The Future of Cafes?

 Costa with screens and no seating

No longer just Rubbish

The big players get bin smart

Coffee Break Offer

The meal deal is commonplace amongst retailers but cafe operators often miss a trick of upselling and attracting the lunch trade.

£1 Toast

Get them in early (before 11am) with a toast and coffee offer.

Chatter & Natter

Costa partners with The Chatty Cafe Scheme https://www.thechattycafescheme.co.uk/ to launch ‘chatter and natter’ tables at 25 outlets across the country. A sign on each of the tables indicates that customers sitting there are happy to chat. The aim is to provide a safe space for cafe-goers – particularly those struggling with loneliness – to strike up a conversation with a stranger.

Local Connection

Costa point out their local connection - From our London Roastery to where you the customer lives

Smell the Coffee

 Costa's clever way of promoting their coffee credentials

Recycle

Costa gets ahead with coffee cup recycling

Easily Understood

 Costa's signage makes the ingredients of their new smoothies and regular coffee offering easily understood

Mint It

Costa's coffee chocolate and mint mocha latte.

Warm Messages

 Costa's charity foundation - funding schools in coffee-growing communities

Carpet Coffee

Costa say they recycle their old coffee sacks into carpet underlay plus their cups are made from sustainable wood pulp (small problem with the plastic film inside the cups which prevents their easy recycling but am sure they are working on it).

Making an Impact

 Costa at ExCel

 Bold styling and good visuals

Eggs are Everywhere

 Pret'e Egg & Avocado & Spinach Protein Pot / Costa's Eggs with Spinach

Add an Egg

 

 Poached Egg added and warmed at counter - Costa's Three Bean & Chorizo Breakfast Pot

Latte with Marshmallows

Costa Paris has Latte Mont-Blanc pour votre sante

Reusable Cups

Starbucks

Costa

Pokito - the future small, smart reusable cup? 

Barista Smoothies

Freshly-blitzed smoothies are now mainstream with Starbucks, Costa

and Pret

Costa Keeps Britain Tidy

Costa donates 10p to Keep Britain Tidy every time a customer uses a reusable travel cup until 21st June.

The Next Costa?

Whitbread buys a half share in 8-store Pure: 

"Every Pure store is a working kitchen, where flatbreads are baked, dressings are created, salads dressed in front of you, and smoothies made fresh every day."

All cafe operators need to wake up to the healthy food sector - it is expanding fast.