Cafes and Coffee Shops

The latest news and updates on cafes and coffee shops, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.

Mar- 2022 -

28 March

Starbucks UK revenue soars 35% in FY21

Starbucks has announced that UK revenues rose by 35% to £328m in the full-year ending 3 October 2021, largely driven…
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16 March

UK food to go market to grow to a value of £21.3bn in 2022

The UK food to go market is forecast to grow by +31.8% in 2022, to a value of £21.3bn, according…
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11 March

Cornish Bakery expands senior leadership team

Cornish Bakery has expanded its senior leadership team to enable its journey towards growing the business to 100 bakeries. Founder…
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8 March

Greggs to open 150 sites as sales surge to £1.2bn

Greggs has announced plans to open 150 new sites as its sales increased by 5.3% on 2019 levels to £1.2bn,…
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Feb- 2022 -

22 February

Cornish Bakery to open seven new sites

Independent bakery chain Cornish Bakery has announced the opening of another bakery in Rye in late January, with six other…
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2 February

Society Café opens fifth site in Bristol

Local award-winning coffee shop chain Society Café has confirmed that they will be opening their next community coffee shop at…
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Jan- 2022 -

14 January

Caffè Nero secures growth opportunities amid £85m loan

Caffe Nero has announced new growth opportunities after a six-year loan of approximately £85m was agreed with Carlyle, HSBC and…
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13 January

Pret A Manger to increase staff pay with £9.2m investment

Pret A Manger has announced plans to invest over £9.2m in staff pay, its “biggest” pay and benefits increase in…
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Dec- 2021 -

21 December

Greggs tops food to go brand report

Gregg’s has taken the lead as the “dominating brand” in the food to go sector (FTG) with a 10.7% share…
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7 December

Pret to trial first loyalty scheme

Pret a Manger has announced it will be trialling its first ever loyalty programme called ‘Pret Perks’, described by the…
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