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Fred’s Food Construction, Philpot Lane
A review by Louis Esner, Support Consultant at Coverpoint. When looking for food-on-the-go in the City, you most likely think of the big brands such as Pret a Manger and Eat. Tesco are challenging...
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Café Rouge Express, Victoria Place
A review by Louis Esner, Support Consultant at Coverpoint. It was reported in 2011 that Tragus Group would expand their Café Rouge brand past the high street and into the ‘traveller’ market, this was...
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TGI Friday’s ‘Fast Track’, Manchester Piccadilly
We have already seen this year a number of large Casual Dining chains branch out into new markets, concepts and ideas to help increase their product range, and also attract new markets. Great examples...
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The Palomar, London
London’s Soho is not an area that struggles for hip eateries, but the launch of The Palomar at the slightly tired end of Rupert Street in May 2014 has already made a massive impact and made this street...
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Take Two…PAUL vs Le Restaurant de PAUL
A review by Louis Esner, Support Consultant at Coverpoint. Best known for cakes, pastries, baguettes and sandwiches across Europe, bakery group PAUL are now entering the ‘Casual Dining Restaurant’...
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Keeping Boredom at Bay
First published in the FSM Magazine, October 2014. You would think, wouldn’t you, that businesses that are dependent on generating repeat custom from the office workers and occupiers would want to set...
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Foodservice, Strategy, Mergers
First published in the FSM Magazine, November 2014. Following a couple of very interesting announcements in the past two months the topic for this article was obvious – it’s time for the real truth...
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Differentiation on all Fronts
First published in the FSM Magazine, December 2014. Differentiation is important. In an ever more congested marketplace, standing out from the crowd is essential. Sometimes however, we recognise it can...
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The Glorious 12th
22 Years ago I started Coverpoint in my back bedroom at my first house in Maidenhead, having previously worked for a number of different food and catering companies. Despite there being a recession on,...
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Foodservice Trends, Disruption and Chaos
First published in the ACROSS Magazine, Issue 4|15 Honestly, I don’t want to scare you. I enjoy writing this contribution for ACROSS magazine very much and I hope that some of the information and...
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