Tag Archives: Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants

Coya – Taste explosions and corn, lots of corn


Marathon over, literally, and I was booked to visit Coya on Piccadilly  with Tom an old friend I have had the pleasure of knowing for more years than I can remember, but it is at least 20. Coya, a phrase used … Continue reading

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The Price Is Right


First published in the FSM Magazine in May 2013. Do you remember it? I thought you might. The Price Is Right was a television franchise around the world. In the show, contestants competed to win cash and prizes by guessing the … Continue reading

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Gather and Gather – Food and FM in Perfect Harmony?


Several weeks back I received an invitation to attend the launch of a new brand “Gather & Gather” and I was taken by the professionalism and quality of branding on the communication. I hadn’t heard of them, so I looked … Continue reading

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Magnificent TrinityLeeds


An article by Daniel da Rocha, Management Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. TrinityLeeds was one of the first major shopping centre development projects I worked on as a ‘Support Consultant’ after joining Coverpoint in 2009. Although I have worked on a … Continue reading

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Blue Boar Smokehouse & Bar


A review by Daniel da Rocha, Management Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants For those unwilling (or simply unable) to cook on a Sunday there has always been a rather more, or less, appealing choice around. Whether you head down to your … Continue reading

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The “High Street Halo”


First Published in the FSM Magazine in April 2013. Regular readers of FSM will know that I am a keen observer of the “blending” between the different sectors in the foodservice industry. I woke up yesterday morning to the news … Continue reading

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Terre a Terre – “Down to Earth” Vegetarian Cuisine


A review by Paulina Herrmann, Support Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. As I was planning my debut on the Coverpoint blog page I was thinking about a good choice for my first entry. Over recent weeks the news have been dominated … Continue reading

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Breaking the “Chains” to Cheap Food


First Published in the FSM Magazine in March 2013. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Since Christmas the consumers in the UK are beginning to get a taste, literally, of what that means. Price, again, has impacted … Continue reading

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Tesco – Standing head and shoulders above the rest? (Like a Giraffe)


Nearly £50 million pounds.  Every little helps, especially if you are one of the funders exiting at this stage of the foodservice life of Giraffe. Tesco’s move to snap up the child-friendly restaurant chain has been well covered today, but … Continue reading

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Looking Back, Looking Forward….


First Published in the FSM Magazine in January 2013. As is traditional at this time of year, we tend to spend a little time looking back on the year that has just gone and looking forwards to the year that … Continue reading

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