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- 2024 -

25 March

Gail’s owner in talks over potential sale

Gail’s owner, Bread Holdings, is reportedly readying to appoint advisers for a sale of the bakery and coffee chain for…
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6 March

The Gentlemen Baristas bought out of administration

Coffee shop chain The Gentlemen Baristas has been bought out of administration and sold for £785,000. The chain previously called…
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5 March

Cornish Bakery’s Southwold site closes for refurb

Cornish Bakery has temporarily closed its Southwold location on Sunday 3 March to complete refurbishment works. The bakery is expected…
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4 March

Coffee#1 H1 sales rise 18.8% to £29.6m

Coffee shop brand Coffee#1 has revealed that sales rose 18.8% to £29.6m during the first half of the financial year…
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Feb- 2024 -

28 February

BP pilots made-to-order food at 10 Wild Bean Cafes

BP will be piloting a “new and improved” ‘fresh food for now’ offer that customers can personalise at 10 of…
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16 February

Costa Coffee to boost pay in April

Costa Coffee has announced that from 1 April 2024 it will increase pay rates for over 15,000 team members in…
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13 February

Caffè Nero H1 sales rise 17% to £265m

The Caffè Nero Group has today (13 February) announced “strong trading” for the first half of 2024, including sales growth…
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Jan- 2024 -

31 January

Caffè Nero to open first drive thru store at Stansted Airport

Coffee house brand Caffè Nero has today (31 January) announced it will open its first drive thru store in the…
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26 January

Senior team at Paddy and Scott’s complete MBO

Paddy and Scott’s Coffee CEO Jonathan Reed and operations director Zoe Hill have completed a management buy-out (MBO) of the…
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23 January

Creams Cafe reveals record festive trading

Creams Cafe has announced that it saw record trading over the festive period with like-for-like in-cafe sales up 5.8% in…
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