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The Cafe business for the professional operator - keeping up to date with what's new and interesting - written by Paul Cottrell, Turpin Smale Catering Consultants

Friday, 18 November 2016

Serve Yourself

John Lewis see the future at their Oxford Street cafe with multiple self-service hot drink stations

Labels: hot drinks, John Lewis, Oxford Street, queue busting, self service, self service hot drinks, Turpin Smale Catering Consultants

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