Cafe2U wins Beverage Service Association award for the second year running

Ian Stewart from Cafe2U Harrogate is 2 good for his rivals!!!

Ian Stewart’s mobile coffee service in offices and factories in and around Harrogate is officially the best in the UK.

His daily visits in his Cafe2U van won the accolade at the Beverage Service Association (BSA) national Best Beverage awards in Coventry.

Ian said: “Of the hundreds of nominations, it is fantastic to have been chosen as the overall number one. My customers all say my coffee is great, and I love it obviously, but when a national association say so, it’s a great accolade,” said Ian. Nominations were judged on quality of service, the range of products on the menu, value for money and other aspects, and Ian won against tough competition from all over the UK.

The award, along with a trip for two to Bourges in France, was presented by Darill Lang, of UK Monin, at a black-tie dinner attended by more than 100 invited guests.

This award once again reinforces Cafe2U's strength in the market place as the UK's No.1 Mobile Espresso Operator. If you would like any further information please visit www.cafe2u.co.uk or telephone 08456 444 708

Cafe2U raises over £3000 for Macmillan as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

After the success of last year's fundraising efforts, Cafe2U once again helped raise funds for this very worthwhile cause.

World's Biggest Coffee Morning is one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK. With an estimated 2 million people raising their mugs for Macmillan this year's event took place on Friday 26 September and with your help Cafe2U raised over £3000 to help raise money for people affected by cancer.

Every year 270,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Macmillan’s aim is to support every one of those people and their friends and families too. Cafe2U was keen to be involved again as Cafe2U’s involvement over the past two years has also been a great success. Cafe2U franchisees not only raised money for a worthwhile cause, but also introduced themselves & the campaign to many new customers.

Alex Dawson Commercial Manager explains the importance of this event, “By holding the coffee mornings nationwide for Macmillan each of the Cafe2U franchisees and their respective customers were able to do their bit to help improve the lives of people living with cancer.”

Please visit www.macmillan.org.uk for more information.

Cafe2u Celebrates First Anniversary In Northern Ireland

Cafe2U franchisees from Northern Ireland, with Tom Acland MD (the tall one!) 
and local Macmillan Fundraising Manager Rosaleen Mcatamney (the green one!)

Cafe2U celebrated its first anniversary in Northern Ireland in fantastic shape. Since Jeff Peters launched the first Cafe2U in Belfast Harbour in September 2007 many records have been broken and Belfast is now Cafe2U’s second largest trading city. Tom Acland MD arranged a special visit to congratulate the team over in Belfast. “The pace has not stopped and this year has seen a great year of growth. As well as four additional franchised operations in Belfast we have also added 17 franchised operations across the UK and the Channel Islands this year alone.”

Tom continues “Our franchisees in Belfast epitomise the strength and depth that we look for in new franchisees – a hunger to be successful, a desire to ensure the very best in espresso coffee, but most importantly the drive to take advantage of the fantastic business opportunity that is Cafe2U.”

The anniversary was also well timed as Cafe2U met up with local Macmillan Fundraising Manager, Rosaleen, to launch Cafe2U’s involvement in Macmillan’s Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 26 September 2008. After the success of last years fundraising efforts Cafe2U will once again help raise funds for this very worthwhile cause.

World's Biggest Coffee Morning is one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK, with an estimated 2 million people raising their mugs for Macmillan last year. Every year 270,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. Macmillan’s aim is to support every one of those people and their friends and families too.

Nationwide Cafe2U promotion - WINNERS ANNOUNCED !!!!!!

The results of the ‘I Love Cafe2U Coffee’ promotion are now in. It has been very exciting, enlightening and entertaining, for both the franchisees and the judges of the competition! 

Entries were received from our franchisees nationwide, and they were further proof that the Cafe2U service is second to none, the professionalism and customer service of our franchisees is highly treasured by their customers, and our coffee continues to be the best.

Cafe2U is committed to providing gourmet coffee and complimentary products to workplaces in non traditional locations, and always welcomes feedback from its customers, with a view to the improvement of its service. We would like to thank all of our Cafe2U customers who have participated in this promotion. The response has been outstanding. Please visit the competition page for the winning entries and a selection of our favourite quotes.

Organise your event online now!

Cafe2U offers easy, professional event catering solutions. If you would like the best espresso coffee at your event, Cafe2U can provide café quality beverages and snacks at functions in your location.

All Cafe2U mobile coffee vans are franchisees who own their own mobile coffee business. This ensures that you are serviced with the attention to detail that you require.

