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Caffè Nero to open a new flagship store Caffè Nero has announced that it is to open a new flagship store at Stansted airport and resume its UK new store openings programme. The brand will open new stores in Stansted and Belfast Airports this summer with a further six new store openings scheduled in the coming months. It is actively considering more new sites to restart its new store openings programme. The Stansted Airport store, which was won via tender process and replaces Starbucks, is located in the International Departure Lounge and is due to open in June after an investment of more than £750K. It will have a new premium bespoke design across its 1800 square foot and create more than 25 new jobs. Concurrently, Caffè Nero will build and open a flagship store in Belfast City Airport. This opening, also expected in June 2022, replaces Costa and will be the largest coffee outlet in the airport. Located in the main concourse for arrivals landside at the airport, the store will likewise have a stunning bespoke design across its 2,100 square footage and will be Caffè Nero’s first store in an airport in Northern Ireland. Both airport stores are part of a post-Covid renewed store openings programme by Caffè Nero as it restarts its growth engines. A further six stores will be opened across the UK by early summer. These openings will be located in urban centres and market town locations, with additional new sites being scoped and screened for further openings later in the year.
Founder and Group CEO, Gerry Ford, commented: “We’re thankful and delighted to have the opportunity to serve customers in both these airports. I hope and trust that our new airport stores will excite passengers and visitors alike. Both airports are predicting passenger numbers will exceed pre-pandemic numbers in the coming years, so these are important sites for us to win. “As the UK emerges from pandemic restrictions, we are looking to return to growth by resuming our store openings programme. We have several new stores in the pipeline scheduled to open over the coming weeks and I’m excited by all of them. Customers are talking with their feet and we are already seeing customer numbers increase week by week. We will be looking at other new sites moving forward as there seem to be a lot of very good opportunities out there.”
Kite Packaging invest in a new fleet of delivery lorries Kite Packaging says that it has elevated its enterprise with the introduction of eight new delivery vehicles in order to continue their rapid levels of growth. This investment will supplement the vast increase in demand for Kite’s packaging products, allowing the business to maintain their quick delivery turnaround. Currently, Kite has a standard two to four working day delivery which is free for orders over £100 and the option to upgrade to next working day delivery for an additional fee. The updated trucks are the latest specification DAF 18 tonne Euro 6 rigid body lorries with a combination of tail lifts and towbars. The lorries will be stationed at the North East, Rotherham, Midlands, Swindon, Letchworth and Portsmouth Regional Distribution Centres (RDCs). Therefore, this development will have significant impacts across the country, empowering Kite to have a greater allround accessibility to its customers. 6 CAFÉ LIFE | THECAFELIFE.CO.UK
As the only employee share-owned business in its sector, Kite claims to have an unrivalled commitment to excellent service; a goal that is facilitated by this investment into high-quality resource. The expansion of delivery vehicles will be instrumental in granting businesses the materials they require efficiently to fulfil their own orders and experience their own growth.
