30th September 2008
One of the largest independent espresso bar brands in the UK has identified four new locations to open outlets in Bulgaria.
‘Coffee Republic’ currently operates two stores in the country – one at Sunny Beach Mall and one at Pfohe Mall, Varna with another soon to open in Varna Mall.
Other cities where the chain is to expand are Stara Zagora, Plovdiv and Sofia.
Source: http://www.stephencole.com/downloads/Bulgaria_News.pdf
Perth Opens its Doors to the Republic!!
30th September 2008
Published: Monday, September 29, 2008
Source: http://www.stjshopping.co.uk/news_details.aspx?NewsID=80
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that Coffee Republic Deli is due to open this month at the King Edward Street entrance to the shopping mall.
The Coffee Republic Deli is the first of its kind outside of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the fourth of its kind in Scotland and will offer customers a unique combination of fresh deli food, award winning coffee blends and the opportunity to enjoy their Coffee Republic Deli experience either inside the shopping centre or on piazza style seating in St John’s Square on Kind Edward Street.
Siobhan McConnell, manager of St John’s Shopping Centre, said “The Coffee Republic Deli has a prime location at the main entrance to St John’s Shopping Centre. It is an innovative, cosmopolitan and well loved brand with excellent products and service and I believe it will complement and add strength and vitality to our city centre.”
Coffee Republic was founded in 1995 by brother and sister entrepreneurial team, Bobby and Sahar Hashemi. Giving up highly paid professional jobs, she as a lawyer in London and he an investment banker in New York, they staked everything on a dream – to create the best coffee chain in Britain.
The Coffee Republic Deli is an extension of that original concept is the one and only registered Deli chain in the UK. Focussing on great, hand made, fresh food, lots of fresh ingredients and choice in our recipes, friendly and helpful service, all wrapped up in a welcoming environment.
For further information about the developments at St John’s Shopping Centre please log on to www.stjshopping.co.uk
Published: Monday, September 29, 2008
Source: http://www.stjshopping.co.uk/news_details.aspx?NewsID=80
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that Coffee Republic Deli is due to open this month at the King Edward Street entrance to the shopping mall.
The Coffee Republic Deli is the first of its kind outside of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the fourth of its kind in Scotland and will offer customers a unique combination of fresh deli food, award winning coffee blends and the opportunity to enjoy their Coffee Republic Deli experience either inside the shopping centre or on piazza style seating in St John’s Square on Kind Edward Street.
Siobhan McConnell, manager of St John’s Shopping Centre, said “The Coffee Republic Deli has a prime location at the main entrance to St John’s Shopping Centre. It is an innovative, cosmopolitan and well loved brand with excellent products and service and I believe it will complement and add strength and vitality to our city centre.”
Coffee Republic was founded in 1995 by brother and sister entrepreneurial team, Bobby and Sahar Hashemi. Giving up highly paid professional jobs, she as a lawyer in London and he an investment banker in New York, they staked everything on a dream – to create the best coffee chain in Britain.
The Coffee Republic Deli is an extension of that original concept is the one and only registered Deli chain in the UK. Focussing on great, hand made, fresh food, lots of fresh ingredients and choice in our recipes, friendly and helpful service, all wrapped up in a welcoming environment.
For further information about the developments at St John’s Shopping Centre please log on to www.stjshopping.co.uk
Photos of the new Coffee Republic store in Bury
23rd September 2008
Thanks for the photos and congratulations yet again, Richard!!
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Thanks for the photos and congratulations yet again, Richard!!
Click on photos to enlarge.
A new CR Deli set for Leicester soon
23rd September 2008
A new Coffee Republic is set to open in Leicester in the near future. Watch this space for further updates!
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A NEW PREMISES LICENCE Name of applicant: MR A KANABAR Postal address of premises: COFFEE REPUBLIC 20-22 GRANBY STREET LEICESTER LE1 1DE Details of Application: APPLICATION FOR PREMISES LICENCE TO SERVE ALCOHOL:- MON.-FRI., 07.30 - 18.30hrs. SAT. 08.00 - 18.30hrs and SUNDAY 09.30 - 17.30hrs. The Licensing Register can be inspected at any time by visiting www.leicester.gov.uk/licensing . During office hours arrangements may be made for the register to be viewed at the Customer Services Department, Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Leicester, LE1 6ZG.
