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Tag Archives: Coverpoint
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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Tagged Allister Richards, business and industry, Business and Industry Consultants, Coverpoint, Coverpoint Blog, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants, Food, Foodservice, Foodservice Management, Gather & Gather, Jonathan Doughty, Mitie, People
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Anthony’s – Fine Dining at the Corn Exchange
A review by Paulina Herrmann, Support Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. It was that time again for another Coverpoint ‘road trip’ and so my colleague Daniel da Rocha, Management Consultant at Coverpoint, and I, boarded a train to the ‘North’. Having … Continue reading
M on the Bund, Shanghai
As I left Shanghai on Friday morning, I was reminded of the moody and dark scenes that pervade the film Blade Runner. Set in a future world, the Ridley Scott directed epic is set in a noisy, vertical world, with … Continue reading
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
Posted in Industry Comment, People, Shopping and Leisure, Uncategorized
Tagged Benugo, Contract catering, Coverpoint, Coverpoint Blog, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants, Foodservice, FSM, Giraffe, Guy Kellner, Halo, High Street, Kew Gardens, McDonald's, Peyton and Byrne, Tesco, Wakehurst Place
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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
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
Looking Forward, As Ever…
First published in the FSM Magazine in February 2013. As some of you may be aware, we have just celebrated 20 years at Coverpoint in the second week of January 2013. It has been an amazing two decade journey during … Continue reading
Strada Terminal 3 – the perfect post Christmas tonic?
A review by Adam Griffin, Director, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. It’s the beginning of the year 2013. Back into the work groove, well almost – my flight to Prague has been delayed for an hour or so. We are off to … Continue reading
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 →