"Costa Coffee Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitbread. The Coca-Cola Company announced its intention of acquiring Costa Limited from parent company Whitbread PLC for $5.1 billion. This deal, expected to close in the first half of FY 2019, would give the cola giant a strong coffee platform across parts of Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It is the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world, and the largest in the UK. On 31 August 2018, it was announced that Coca-Cola intends to purchase the"
"the closure of 18 bars, Coffee Republic was bought out of administration by property firm Arab Investment Ltd. The new company trades as Coffee Republic Trading Ltd. In September the company announced that it had secured a deal to open the highest urban coffee shop in the UK, 300 m up on the observation deck of the Pinnacle building in London. Coffee Republic has 99 Concessions operated by 7 partners: Greene King, Cineworld, Ealing Londis, Travelodge, Shell, Enterprise Inns, London Town Hotels. <br> Coffee Republic Coffee Republic is a British coffee bar and deli franchise chain founded in 1995. Coffee"
"380. At the end of 2015 the chain included 57 coffee shops across Wales and parts of southern and central England. It planned to open another 15 in 2016. Coffee 1 Coffee#1 is a British coffee house chain that originated in Cardiff, Wales in 2001. Since 2011 it has been owned by Cardiff brewery company SA Brain. Coffee#1 has outlets along the M4 corridor, with others in Wales and southern England. Coffee#1 started in 2001 with the opening of a coffee shop on Wood Street, Cardiff, by David Jones of Bargoed, Wales, and Maryanne Tagney from Bristol. The third member"
"Whitbread Whitbread PLC is a British multinational hotel, coffee shop and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. The company has its origins in brewing. Its largest division is Premier Inn, which is the largest hotel brand in the UK with over 785 hotels and 72,000 rooms. Its Costa Coffee chain (set to be acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in a deal announced in August 2018) has 3,401 shops across 31 countries and is the world's second-largest international coffee shop chain. Its other brands include the restaurant chains Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Table Table. Whitbread is listed on"
"after coffee-loving characters in Samuel Pepys' diary. Tesco took full ownership of the business from its founders Nick, Andrew and Laura Tolley in February 2016, and agreed in June 2016 to sell it to Caffè Nero. Giraffe is a restaurant chain in the United Kingdom which Tesco purchased in March 2013 as part of a strategy of making use of excess space in its shops. Tesco sold the chain to Boparan Holdings in June 2016. Euphorium Bakery opened a concession in Tesco's Kensington shop in 2012, and in 2013 Tesco bought a stake in the business. It purchased the remaining"
"January 2016 there were 13 pubs (all of which were Table Table) across central and southern England. Whitbread's former operations include: Whitbread Whitbread PLC is a British multinational hotel, coffee shop and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. The company has its origins in brewing. Its largest division is Premier Inn, which is the largest hotel brand in the UK with over 785 hotels and 72,000 rooms. Its Costa Coffee chain (set to be acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in a deal announced in August 2018) has 3,401 shops across 31 countries and is the world's second-largest"
"supermarket business. In March 2014, the company announced it planned to increase its number of shops to 60. In August that year, it announced that six unprofitable shops would be closed, leaving 41 in operation. As of April 2016, the chain has 43 coffee shops. Harris + Hoole Harris + Hoole is a British coffeehouse company headquartered in London. It was established in 2012 by Andrew, Nick and Laura Tolley, with investment from the British supermarket chain Tesco. The Harris + Hoole name comes from two coffee-loving characters in Samuel Pepys' diary. In February 2016, Tesco purchased the remaining 51%"
"2018, Whitbread announced its intention to demerge Costa. However, on 31 August 2018, it was announced that Coca-Cola had agreed to acquire Costa Coffee from Whitbread for £3.9bn. Whitbread's principal current operations are: Premier Inn is the UK's largest budget hotel chain, with over 750 hotels. Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by the brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Acquired by Whitbread in 1995, it has since grown to over 2,861 stores across 30 countries. By the end of 2010, the company had overtaken"
"chain café in Café Life. In the same year it was also nominated for the Society, Large Group and Innovation awards at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards. The company's head office is based in Park Street, Bristol, England. There are currently 22 cafés within England. Boston Tea Party (café chain) Boston Tea Party is a British family-owned independent café group. The company opened its first café in Park Street, Bristol, in 1995. It operates 22 cafés throughout England and each café has its own unique interior design and uses ethically-sourced food. Some of the cafés also serve alcohol to operate as"