Source; classifieds.thisisleicestershire.co.uk
A new Coffee Republic is set to open in Leicester in the near future. Watch this space for further updates!
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A NEW PREMISES LICENCE Name of applicant: MR A KANABAR Postal address of premises: COFFEE REPUBLIC 20-22 GRANBY STREET LEICESTER LE1 1DE Details of Application: APPLICATION FOR PREMISES LICENCE TO SERVE ALCOHOL:- MON.-FRI., 07.30 - 18.30hrs. SAT. 08.00 - 18.30hrs and SUNDAY 09.30 - 17.30hrs. The Licensing Register can be inspected at any time by visiting www.leicester.gov.uk/licensing . During office hours arrangements may be made for the register to be viewed at the Customer Services Department, Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Leicester, LE1 6ZG.
Source; classifieds.thisisleicestershire.co.uk
Lipstick Jungle team up with Coffee Republic
23rd September 2008
Source; www.guardian.co.uk
By Mark Sweney
Published 29th August 2008
Virgin Media TV is to launch an innovative ad campaign to promote Lipstick Jungle, Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell's new show starring Brooke Shields, which includes selling branded "Lipstick lattés" in coffee shops across the UK.
Source; www.guardian.co.uk
By Mark Sweney
Published 29th August 2008
Virgin Media TV is to launch an innovative ad campaign to promote Lipstick Jungle, Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell's new show starring Brooke Shields, which includes selling branded "Lipstick lattés" in coffee shops across the UK.
Lipstick Jungle, which follows the "lives and loves of three feisty career women in New York", spearheads the autumn lineup for Virgin Media TV's entertainment channel, Living.
Shields appears alongside Kim Raver and Lindsay Price as the trio attempt to "juggle their families, sex lives, affairs, high-powered business deals and scandals while still looking fabulous".
The ad campaign, Living TV's biggest yet for a programme launch, includes cinema ads and a range of strategic partnerships to reach potential female viewers.
Living has struck a deal with Coffee Republic to launch a range of branded products that will be sold through its 67 outlets across the UK.
Coffee Republic stores will sell "Lipstick lattés" - vanilla-flavoured coffees with a chocolate kiss-shaped foam top - and "Lipstick cupcakes", with kiss-shaped icing.
Lipstick Jungle branding will run on coffee cup sleeves, tables, screensavers and posters in Coffee Republic stores from Monday.
A tie-up with magazine publisher Bauer will see a Living-branded faux back cover and three pages of advertorials in Heat to showcase Lipstick Jungle and Living's autumn schedule.
Other shows on the channel this autumn include Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, hosted by Kelly Brook, America's Next Top Model, and Grey's Anatomy.
As part of a link-up with morning freesheet Metro, Lipstick Jungle branded Oyster cards will be handed out - complete with "dinky" mirrors for travellers to check out their look on the way to work.
Afternoon freesheets London Lite and the London Paper will run cover wraps to promote the show and Living's autumn schedule. A radio campaign will also run on Heart FM.
Lipstick Jungle has also joined forces with shopping website As Seen on Screen, better known as ASOS.com, to advertise on the site and in its free 429,000 copy monthly magazine.
Online customers will also be able to search the website to find products and clothing worn by the stars of the show.
The campaign to support the series and Living's autumn season breaks on Monday.
Another CR Deli set for the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol?
23rd September 2008
Source; www.propertyweek.com
By Christine Eade
Published 12th Sept 2008
"Phase Eight, the fashion retailer, has taken a 10-year lease on 1,360 sq ft at the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol. Other lettings include 685 sq ft to Beaverbrooks, the jeweller, on a 15-year lease and 1,200 sq ft to Coffee Republic on a 10-year lease."
Source; www.propertyweek.com
By Christine Eade
Published 12th Sept 2008
"Phase Eight, the fashion retailer, has taken a 10-year lease on 1,360 sq ft at the Mall at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol. Other lettings include 685 sq ft to Beaverbrooks, the jeweller, on a 15-year lease and 1,200 sq ft to Coffee Republic on a 10-year lease."
New CR Deli set to open in Ilford - October 2008
23rd September 2008
According to the Gumtree website, a new Coffee Republic Deli is set to open in Ilford during the 2nd week of October. Watch this space for further developments.
For more info click here.
According to the Gumtree website, a new Coffee Republic Deli is set to open in Ilford during the 2nd week of October. Watch this space for further developments.
