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Costa Coffee has announced a new deal with communications giant O2 to provide free Wi-Fi internet access across its UK estate. The coffee chain, part of the Whitbread group, will begin offering the service at its London sites this month...
Posted: 10 May 2012 | 09:36
Boutique hotel Strattons in Swaffham, Norfolk, has further bolstered its green credentials with an innovative new approach to removing spent coffee grounds from its waste stream. By naturally drying the grounds and re-bagging it in its original packaging, it can be handed out to guests as a horticultural compost.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | 11:51
The former owners of the Dial House hotel in the Cotswolds have opened this coffee shop in Bath as the first of a planned chain. Housed in a Georgian property on Kingsmead Square, it is spread over two floors with seating options including banquettes, high chairs and sofas.
Posted: 27 April 2012 | 12:45
Whitbread has made Christopher Rogers the new managing director of Costa Coffee, following the departure of John Derkach, who will become chief executive of restaurant group Tragus. Rogers is currently group finance director at Whitbread, and will now be tasked with expanding the Costa business.
Posted: 03 April 2012 | 10:48
Mozzo Coffee, founded by 2011 Acorn winner Grant Lang, is set to open a new store at in Southampton next month. The new site at 66 Bedford Place will open on 4 April and is designed to showcase Mozzo's products to Hampshire's coffee community and provide a platform from which to develop a team of Mozzo Coffee Masters.
Posted: 20 March 2012 | 13:21
The former owners of the Dial House hotel in the Cotswolds are set to open a new coffee shop in Bath later this month as the first of a planned chain. Adrian and Jane Campbell-Howard will open the first Society Café on Kingsmead Square on 26 March.
Posted: 12 March 2012 | 16:30
The Olympics provides an unrivalled opportunity for UK hospitality operators, but will the coffee on offer stand up to the scrutiny of an international audience? Ian Boughton asks whether our beverages are of medal-winning quality
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 10:14
Does giving your customers a free biscuit with their coffee mean you're missing out on upselling cakes or pastries? Ian Boughton asks what should sit on your saucer
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 10:14
A traditional espresso machine will produce a fantastic cup of coffee in the hands of a trained barista, but these days there are several choices for operators who need a machine that anyone can use. Ian Boughton reports
Posted: 02 March 2012 | 10:14
A Bristol coffee roaster is to pay three Nicaraguan students through college as an alternative to buying Fairtrade coffee. Adrian Wogan, from Brian Wogan Coffee, said the £4,500 a year for the students at La Bastilla Coffee Plantation would benefit families of coffee-growers directly.
Posted: 20 February 2012 | 16:30
The owner and operating company of coffee shop chain St Ali has rebranded as part of its strategy to consolidate its operations within the UK. Formerly known as Long Black, the company will now be known as Workshop Trading...
Posted: 09 February 2012 | 09:50
Consumers are certainly tightening their belts, and may even have resolved to drink less in 2012, but one luxury it seems we can no longer contemplate cutting back on is coffee. Since 2005, the branded coffee chain market has doubled and is now estimated to be worth £2.1b according to Allegra Strategies.
Posted: 20 January 2012 | 14:38
The branded coffee chain market has continued to grow in the UK and is expected to continue until at least 2015. The likes of Costa, Starbucks, Caffè Nero, Pret A Manger and Eat have shown "incredible resilience" by growing sales by 10% in 2011.
Posted: 13 January 2012 | 09:00
Consumers may be cutting back elsewhere but it seems they still can't get enough coffee. In the latest Caterer Academy we look at ways to help you profit from the perfect cup
Posted: 13 October 2011 | 16:06
Starbucks has launched a new free Wi-Fi service that will enable its customers to get connected with just one click, removing the need to be members of the...
Posted: 07 October 2011 | 16:05
Welsh brewer and pub company Brains has bought Coffee #1, a Cardiff-based coffee chain with 15 outlets across Wales and the South West. Coffee #1,...
Posted: 06 October 2011 | 11:36
Whitbread-owned Costa Coffee has opened its 2,000th store. The Leeds Briggate site is also the first store outside of London to have the new-look "Metropolitan" design. John Derkach, managing director of Costa, said: "Costa is enjoying fantastic growth both in the UK and overseas. "
Posted: 03 October 2011 | 14:10
The introduction of new product lines such as comfort-food favourite the bacon buttie have seen Starbucks UK's business go from strength to strength, despite continued tough trading conditions. The coffee chain has outperformed the rest of the high street, seeing growth for the eighth consecutive quarter.
Posted: 29 July 2011 | 12:09
Drinks supplier WaverleyTBS has moved back into the black with a £4m pre-tax profit before exceptional items for the year to December 2010. The performance compares with a £0.9m pre-tax loss in 2009...
Posted: 29 June 2011 | 10:45
Costa Coffee has opened its first drive-thru coffee shop in the UK at Nottingham's Castle Marina retail park. The site is the first of six planned across the UK that are due to open by the end of 2012. It will offer seating inside and outside for 100 customers and will be open from 5.30am to 9.00pm Monday to Saturday and 7am to 9.00pm on Sundays.
Posted: 27 May 2011 | 17:08
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