"Cooplands Retail Ltd and the business is continuing to trade as Cooplands from the 29 outlets throughout Yorkshire. Cooplands Cooplands (Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd) are bakers with a chain of over 140 outlets and 11 cafes located across Yorkshire, Durham and Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. Cooplands produces takeaway food chiefly for the lunch-time trade, specialising in sandwiches, pasties, desserts, cakes, and bread. It competes with other local café and takeaway outlets, and national and international high street food chains and franchises. By 2011, it had expanded to become the third largest bakery chain in the UK. In 2011"
"Cooplands Cooplands (Coopland & Son (Scarborough) Ltd) are bakers with a chain of over 140 outlets and 11 cafes located across Yorkshire, Durham and Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. Cooplands produces takeaway food chiefly for the lunch-time trade, specialising in sandwiches, pasties, desserts, cakes, and bread. It competes with other local café and takeaway outlets, and national and international high street food chains and franchises. By 2011, it had expanded to become the third largest bakery chain in the UK. In 2011 the company's annual turnover was £23 million. Cooplands of Doncaster is a completely separate bakery chain and is"
"Chapter Coffee House in Paternoster Row next to St Paul's Cathedral in London in 1810. An economic turndown and lack of funding to develop a second deeper adit led to closure. The last period of mining was between 1845 and 1852, as Wheal Trenance or Trenance Mine. During this period the largest and most important deposits of native copper were discovered. In May 1847 a slab of native copper weighing was raised, supposedly the largest then known. This however was superseded in June 1848 by an even larger piece, which weighed one and a half to two tons and had"
"Greene King Greene King is the UK's largest pub retailer and brewer. It is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The company owns pubs, restaurants and hotels. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in Bury St. Edmunds in 1799. In Wilson’s biographical analysis of the Greenes, he credits members of their family for being able to achieve distinction in the worlds of business and banking, literature and broadcasting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.’ In 1836 Edward Greene took over the"
"in Newcastle and Manchester. The group was listed on AIM in 1998 by reversing into Arion Properties. The group grew to 24 branches after opening 17 new sites between March and November and had expanded to York, Birkenhead, Newcastle and Manchester. Coffee Republic switched from AIM to the full list in July 2000. At this point, it had 61 coffee bars and cafés and announced plans to open 80 more by 2002. Bobby Hashemi stepped down as chief executive in March 2001, but continued as a non-executive director; he returned as executive chairman in the summer of 2002. Coffee Republic"
"poisoned (21 of whom were hospitalized) after eating salmonella-contaminated cakes served in a number of Caffè Neros in Warsaw, Cracow and Wroclaw. Caffè Nero Caffè Nero (officially ""Caffè Nero Group Ltd"") is a British European style coffee house brand headquartered in London, England. It was founded in 1990 by Ian Semp and the original branch was at 66 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington. Currently, the company runs more than 825 coffee houses in nine countries: the UK, Ireland, Poland, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey, the UAE, Oman, and the United States. Caffè Nero's parent company is based in Luxembourg. ""Caffè Nero"" is"
"Greggs Greggs plc () is the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It specialises in savoury products such as bakes, sausage rolls and sandwiches and sweet items including doughnuts and vanilla slices. It is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The first Greggs was opened in 1951. Growing regionally from its North East base, Greggs began to acquire other regional bakery chains across the rest of the country from the 1970s onwards. By the 1990s, it was the largest bakery chain in the"
"27% per annum. Wayne's Coffee have currently seven coffee-shops in Saudi Arabia (2015-09-30). United Kingdom The company extending their business into the United Kingdom and the first shop opening in London, in December 2017. The first shop location was chosen Kensington as this area is well known for people who are looking for Organic Coffee Shops and foods. Just walking distance from Whole Foods Market you can find a fresh juice bar, Organic Coffee including Coconut Latte, Beetroot Latte, Macha Latte and Fresh Organic Food in store. Website: www.waynescoffee.co.uk Wayne's Coffee Wayne's Coffee is a Swedish-based coffeehouse chain founded in"