For more info click here.
Another Coffee Republic opens in Aberdeen alongside McLeish Bros
23rd September 2008
Deli rollout gathers pace in Granite City
McLeish Brothers entrepreneur stepping up Scotland-wide expansion
By Ian Forsyth
Source; www.pressandjournal.co.uk
Published: 05/09/2008
MCLEISH Brothers, the delicatessen chain launched by a north-east businessman less than two years ago, underlined its commitment to Aberdeen yesterday by opening a second store in the Granite City centre.
Entrepreneur Stanley Morrice said it was full steam ahead in a Scotland-wide expansion programme.
He plans to have around two dozen New York-style delis up and running in the next few months from a standing start of four in 2006.
The latest outlet is at 45 Schoolhill – the first shop in Aberdeen was opened last year in Union Street – and is on the site of what was the Toy Bazaar, all of whose staff were offered positions among the 25 jobs created.
Mr Morrice, who hails from Fraserburgh, said: “Aberdeen, a cosmopolitan, 21st-century city, has proved to be an extremely receptive market for the type of deli service we provide. Such has been the success of our Union Street store from the word go that we were anxious to open a second and, hopefully soon, a third.”
Deli rollout gathers pace in Granite City
McLeish Brothers entrepreneur stepping up Scotland-wide expansion
By Ian Forsyth
Source; www.pressandjournal.co.uk
Published: 05/09/2008
MCLEISH Brothers, the delicatessen chain launched by a north-east businessman less than two years ago, underlined its commitment to Aberdeen yesterday by opening a second store in the Granite City centre.
Entrepreneur Stanley Morrice said it was full steam ahead in a Scotland-wide expansion programme.
He plans to have around two dozen New York-style delis up and running in the next few months from a standing start of four in 2006.
The latest outlet is at 45 Schoolhill – the first shop in Aberdeen was opened last year in Union Street – and is on the site of what was the Toy Bazaar, all of whose staff were offered positions among the 25 jobs created.
Mr Morrice, who hails from Fraserburgh, said: “Aberdeen, a cosmopolitan, 21st-century city, has proved to be an extremely receptive market for the type of deli service we provide. Such has been the success of our Union Street store from the word go that we were anxious to open a second and, hopefully soon, a third.”
Barclays gives away 50,000 contactless coffees at Coffeee Republic
23rd September 2008
Wave, pay, caffeinate
By Jo Best
Published: Wednesday 10 September 2008
Source; www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39286265,00.htm
Barclays will be giving away 50,000 single use contactless payment cards at this weekend's Thames Festival to get consumers used to the idea of the 'wave and pay' tech.
Festival goers will be able to pick up one of the one-off cards on either Saturday or Sunday and use the stored credit to pay for a drink at Coffee Republic at Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank.
The coffee outlet will house six of the 6,000 readers able to take Barclays contactless payments in the UK.
Barclays announced its first contactless credit card a year ago. The card, called OnePulse, can be used for contactless payments and as an Oyster card, and also as a standard credit card.
The bank recently told silicon.com it will be expanding the range of plastic able to make contactless payments, as it seeks to have a million wave and pay cards in the hands of its customers by the end of this year.
Wave, pay, caffeinate
By Jo Best
Published: Wednesday 10 September 2008
Source; www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39286265,00.htm
Barclays will be giving away 50,000 single use contactless payment cards at this weekend's Thames Festival to get consumers used to the idea of the 'wave and pay' tech.
Festival goers will be able to pick up one of the one-off cards on either Saturday or Sunday and use the stored credit to pay for a drink at Coffee Republic at Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank.
The coffee outlet will house six of the 6,000 readers able to take Barclays contactless payments in the UK.
Barclays announced its first contactless credit card a year ago. The card, called OnePulse, can be used for contactless payments and as an Oyster card, and also as a standard credit card.
The bank recently told silicon.com it will be expanding the range of plastic able to make contactless payments, as it seeks to have a million wave and pay cards in the hands of its customers by the end of this year.
Coffee Republic heading for New Zealand?
