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.
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Oct- 2018 -9 October
Latest Pret A Manger allergy victim-link identified
A second Pret A Manger customer who is believed to have died after an allergic reaction after eating a ‘super-veg…
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3 October
Costa advert banned for ‘avocado criticism’
Costa has seen an advert banned after it suggested an avocado was a “poor breakfast choice” adding that those who…
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3 October
Pret A Manger announces it is to label all products following ‘baguette death’
Pret A Manger has announced it is to label all products after a teenager fell into cardiac arrest after eating…
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Sep- 2018 -21 September
Food-to-go market growing three times as fast as on-premise spend
The food-to-go market has become one of the fastest growing segments of Britain’s out-of-home (OOH) foodservice industry, as Britons increasingly…
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11 September
Number of licensed F&B businesses drops by 3000 in a year
Britain has 3,116 fewer restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises than 12 months ago, according to the latest Market…
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5 September
Mandatory calorie labelling could cause ‘serious burden’, warns UKHospitality
UKHospitality has warned that the introduction of inflexible mandatory calorie labelling could present a “serious burden” for hospitality businesses. The…
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3 September
Mille Patisserie to open Paddington site
Mille Patisserie has announced it is to open a new Paddington site this month offering the mille crepes made famous…
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Aug- 2018 -31 August
Coca-Cola to acquire Costa Coffee from Whitbread for £3.9bn
Coca-Cola is to buy the coffee chain Costa from Whitbread in a £3.9bn deal. Whitbread, which acquired the brand in…
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29 August
Bailiffs visited more than 200 firms daily over unpaid business rates
In the first year after the new business rates revaluation came into effect, councils sent bailiffs to more than 200…
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17 August
Business rates for English hospitality firms could rise to £50m, analysts say
Business rates for English hospitality companies could increase to £51.26m next April if inflation remains unchanged at 2.5%, according to…
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