"Irish shop Hodges Figgis, and reached an agreement to purchase Foyles in 2018. The bookseller has concession agreements with Paperchase and previously with coffee chains Costa Coffee and Starbucks in some shops, but since 2012 has introduced its own Café W brand. For a time, Waterstones sold eReaders, including in 2012 partnering with Amazon to sell the Amazon Kindle, but has since pulled out of this market for commercial reasons. Waterstones administers and supports various literary awards, including the Children's Laureate and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. The chain was founded by Tim Waterstone after he took a £6,000 redundancy"
"Coffee 1 Coffee#1 is a British coffee house chain that originated in Cardiff, Wales in 2001. Since 2011 it has been owned by Cardiff brewery company SA Brain. Coffee#1 has outlets along the M4 corridor, with others in Wales and southern England. Coffee#1 started in 2001 with the opening of a coffee shop on Wood Street, Cardiff, by David Jones of Bargoed, Wales, and Maryanne Tagney from Bristol. The third member of the board of directors was manager Anthony Shapland. Later, James Shapland was hired to run the company. By 2011 it had 15 outlets across South Wales and South"
"at its branches in Westfield and Mayfair. Caffe Concerto serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as afternoon tea Caffè Concerto Caffè Concerto is a European style restaurant brand with its headquarters in London, England. It was founded in 1996 by Marco Costa and the original branch was on Regent Street . Currently, the company runs 16 restaurants in London and is established in two countries: UK and the UAE. In 2013, Caffe Concerto was voted fastest growing company by Real Business Insider Caffe Concerto serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as afternoon tea . It is well known"
"late 2011 the supermarket introduced its first loyalty card scheme, ""myWaitrose"". It differed from supermarket loyalty schemes like Tesco Clubcard and Nectar, giving cardholders access to exclusive competitions and offers instead of allowing them to collect points. It later began to give cardholders 10% off selected products, as well as free tea or coffee in store and money off their shopping for purchasing selected newspapers. Former Managing director Mark Price has said that this offer has made Waitrose the second largest provider of coffee in the UK, calling it a ""phenomenal"" response that showed schemes offering loyalty points to be"
"Queen's Lane Coffee House Queen's Lane Coffee House is a historic coffee house dating from 1654 in Oxford, England. It claims to be the oldest continually serving coffee house in Europe. The coffee house is situated on the north side of the High Street (at No. 40), on the corner with Queen's Lane, hence the name. Close by are both The Queen's College to the west and St Edmund Hall to the north. It is popular with both Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University students and tourists. In 2009 it rebranded itself as ""QL"". There is a second smaller QL"
"to England from Parma, Italy, in the 1960s. Costa branched out to selling coffee in 1978, when its first store opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road, London. In 1985, Sergio bought out Bruno's share of the company. Bruno went on to found a tableware company. By 1995, the chain had 41 stores in UK, and was acquired by Whitbread, the UK's largest hotel and coffee shop operator, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2009, Costa opened its 1,000th store in Cardiff. In December 2009, Costa Coffee agreed to acquire Coffee Heaven for £36 million, adding 79 stores in central and eastern"
"2018. Increasingly, British cafes are being replaced by coffeehouses or fast-food franchises. The traditional British cafe has been in sharp decline due to the rise of fast-food chains; they nevertheless remain numerous all over the UK, especially in certain parts of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, and in many seaside towns and villages. The demand for their style of cuisine has resulted in the establishment of British-style cafes all over the world, and particularly in European coastal resorts located within an hour's coach ride from charter airlines' destinations, in which full breakfasts may be available all day. A British cafe typically"
"to charity. Tim Waterstone Sir Tim Waterstone (born 30 May 1939) is a British businessman, author and philanthropist. He is the founder of Waterstones, the United Kingdom-based bookselling retail chain, the largest in Europe. Tim Waterstone was born on 30 May 1939 in Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in Crowborough, East Sussex, England. He was educated at Tonbridge School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read English. Waterstone worked for a broking firm in Calcutta, India. Upon his return to England he worked as a marketing manager for Allied Breweries, 1964–73 and then W.H. Smith, 1973–81. Waterstone founded the"
