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The Lowdown: Starbucks’ olive oil coffee

03-Mar-2023 By Stefan Chomka

The coffee chain founder Howard Shultz has found a slick way of trying to boost coffee sales.

Starbucks becomes latest chain to quit Russian market

24-May-2022 By James McAllister

Starbucks has become the latest Western hospitality chain to completely pull out of the Russian market in response to the war in Ukraine.

High street chains pause business in Russia

09-Mar-2022 By James McAllister

High street hospitality chains including McDonald's, Starbucks and Pizza Hut have announced they will pause business in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

High street chains face boycott for continuing to trade in Russia

08-Mar-2022 By James McAllister

High street hospitality chains including McDonald's and Starbucks are facing increasing threats of boycotts over their ongoing operations in Russia.

High street brands promise price cuts amid fears for independent restaurants and pubs

15-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

High street hospitality brands have announced that they are cutting prices following the reduction in VAT on eating out.

Matt Gillan to open debut Brighton restaurant

07-Dec-2016 By Sophie Witts

Chef Matt Gillan has confirmed he will open his long-awaited debut restaurant Pike and Pine in Brighton in 2017.

WHSmith to roll out Coffee House brand

15-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

WHSmith is set to up its hospitality game by rolling out its Coffee House brand across the UK.

How 'brand fatigue' is shaping the coffee shops of the future

11-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

Coffee chains such as Starbucks and Costa are at risk of ‘brand fatigue’ with customer loyalty beginning to waver, according to new research by Allegra and BRITA.

Subway and Costa top list of millennials' favourite restaurants

29-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

Restaurants have been advised to target their reward schemes at millennials after new research found young people are now the most loyal customer group.

Hospitality employers turn to apprenticeships to tackle skills crisis

23-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

More than 30,000 apprenticeships have been pledged by employers as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2016.

UK coffee shop market to be worth over £15bn by 2020

14-Dec-2015 By Sophie Witts

The UK’s ongoing caffeine addiction could see the coffee shop market worth over £15bn by 2020 with over 30,000 outlets nationwide.

The Plough to invest £750k in expansion plans

12-Aug-2015 By Liam Garrahan

The Plough in Harborne, Birmingham, has announced plans to invest £750k into the business to help it build a second floor with two private rooms and extend the ground floor by 40-covers. 

Restaurant brands missing out on customer loyalty schemes

03-Jul-2015 By Sophie Witts

Restaurant brands should make better use of data obtained through loyalty schemes such as cards and apps to create deals targeted to customer preferences.

Bright future for coffee shops

08-Dec-2014 By Melodie Michel

The coffee shop sector is expected to reach £16.5bn in turnover and 27,000 outlets by 2020, according to a report by World Coffee Portal.

Starbucks unveils POD tie-in

24-Sep-2014 By John Harrington

Starbucks has announced a tie-in with POD, the healthy fast food concept, to sell selected items from its breakfast and lunch ranges at three Starbucks stores in central London under a trial period from Thursday (25 September).

Cuba Mountain's gourmet coffee brand hits foodservice

19-Feb-2014 By Luke Nicholls

The Cuba Mountain Coffee Company has brought its e-commerce gourmet coffee brand, Alma de Cuba, into the foodservice sector. 

Branded coffee shop sales up 9.3% in 2013

08-Jan-2014 By Emma Eversham

Branded coffee shop sales rose by 9.3 per cent last year with 5,531 outlets turning over a total of £2.6bn according to latest figures from Allegra Strategies.

Restaurants, pubs and coffee shops celebrate bumper festive period

08-Jan-2014 By Luke Nicholls

The festive period appeared to be one of the strongest on record for many restaurant and pub groups across the UK, despite the recent challenges to footfall caused by the extreme weather.

Starbucks snaps up five more Little Chefs

26-Feb-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Petrol forecourt operator EuroGarages has taken on the leases of five former Little Chef sites for conversion to coffee shops under a licensing arrangement with Starbucks.

UK's first Starbucks franchise opens at former Little Chef site

07-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

Coffee chain Starbucks has opened its first UK site under franchise on the site of a former Little Chef restaurant in Hampshire. 

Australian coffee house to open 50 venues in UK

11-Feb-2011 By Becky Paskin

The first of 50 planned Australian coffee houses has opened in Liverpool, as part of a £12.5m investment by Green Cauldron Coffee to break into the UK market.