All Starbucks articles – Page 28
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Opinion72 hours in Chicago 2014
M&C Report editor Mark Wingett and Restaurant Magazine editor Stefan Chomka take a look at the key trends and concepts currently shaping the eating and drinking-out scene in Chicago and the wider US market. Features testimonials from some of the leading operators, who went on the trip including Cote, Jamie’s Italian, Living Ventures and Meatliquor
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News
Starbucks drives spend-per-head at Cineworld
Cineworld yesterday reported an 8.6% increase in box office revenues, while admissions rose by 6.8% in the 18 weeks to 1 May
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Diary
Diary: Five Guys, Wahaca, Loungers, Starbucks
This week’s Diary includes further fallout from NAMA, Five Guys on the expansion trail, Starbucks ramping up its UK expansion and those impressionable guys at Loungers
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News
Seattle’s Best Coffee signs three-way UK coffee deal
Seattle’s Best Coffee, part of Starbucks Coffee company, has signed a trial deal with KFC, Asda and Kiddicare as part of a plan to sell its coffee through 100 nationwide partner cafes in the UK by the end of the year
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NewsWhitbread: food quality, promos, revamps, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results to 27 February for Whitbread, reports from a presentation to analysts and speaks to finance director Nicholas Cadbury
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Trading concerns
Leading analyst Geof Collyer of Deutsche Bank lays out his concerns regarding the current trading environment, and focuses on confusion of offering – is it a pub or a restaurant; site availability, site saturation and rent inflation; and couponing and the online threat
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NewsStarbucks reports strong UK improvement
Starbucks has said that is has seen a strong improvement in the performance of its UK operation since the start of the year, aided by its enhanced breakfast offer, healthier options and an “improved economic environment”
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News
Starbucks reports first drop in UK sales
Starbucks suffered its first ever drop in UK sales last year, a period in which the company became the subject of criticism over its tax affairs
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News
Salt reduction pledge attracts 50 dining out operators
Around 50 pub and restaurant operators have now signed up to the Department of Health’s pledge to reduce salt in the food they serve to help diners achieve a reduction of 1g per person per day compared to the amount eaten in 2007
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Analysis & InsightPizza Hut tops list of 100 social brands
Pizza Hut is the consumer brand most engaged with young people in the UK terms of social media according to research by media agency Headstream that measures engagement via Facebook, Twitter and Google+
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NewsStarbucks to relocate European HQ to UK
Starbucks is to relocate its European headquarters to the UK from Netherlands in a move that follows widespread criticism that it was using its base outside Britain to avouid paying corporation tax here
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NewsGastronomy Foods eyes Starbucks and KFC expansion
Gastronomy Foods, which operates 12 KFC outlets under franchise in mid and both Wales, plans to open at least 20 Starbucks sites across the region over the next five years, reports News North Wales
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NewsCoffee shops 'lukewarm' on failed retail sites
Major coffee shop operators have been “lukewarm” on the prospect of taking sites previously occupied by large retailers that have folded during the downturn, while fast food groups have been “similarly reticent”, according to a new Deloitte report
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Analysis & InsightCaution: Cafe-bakeries are hot
Coffee shop and cafe brands are encroaching into restaurant and pub territory in a bid to steal market share. Are they the new face of all-day dining?
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NewsLe Pain Quotidien strengthens UK team
Le Pain Quotidien has further strengthen its UK head office team with three new appointments, including a new operations director and food & commercial director
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NewsLe Pain Quotidien UK appoints new head of training
Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and cafe concept, has appointed former PizzaExpress employee, Pui Ho, as its new head of training across its 24-strong UK estate
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Analysis & Insight
Sales slow for US restaurants
The 500 largest US restaurant chains registered a 3.5% annual sales increase in 2013, a significant decline from 4.9% the prior year, according to data released by Technomic
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NewsStarbucks to expand alcohol and evening offer
Starbucks is to sell alcohol and offer a light bite menu at thousands of select stores, as part of plans to double its market capitalization to $100bn
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NewsStarbucks aims to double market cap to $100bn
Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz told shareholders at the group’s 2014 annual meeting that the business wants to almost double its market capitalisation to $100bn
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OpinionHow three Australians ground out success
Nick Tolley tells Mel Flaherty how he and two siblings turned the coffee-shop brand Harris+Hoole into a booming business