"the chain was one of seven restaurants surveyed that failed to meet a basic level of sustainability in its seafood. Café Rouge Café Rouge is a French-styled restaurant chain, with over 120 sites across the UK. Café Rouge is part of a bigger restaurant network owned by Casual Dining Group Ltd. Café Rouge was founded by Roger Myers and Karen Jones, in Richmond, London as a small restaurant chain in 1989. As the brand grew, Myers and Jones incorporated the chain into a larger restaurant group: the Pelican Group. In July 1996, Whitbread purchased Pelican Group - comprising 110 restaurants"
"2016. The company has already opened seven stores in Dubai and imposed itself as an important competitor in its sector. As of March 2018, the company has also begun operating in London. As of August 2018, the company has also opened their first store in Australia. As of September 2018, the company has also opened their first store in U.S.A. As of August 2018 there were 200 stores in the following countries: Mikel Coffee Company Mikel Coffee Company, or Mikel, is a Greek coffeehouse chain whose network consists of more than 160 stores in Greece. Its name, stylized as ""MIKEL,"""
"fined a franchisee of the chain 30,000NIS for racial discrimination after refusing to hire an Israeli-Arab trainee on the grounds that the cafe was kosher. In 2016, about 12% of Israelis say Café Café is their favorite chain. Café Café Café Café (Hebrew: קפה קפה) is a chain of cafés in Israel. In February 2010, Café Café had 112 locations, making it the largest coffee chain in the country and overtaking Aroma Espresso Bar. Each location is individually designed to reflect the character of the neighborhood where it is located. The chain has 151 locations in Israel and Europe. Café"
"now the largest and longest-standing fundraising event of its kind in the UK. In 2016, Coffee Morning raised over £29.5 million to help provide support to people who have cancer across the UK. Over the years, some Coffee Morning hosts have taken their fundraising to the next level. This includes a Coffee Morning 100 feet underground in Poldark mine in Cornwall, a Coffee Morning on a jet fighter and the most distant Coffee Morning being held in Antarctica. The official partner of coffee morning is M&S. Since 2010, M&S have raised £10 million by creating limited edition homeware products and"
"BrightHouse (retailer) Caversham Finance Limited, trading as BrightHouse, is the largest rent-to-own company in the United Kingdom, with over 270 stores. BrightHouse is a trading name of Caversham Finance Limited which is owned by private equity firm Apollo Management. In October 2017, the company was ordered by the financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, to pay 249,000 customers £14.8m due to the firm not compensating customers who had cancelled agreements after one down payment and to those who signed up to ""unaffordable"" lending agreements. The FCA said the retailer has not been a ""responsible lender"" and had treated customers unfairly."
"50% of coffee and Asian fast food chains, Cafe Sol and Neon. In spring 2018, Dunnes Stores confirmed the closure of all stores in Britain, Brexit may be one reason for the closures. In 2018 Dunnes Stores commenced with a number of revamps and expansions on some of its stores with some such as in Ballyvolane in Cork being quite substantial multi million euro expansions. These capital projects a clear sign of how well Dunnes Stores is performing despite the highly competitive market it operates in. The main domestic competitors in the supermarket business are Tesco, SuperValu, Lidl and Aldi."
"leading coffee shop chain. New shops are constantly opening in more places, more cities, more towns and more countries, and now in United Kingdom. Wayne's Coffee has coffeehouses in the following European countries: Finland's Restamax owns the Finnish rights. Wayne's Coffee opened its first coffeehouse in Nicosia, Cyprus, in March 2012. The company also opened a second coffeehouse in Saudi Arabia at the Panorama Mall in Riyadh. The opening event was hosted by the Swedish ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Jan Thesleff. He commented, ""Saudi Arabia is the biggest market in the region"" with the franchise market expected to grow by"
"Caffè Nero Caffè Nero (officially ""Caffè Nero Group Ltd"") is a British European style coffee house brand headquartered in London, England. It was founded in 1990 by Ian Semp and the original branch was at 66 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington. Currently, the company runs more than 825 coffee houses in nine countries: the UK, Ireland, Poland, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey, the UAE, Oman, and the United States. Caffè Nero's parent company is based in Luxembourg. ""Caffè Nero"" is Italian for ""black coffee"". Caffè Nero was founded in 1990 by Ian Semp and in 1997 was sold to a group of"