All Costa articles – Page 31
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NewsEllis raises Whitbread TP
Leading analyst Wyn Ellis has increased his Target Price for Whitbread from £43 to £45 after its “very strong” trading update
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NewsWhitbread Q2 lfls grow 6.8%
Whitbread has maintained its like-for-like sales growth in its most recent trading period, with growth of 6.8% in the 11 weeks to 14 August, and said it “remains on track for another good year”
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NewsElectra Partners agrees £91m Original Bowling Co acquisition
Private equity group Electra Partners has reached an agreement to buy The Original Bowling Company (TOBC), the UK’s largest ten-pin bowling operator that owns the Hollywood Bowl brand, in a deal valued at £91m
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NewsGov’t holds talks on future of Responsibility Deal
The Government has held talks with leading food industry representatives in a bid to revive the Responsibility Deal
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OpinionAnalyse this: your shopping data
Retailers compile a lot of information from customers’ purchases. James England looks at how these statistics can add up to greater profits
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NewsCosta signs up for Simply Cups recycling initiative
Costa Coffee has signed up to the ‘Simply Cups’ paper cup recovery and recycling initiative
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Analysis & InsightYoung like it hot
Whether they’re concerned for their teeth or watching their waistlines, young people are turning off fizzy drinks and reaching for coffee
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Pita Pit UK expansion continues
Pita Pit has secured its second site in London, as it looks to “mirror the phenomenal success” it has had across the Atlantic here
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NewsNando’s strengthens management team
Nando’s has strengthened its management team with the appointment of its first people director and a new director of food
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Analysis & InsightLowdown on the low-key CEOs
Some chief executives are happy to shout about their success while others do pretty much everything to stay out of the limelight. Dominic Walsh investigates
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NewsAnalyst corner: Jamie Rollo on Whitbread
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks ahead to Whitbread’s Q2 interim management statement on 9 September, predicting “solid” like-for-like sales growth of 6% for the leisure group, with a slowdown in the Hotels and Restaurants division but an acceleration at Costa
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NewsKrispy Kreme UK updates selected stores
Krispy Kreme UK, the Alcuin Capital Partners-backed doughnut retailer, is undertaking investments featuring an updated design at a number of its cafe/retail units
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Hungry Horse and Wildwood confirmed for Telford development
Greene King’s Hungry Horse and Wildwood Restaurants have been confirmed as the latest tenants for new units of a development in Telford called Southwater Telford
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Opinion
Filling in the sandwich market
Mendocino Farms has not rushed into expanding its operation, but is now finding huge popularity in the US sandwich market
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NewsKout in Subway tie-in
Kout Food Group (KFG) is believed to have signed a deal with Subway, which will see the sandwich brand open up a number of units at roadside locations next to or inside Little Chefs
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Big Easy eyes Islington opening
Big Easy, the American dining concept founded by Paul Corrett, is in talks to acquire the Browns site in London’s Islington
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NewsKout acquires further Costa franchisee
Kout Food Group (KFG), the Kuwaiti-based foodservice firm, has acquired its second Costa Coffee franchisee, Coffee Snobs, for c£5.2m
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NewsPrimark trials Costa
Primark has been trialling the addition of Costa Coffee stores in its UK branches, according to the Irish Independent
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Graydon to take up Table Table ops role
Spencer Graydon, the former operations director of Peach Pub Company, will assume a similar role overseeing Whitbread’s Table Table brand
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NewsFindlay: TV sport less important to pubs
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay has told M&C Report that the importance of sport on TV in pubs is “not what it used to be” as customers choose to watch events at home