Tag Archives: coffee shop culture

What next for coffee shop culture? The future of coffee shops and coffee consumption in the era of Covid-19

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

As Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased in the UK, and more coffee shop branches began to reopen there were reports of long queues to drive-thru coffee shop branches, as people sought to purchase the food and drinks in places they … Continue reading →

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New research: Exploring coffee consumption and the impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

Until recently the UK had a thriving coffee shop culture, with most high streets offering a range of different independent and chain coffee shop outlets. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold, fewer people were leaving home until … Continue reading →

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Coffee, communication and community: coffee shop culture in a time of Coronavirus and social distancing

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

Until recently the UK, like many other countries across the world, had a vibrant coffee shop culture. Towns and cities filled with bustling coffee shops, with many people visiting them on a regular basis as part of their daily lives. … Continue reading →

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Costa Coffee, Coca-cola and the quest for global expansion – India and the Middle East

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

In 2018 it was announced that the global soft drinks company Coca-cola was going to buy the UK based coffee shop chain Costa Coffee, owned at the time by Whitbread, for nearly £4 billion. This was not the first big … Continue reading →

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Innovate Magazine: Café Society

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

Landing on my desk at work this week was the most recent issue of Coventry University’s Research and Enterprise magazine, Innovate. Some of my work around the importance of cafés and coffee shops for many people in modern society is … Continue reading →

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2017 on Cafe Spaces: A Year in Review

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

As the end of 2017 draws near I’ve been reflecting on how my work has developed over the year.  As more regular readers of the blog may have noted, I was off on maternity leave until the summer, so in … Continue reading →

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Coffee reading in 2017

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

I’m often asked about where to read about coffee and coffee shops, and I’ve written a few book reviews on here, plus a blog post about some of the books out there. There’s a huge range of literature out there … Continue reading →

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Coffee shop culture in Australia

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

‘In Australia, coffee isn’t fuel for work – it’s a way of life’. Milkman (2016). While coffee may be a global commodity, and coffee shop cultures have emerged across the world, each country tends to have its own flavour of … Continue reading →

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