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.

Oct- 2020 -

19 October

Pret A Manger to axe further 400 jobs

Pret A Manger has announced that it will close a further six branches and make up to 400 more redundancies…
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12 October

Tim Hortons UK expansion will create 2000 new jobs

Tim Hortons reportedly has plans to expand across the UK and Ireland in a bid to “capitalise” on the growing…
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Sep- 2020 -

24 September

Upper Crust owner predicts 86% decrease in sales

Owners of pastry chain Upper Crust, have predicted an 86% decrease in sales for the year to end in September. …
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22 September

Costa Coffee to open new branch in Durham outlet centre

Costa Coffee is set to open in outlet shopping center, Dalton Park. The new branch is part of four other…
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18 September

‘Rule-of-six’ will seriously impact hospitality sector, says poll

The majority of business operators said the new ‘rule-of-six’ will “negatively impact” the industry moving into autumn, according to the…
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17 September

Tossed to be acquired by former directors

Salad bar brand Tossed has been acquired out of administration by former directors Neil Sebba and Angeila Harrison. In July…
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11 September

Caffe Nero drafts in KPMG for landlord negotiations

Caffe Nero has drafted in KPMG in a bid to negotiate high street rent cuts with landlords, according to Sky…
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4 September

Pret to launch ‘first ever’ in-shop coffee subscription service

Pret A Manger has announced it is to launch the “UK’s first ever” in-shop coffee subscription on Tuesday 8 September…
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3 September

Costa places 1,650 roles at risk

Costa has announced that 1,650 roles are at risk of redundancy following a newly-launched bid to restructure the group as…
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Aug- 2020 -

28 August

Pret a Manger to cut 2,800 jobs

Pret a Manger has confirmed it is to cut 2,800 high street jobs as part of a restructuring following almost…
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