All Costa articles – Page 16
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Analysis & Insight
Five Guys the most popular fast food chain
Five Guys has been ranked the UK’s most popular fast food chain for the second year running
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News
Costa shifting mood from high street to travel hub
Costa Coffee will continue to target travel locations and reduce its opening pipeline in the high street, which is its lowest like for like area.
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NewsCosta FY lfls up 2%
Costa’s like-for-like sales grew 2% in the UK for the year to 2 March but there were signs of slowing spend on the high street in Q4.
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News
Analyst corner: Berenberg on Whitbread
Stuart Gordon and Najet El Kassir of Berenberg explain why Whitbread’s two market leading brands provide it with plenty of momentum, as the group gears up to report its full-year results next week.
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News
Operators sign up for Glasgow Fort
British Land and Hercules Unit Trust have signed 16 new retail, food and beverage lettings at Glasgow Fort
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News
More baristas needed to aid coffee shop growth
Britain’s coffee shop operators will need to hire another 40,000 baristas to cater for their expansion programmes
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NewsMacellaio founder eyes new rollout vehicle
The man behind steak house group Macellaio is launching a new concept based around affordable and authentic Italian dishes, which he aims to roll out.
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Black Sheep Coffee lines up five new openings
Black Sheep Coffee has lined up five new openings, including a flagship unit at the bottom of the “Cheesegrater” in the City
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Tovee steps down from Patisserie Holdings
Martin Tovee has stepped down as a regional director of Patisserie Holdings after just six months with the company
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News
Bill’s strengthens team with Hepworth appointment
Bill’s has further strengthened its operations team with the appointment of Kai Hepworth as regional director of operations
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GBK joins Rushden Lakes scheme
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is set to join PizzaExpress, Wildwood and Costa at the Rushden Lake retail and leisure scheme, the Northants Telegraph reports.
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Analysis & InsightRegional focus: Wales
Wales was the only region of the UK to see a fall of more than 1% in food-led licensed premises, during 2016, according to the CGA Peach/AlixPartners Market Growth Monitor.
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News
Johnson steps down from Patisserie Valerie
Adrian Johnson has stepped down as managing director of Patisserie Valerie
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News
Applegreen develops Costa partnership
Applegreen, the petrol station forecourt operator, saw like-for-like growth in food and store profit of 9% for the year to 31 December.
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M&S sounds out Whitbread’s Baker for chairman role
Marks & Spencer is understood to have sounded out Whitbread’s Richard Baker for the role of its new chairman.
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Opinion
On another page
Andy McCue’s first update as chief executive of The Restaurant Group last week was brutally honest in assessing where the business now finds itself and in highlighting the speed of its decline. The question is will he and the company get time to right those wrongs and are the group’s future prospects and that of rival the Casual Dining Group now linked? Mark Wingett reports.
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News
Moto to invest £14m on F&B in 2017
Moto is to invest £14m this year in ramping up its F&B offer across its 58-strong estate
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TRG appoints MD of Leisure
TRG has appointed Murray McGowan, formerly of Costa, to the newly created role of managing director across its leisure division
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Analysis & InsightNando’s rides high in chain restaurant rankings
The latest MCA data shows Nando’s widening the gap on competitors to cement its place as the number one chain restaurant brand for dinner.
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Analysis & InsightRecipe for engagement
New research shows that 94% of UK consumers are willing to join a loyalty scheme but also highlights the challenge that they have never been harder to please. James Wallin examines what the data has to say about the secret of winning consumer loyalty to your programme.