Many cafés and coffee shops will be re-opening in a limited fashion this month with a focus on their outside seating areas, and in this issue, we focus on the importance of coffee machines and having a good breakfast and tea offering. In addition, Lincoln and York’s CEO, James Sweeting, shares his views on the past year, the company having also commissioned a new packaging line.
After a testing year for a UK café sector now planning its re-opening, Café Life caught up with Lincoln and York’s CEO, James Sweeting (pictured), on a range of topics, the company having recently unveiled their investment in a new packaging line, while, like most other enterprises large and small, negotiating the effects of Brexit and Covid.
As café and coffee shops re-open, water quality and, in turn, consumer appreciation of beverage quality, should not be neglected, point out BRITA.
The Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the UK’s trade association for the ice cream sector, is mobilising its members, the wider industry and other parts of the hospitality sector to promote their products to all those holidaying in the country this summer. The campaign is called the Great British Ice Cream Staycation and is encouraging businesses of all types and sizes to get involved. A free, downloadable DIY Marketing Toolkit is available now at www.ice-cream.org/webform/great-british-ice-cream-staycation
The Coffee Shop Innovation Expo is back, and better than ever! On the 9th & 10th of November at London’s ExCeL, we will welcome back Europe's leading event for coffee shop business owners, showcasing the tools, techniques and solutions that are changing the face of the coffee sector forever!
Portion Solutions, the UK’s leading portion provider, has joined forces with Moostix to meet a gap in the market for semi skimmed milk sticks.
UK in-cup drinks specialist Brupac has moved over to using Greiner Packaging’s K3® cardboard-plastic packaging solution for its 12oz in-cup drinks range.
Brupac Drinks & Machine Company Director Tim Worthington talks about why the change was made and the advantages it brings.
