All High Street articles – Page 68
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NewsReal Junk Food Project cafés face safety probe
The café chain serving up surplus stock is under investigation for redistributing out-of-date food
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NewsGreggs promotes low-cal range with 'salad dressing' couture
Models dress in salad ingredients to celebrate launch of Greggs summer salads
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NewsCaffè Nero gets theatrical with new cocktail-style iced drinks
The 11-strong Shaken range, including zero-calorie iced teas and reduced-sugar lemonades, will be served over ice…
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NewsStrong Easter drives like-for-like retail sales up 5.6% in April
UK retail sales grow 5.6% in April boosted by Easter, but BRC warns over longer-term prospects for the sector
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NewsAldi to anchor Bradford discount retail park
Listed real estate investment trust LXi REIT has agreed to fund £10m for the development of a new discount retail park in Bradford to be anchored by a 20,000 sq ft Aldi store, with Home Bargains owner TJ Morris also agreeing pre-let of 16,000 sq ft unit.
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NewsRetailers unite in call for urgent action on business rates
Seven different trade groups have called on the government to commit to “fundamental change” to the system
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NewsPret A Manger notches up 12th consecutive year of growth
Across the period, Pret opened 50 new stores including 31 in the UK
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NewsCity snapshot: Double-digit Costa sales rise boosts Whitbread’s annual profits
Annual pre-tax profits were up 6.2% at leisure group Whitbread as 10.7% total growth in its Costa Coffee chain boosted performance - however the shares have plunged as the group undershot City expectations
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NewsCoffee cup waste needs bring your own revolution
Sir, If customers were to bring their own cups, then there would be no need to recycle
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NewsPret A Manger and Paul introduce reusable coffee cup discounts
A survey by Ask the Q revealed that coffee chains are falling short on reusable takeaway cups
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NewsFood sales increase in March thanks to inflation but hopes rest on Easter
Food retailers managed to record growth in March but the rise was mainly driven by inflation as the sector pins its hopes on a bumper Easter.
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NewsNew Caffè Nero app could spell end of paper loyalty cards
Caffè Nero is launching an app that will ultimately make its 20-year-old paper stamp loyalty cards redundant
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocery's strangest lawsuits: hacking, grapes and lethal bags
From sinful sausages to dangerous grapes, the world of grocery is no stranger to a strange lawsuit…
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NewsWalgreens Boots revenues slump despite 'solid' Christmas for UK stores
A Christmas sales boost at Boots in the UK was not enough to stop a decline in group revenues at parent Walgreens Boots Alliance during the second quarter.
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News99p Stores falls into administration
Poundland has placed 99p Stores into administration a little more than two years after the fixed-priced retail chain snapped up 250 stores from its rival
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NewsCity snapshot: Five shops a day close in 2016 but trends improve post-Brexit
The equivalent of five shops a day closed on Britain’s high streets last year with a net loss of 1,650 shop during 2016, according to LDC
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Comment & OpinionTricks of the coffee trade
The turnover of branded coffee chains in the UK has grown by over 500% in the last 15 years. How have they done it?
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NewsCosta boosts coffee roasting capacity with £38m Basildon site – video
The 85,690 sq ft state-of-the-art site, named Paradise Street, will increase productivity by 25%
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NewsChancellor’s £435m business rates relief package just ‘a drop in the ocean’
Short-term relief measures are not enough and proper reform is needed, leading retail voices have said
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NewsGovernment discusses £150m business rates rescue package
Communities secretary Sajid Javid held talks on Wednesday with business rates experts CVS aimed at diffusing a crisis