Tag Archives: Starbucks

The Cup Fund has launched – seeking new ideas for coffee cup recycling

Posted on April 15, 2019 by

Disposable coffee cups have recently been in the news again. This time it’s because of a new effort to try and increase coffee cup recycling – The Cup Fund –  a £1 million funding scheme to kick start some ideas … Continue reading →

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Coffee Shop Chains and ‘New Retail’ in China: Starbucks, Luckin Coffee, apps and delivery

Posted on August 5, 2018 by

China continues to be one of the largest growing markets for the coffee shop industry, with estimates of market growth ranging between 5-9% year according to different consultancy reports. Such growth is an attractive prospect for large international coffee shop … Continue reading →

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New publication: Challenges and opportunities of new retail horizons in emerging markets: The case of a rising coffee culture in China

Posted on July 28, 2018 by

If you follow news about developments in the coffee and coffee shop industry then you may have seen recent articles about the growth of coffee shop culture in China, in particular about the rapid growth of Luckin Coffee, (a Beijing … Continue reading →

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Updated map of coffee shops and cafes in Coventry

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

Last year I wrote a blog post including a Google map of the coffee shops and cafes in Coventry around the time the bid for Coventry to be the 2021 City of Culture had been submitted to try and demonstrate … Continue reading →

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Coffee and the transport hub: the rise of specialty coffee in train stations and airports

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

In a recent blog post on reaching peak Costa Coffee in the UK I mentioned how a Guardian article had hinted at a shift taking place where more specialty coffee was becoming available in transport hubs, particularly train stations. Given … Continue reading →

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Peak Coffee Shop? Peak Costa Coffee? Where next for the UK market leader?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

Last year I wrote an article for the Conversation about if Britain had reached ‘peak coffee shop’, sparked by industry forecasts that suggested the number of coffee shops in the country was set to continue to grow at pace (to … Continue reading →

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The coffee shop market in Europe: growth and the future

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

Allegra Strategies one of the leading coffee industry market research companies recently published the newest version of its Project Café Europe. The 2018 version according to this article from the Independent indicated that 21 out of 25 European countries experienced … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on ‘Everything but the Coffee’

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

There are a lot of books out there about coffee, coffee culture and cafes. I’ve spent years working through them but there’s always so much more to read. I was recently recommended ‘Everything but the coffee’ by Bryant Simon. It’s … Continue reading →

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The battle of the coffee shops continues

Posted on October 25, 2017 by

This week coffee shops have been back in the UK media. A  short piece on ITV news which highlighted how the national chains continue battle with independents for their share of the £9 billion coffee shop market. It was also … Continue reading →

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Merging historical culture with Starbucks in Japan

Posted on July 4, 2017 by

Back in April I wrote a blog post about how Starbucks was trying something new in Japan, ‘Neighborhood and Coffee’ stores which had less obvious Starbucks branding, and were more focused on becoming the local neighbourhood coffee shop. Now, again … Continue reading →

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