All Starbucks articles – Page 19
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NewsCosta set to grow to 2,500 stores by 2020
Outgoing Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison has said the company is on track to grow its Costa brand to 2,500 stores by 2020 from its current base of 2,000.
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NewsStarbucks opens first UK Reserve site
Starbucks has launched the first of its “coffee theatre” Reserve brand in the UK.
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TDR backs EuroGarages in £1.3bn deal
EuroGarages has secured the backing of investment firm TDR Capital in a deal which values the business at £1.3bn
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NewsCoffee shop numbers up 17%
Coffee shops have opened at a greater pace than other retail or leisure outlets over the past five years with a 17% net increase in their number since 2010
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NewsCoffee costing UK consumers up to £663 pa
The British public spends around £730m on coffee each year and consumes 70 million cups of coffee each day, according to research from Buddy Loans
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NewsStarbucks begins delivery in US
Starbucks has begun a trial in New York to deliver coffee to office workers with the Green Apron Delivery service
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Barnfather: Pressure building on Whitbread
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather, of Panmure Gordon, has said that Whitbread’s growth story is shifting further towards capex-heavy room expansion, increasing the capital intensity of its business model, raising debt levels and lowering returns.
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NewsPOD’s Skerritt joins Le Pain
Kate Skerritt, one of the founders healthy food-on-the-go concept POD, who stepped down from the company this week, has joined Le Pain Quotidien
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NewsPOD founders to step aside
Tim Hall and Kate Skerritt, the founders of POD, are to step aside from the day-to-day running of the 22-strong business
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Analysis & InsightWage wars
At a time when people are the “magic dust” that divides an evenly matched sector, a number of companies have started to factor in increased investment on attracting and retaining staff. With others likely to follow, what will suffer, expansion plans or refurbishment targets? And will the issue finally force the Government to create a more level playing field with the supermarkets on tax?
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NewsPOD returns to expansion
London-based healthy food-on-the-go Pod is returning to expansion following a period of consolidation
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Starbucks to roll out mobile payment
Starbucks is rolling out mobile payment to more than 150 London stores from today
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 26-27 September
Weekend press round-up, 26-27 September Suppliers Budweiser set to bid £70bn for SAB Miller AB InBev could table a £70bn bid for SAB Miller this week, firing the starting gun on the biggest-ever takeover of a British company. Over recent days the world’s two biggest brewers have begun “friendly” talks, ...
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SA Brain wins coffee shop chain of year
SA Brain’s Coffee#1 brand has been named Coffee Shop chain of the Year at the Café Life awards.
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NewsStarbucks UK to extend national living wage to all workers
Starbucks UK launches inititatives to help staff tackle “cost of living”
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Bluewater restaurants gear up for peak trading times
Restauranteurs at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent are preparing for the busiest trading period in the run up to Christmas and the new year by growing their staff
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NewsSvenson: MOD could grow to “hundreds of stores” in the UK
Scott Svenson, co-founder of MOD Pizza, has said that there is an opportunity for the brand to grow to “hundreds of stores” in the UK
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Happiour to go nationwide
Happiour, a London-centric app that offers time-sensitive restaurant and bar deals, is expanding its platform to attract more operators ahead of launching nationwide
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Analysis & InsightThe MOD principle
On the back of yesterday’s announcement that MOD Pizza is to launch in the UK in partnership with Sir Charles Dunstone, M&C looks back on the talk co-founder Scott Svenson gave at last year’s Restaurant conference. Svenson touched on the state of the US pizza market, the story behind MOD – its development, ethos and people-led culture
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Starbucks launches youth programme
Starbucks UK is partnering with UK Youth charity to launch its 2015 Starbucks Youth Action programme in the House of Commons