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Project Café 2021 Insights: What does the UK coffee shop market look like after Covid-19?

Project Café UK 2021 is Allegra World Coffee Portal’s definitive annual analysis on the UK’s branded coffee shop market. After an impressive two decades of sustained growth, the coffee sector has b...

Valentines Gift Ideas for the Coffee Lover in Your Life

Whether you’re spoiling your loved one, your bestie or treating yourself, here’s our round up of the best Valentine’s gift for the coffee lover in your life. Ground coffee We now sell our barista-s...

A barista quality coffee at home

Since the start of the pandemic we’ve seen an increase in demand for smaller bags of coffee for home use, as more people are working from home and can’t visit their local coffee shop, and they’re d...

Benefits of having a coffee machine at the office

When the lockdowns end and we head back to the office, how will office managers make sure their staff are happy and continue to enjoy the comforts they did at home?  A good coffee machine that prod...

Flavour trends in uncertain times

The past year has thrown many challenges at the hospitality industry, with limited certainty from one week to the next, and planning near impossible as business owners have been forced to close for...

Easy vegan - how to easily add vegan options to your menu

According to a Vegan Society there are 600,000 vegans in the UK and the top three most-searched questions on the topic in the UK ask what veganism is, about its sustainability and how it affects cl...

Festive drink inspiration

Here's some festive drink inspiration to get you into the festive mood

Adding value

Are you offering your customers that little something extra?

Congratulations to our winners!

Thank you to everyone who took part in our 12 Days of Christmas competition!  We'll be posting your prizes soon so keep an eye out! Here's some of our favourite entries:   Best festive coffee machi...

Are you serving your coffee with a side of microplastics?

A recent study has found that using non-biodegradable coffee cups with a plastic lining, could be very bad for our health, as micro-plastics are released into the drink within just minutes. Disposa...