02T12:36:00Z

    Caffè Nero  will make its debut in the US, in Boston this spring, which is thought will be the precursor to a number of sites the group plans to open in the region over the coming 12 months

  • Flour Power City Bakery
    News

    Johnson-backed baker Flour Power to open cafes

    2014-02-28T16:31:00Z

    Flour Power City Bakery, the UK’s largest organic bakery backed by Luke Johnson, is branching out into cafés, with plans to open up to eight sites across London in the next few years, M&C Report has learnt

  • Pret A Manger restaurant
    Analysis & Insight

    Pret leads food-focused coffee shop market

    2014-02-28T08:05:00Z

    Pret A Manger, the Bridgepoint-owned group, is the branded market leader in the food-led coffee shop sector in terms of market share and turnover, according to Allegra Strategies Project Cafe13 UK report

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    News

    Greggs ups ante over coffee

    2014-02-27T07:36:00Z

    Greggs hopes to continue growing coffee sales by “at least” the current rate of 20% per year, with its new blend being preferred to many competitors in blind tastings, according to chief executive Roger Whiteside

  • Modern_Greggs_The_Bakery
    News

    Greggs FY lfls fall 0.8% in 'transitional' year

    2014-02-26T08:25:00Z

    Greggs, the high street bakery chain led by Roger Whiteside, a reported a 0.8% fall in like-for-like sales in what it called a “year of transition” in the 52 weeks to 28 December

  • Coffee
    Analysis & Insight

    Coffee chains take share from office-based providers

    2014-02-25T10:47:00Z

    High street coffee chains are taking market share away from office-based providers, a new survey shows

  • Wasabi
    News

    Wasabi makes US debut

    2014-02-25T07:51:00Z

    Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain led by Dong Hyun Kim, has opened its first international outlet in the US, in New York

  • Starbucks logo
    News

    Starbucks UK launches Youth Action grant program

    2014-02-25T07:39:00Z

    Starbucks has launched its Youth Action grants program for 2014, which support young people in the UK who want to carry out projects benefitting their communities

  • Patisserie Valerie
    News

    Patisserie Valerie eyes £150m IPO

    2014-02-23T06:55:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed group, is drawing up plans for a float that could value the chain at more than £150m, according to the Sunday Times

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    Hummus Bros names Hassall as MD

    2014-02-21T16:45:00Z

    Hummus Bros, the concept from Christian Mouysset and Ronen Givon, is to hit the expansion trail after hiring Jon Hassall, former UK operations director at Patisserie Holdings, as its new managing director

  • Samba Swirl
    News

    Samba Swirl eyes new format

    2014-02-21T16:39:00Z

    Samba Swirl, the frozen yoghurt concept led by David Packham, is developing an offshoot format that’s suitable for shopping malls and other premises, M&C Report has learnt

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    Filmore & Union builds estate

    2014-02-21T16:31:00Z

    Filmore & Union, the independent café and deli chain, has added a further two sites to its estate after securing funding from Natwest

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    Snog heads for Tesco and Waitrose

    2014-02-21T15:55:14.753Z

    Snog, the frozen yoghurt concept in which Unilever Ventures took a stake in 2012, has agreed to sell lines of its eponymous products at Tesco and Waitrose supermarkets

  • News

    Coffee bean prices increase

    2014-02-21T15:08:54.370Z

    Coffee bean prices have jumped by the largest amount since 2000, with Arabica beans increasing by 50% in the last month

  • Muzz Buzz
    News

    Australian drive-thru coffee concept set for UK

    2014-02-21T07:55:00Z

    Muzz Buzz, the Australian drive-thru coffee operator, has signed a master franchise agreement with a joint venture company in the UK to roll out the concept across Britain

  • News

    Ice cream brand Snowflake targets growth

    2014-02-21T07:54:00Z

    Italian ice cream brand Snowflake Luxury Gelato is set to open its third site in London by the summer, with two more stores likely to be added next year