23rd September 2008
See web image below:
(Source; IPONZ - Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand)
Click on image to enlarge
See web image below:
(Source; IPONZ - Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand)
Click on image to enlarge
Coffee Republic and other retail concessions boost CineWorld
23rd September 2008
CINEWORLD GROUP plc - Financial Report
Published: 21 August 2008
Source: www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200808210700097693B
HIGHLIGHTS
Financial
Operational
"We achieved these results through a specific focus on the cost and mix of our offering. On the film side, the product mix was geared more to adult films which was a major factor in our average ticket price per admission improving to £4.34 (2007:£4.09). The change of both coffee and alcohol suppliers, more Ben & Jerry's kiosks installed, plus the upgrading of several of our retail areas resulted in our average retail spend per person rising to £1.73 (2007: £1.64)."
"In retail we successfully rolled out the Coffee Republic brand of freshly ground bean to cup coffee into all our retail stands and bars, thereby offering our customers a new and branded quality coffee product. We also appointed Carlsberg as our supplier for all draft beer and packaged alcohol and spirits across our estate."
CINEWORLD GROUP plc - Financial Report
Published: 21 August 2008
Source: www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200808210700097693B
HIGHLIGHTS
Financial
- Group revenue up 0.9% to £137.0m (2007: £135.7m)
- EBITDA* at £21.5m (2007: £21.7m)**
- Operating profit up 19.5% to £14.1m (2007: £11.8m)**
- Operating cash flow before changes in working capital and provisions at £21.5m (2007: £19.8m)
- Net debt reduced to £125.4m from £129.6m in June 2007
- Reported EPS: 4.2p on basic earnings
- Proposed interim dividend of 3.2p per share (2007: 3.0p per share)
Operational
- Box office receipts up 1.0% at £89.6m (2007: £88.7m)
- Average ticket price per admission up 6.1% to £4.34 (2007: £4.09)
- Average retail spend per person up 5.4% to £1.73 (2007: £1.64)
- Market share remained firm throughout the half year period at 23.6% (2007: 23.9%) (source: EDI Neilsen)
- Admissions down 4.8% at 20.6m (2007: 21.7m) reflecting a lower number of blockbuster films than the previous year
- New 12 screen cinema opened at High Wycombe in March 2008
- Formation of joint venture with Odeon Cinemas Limited to drive screen advertising revenue
- Strong start to the second half of 2008.
"We achieved these results through a specific focus on the cost and mix of our offering. On the film side, the product mix was geared more to adult films which was a major factor in our average ticket price per admission improving to £4.34 (2007:£4.09). The change of both coffee and alcohol suppliers, more Ben & Jerry's kiosks installed, plus the upgrading of several of our retail areas resulted in our average retail spend per person rising to £1.73 (2007: £1.64)."
"In retail we successfully rolled out the Coffee Republic brand of freshly ground bean to cup coffee into all our retail stands and bars, thereby offering our customers a new and branded quality coffee product. We also appointed Carlsberg as our supplier for all draft beer and packaged alcohol and spirits across our estate."
Wine and beer on sale at Coffee Republic
23rd September 2008
Source; www.bakeryinfo.co.uk
Coffee Republic is dipping its toe into continental-style drinking culture as some cafés have started to sell alcohol. Speaking to British Baker at Caffè Culture, UK franchise director Kevin Frostick said Coffee Republic hadn't really pushed the concept of licensed cafes, but where franchisees wanted to sell alcohol, the company had helped with alcohol licence applications to local authorities.
"It's just a handful, three or four, at the moment," he said. Frostick said some councils were not willing to grant the licences, but others welcomed the move towards a continental European drinking culture. One of the franchises selling alcohol, in Crawley, Sussex, is offering both chilled wine and beer.
Coffee Republic was at Caffè Culture to promote its concessions. Frostick said that the quality of enquiries at the show had been high.
Source; www.bakeryinfo.co.uk
Coffee Republic is dipping its toe into continental-style drinking culture as some cafés have started to sell alcohol. Speaking to British Baker at Caffè Culture, UK franchise director Kevin Frostick said Coffee Republic hadn't really pushed the concept of licensed cafes, but where franchisees wanted to sell alcohol, the company had helped with alcohol licence applications to local authorities.
"It's just a handful, three or four, at the moment," he said. Frostick said some councils were not willing to grant the licences, but others welcomed the move towards a continental European drinking culture. One of the franchises selling alcohol, in Crawley, Sussex, is offering both chilled wine and beer.
Coffee Republic was at Caffè Culture to promote its concessions. Frostick said that the quality of enquiries at the show had been high.
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