They are:

• Professionally trained baristas
• Accredited for safe food handling
• Uniformed
• Fully covered with their own liability insurances

Let Cafe2U take the stress out of your next event and provide an easy event catering solution that suits your needs. Just some of the events that Cafe2U franchisees have been involved in this year include Trent Valley Mini Owners Club Show, Greencore corporate fun day, The Northallerton Festival, National museum of flight Airshow in Scotland (pictured), Tall Ships at Hull Marina, Foxtons Management meeting in London, Kona Cheddar BikeFest. Plan your event now.

Congratulations Cafe2U Belfast Newtonabbey

Once again Cafe2U is recognised for the excellent standards within its business. Ian Dickson (Belfast Newtonabbey) continues the run of Cafe2U franchisees attaining the very best in the Scores on the Doors hygiene accreditation scheme. This follows Ian Stewart (Harrogate), Ian Holmes (Leeds) and Natalie Taylor (Ashford) who were all awarded the highest maximum score for a mobile catering business from their local council through Scores on the Doors.

Scores on the Doors is a government Food Standards Agency supported scheme. It is very important that all food businesses obey the law and supply food that is safe to eat. This pilot project allows customers in certain areas to see how well a food business has done on its last inspection. Cafe2U supports these types of initiative and looks forward to further councils adopting the scheme when rolled out later in the year.

Cafe2U Discovery Day

Cafe2U invites you to join us for one of our informative Discovery Days. You’ll learn about the successes of Cafe2U to date and understand how you too could be on the road to success in 2008 with the UK’s No.1 mobile espresso coffee operator.  You will be greeted by one of the Cafe2U team and during the course of the morning meet a Cafe2U franchisee. Most importantly you will have the opportunity to see a Cafe2U van in action, as well as sample one of our gourmet espresso coffees. Please take this opportunity to contact us today for more information and the date of our next available Discovery Day.

More events for Cafe2U

Graham Lickfold, Cafe2U Cheltenham has attended the Merdia Bike Marathan series in Wales for the third year running. Cafe2U were able to ensure that the very best in gourmet espresso coffee was available to not just the watching public, but the cyclists looking for that extra caffeine shot across the country at two other events in Selkirk and Cumbria, which were attended by Laurie Lee Cafe2U Edinburgh Park/South Gyle and Lee Rogers Cafe2U Denton/Bredbury Graham has also attended the Bristol and Cheddar Bikefest. If you would like more information about these events please visit www.mtb-marahon.co.uk or http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=3070

Cafe2U franchisees have also recently attended the mini monster series of events around the UK, the London Night Hike event in aid of Maggies cancer charity and the Rate Race adventure events around the country. Are you looking for the ultimate in gourmet espresso coffee at your event? Let Cafe2U help plan your all your coffee needs. Plan your event now.

Cafe2U moves to the greenest office building in the UK!

The Cafe2U Head Office is now located in the UK’s greenest building – the Innovate building. The Innovate Building is a landmark development at the cutting edge of commercially viable & sustainable building. Operating from the Innovate building means that Cafe2U will significantly reduce the impact that our business has on the environment.

The construction techniques and ongoing management policy for the Innovate building has allowed for:

• Recycled products used in the building construction of over 25%.
• Significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions that surpass current government targets.
• Significant reductions in average water consumption per person, per year.
• Overall enhancements to the ecological aspects of the office and its grounds.

For over a decade, BRE's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) has been used to assess the environmental performance of both new and existing buildings. It is regarded by the UK's construction and property sectors as the measure of best practice in environmental design and management. Visit www.breeam.org for further information.
Innovate Office Leeds rated 87.55% - the highest ever given to a building of any kind in the UK.

Cafe2U National Seminar and Franchisee Awards

Cafe2U proudly held its second National Seminar and Franchisee Awards in January 2008.

The day was a celebration of the achievements of Cafe2U as a franchise system.

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Cafe2U appears on the BBC's Working Lunch

Joining a franchise can often be seen as a quick way to setting up on your own. You get a ready made business and the backing of an already established company. But how much does it cost? And how does it work? Working Lunch the highly respected daytime business programme sent their reporter Rob out to visit new Cafe2U franchisee Theresa Woods. Rob was able to speak with both franchisor and franchisee Theresa out on her steadily growing and already successful round to hear both sides of the equation. Watch Rob's report right here

Cafe2U Franchisee Theresa Woods

Please note within the report there is a slight factual error that refers to a monthly franchise fee, this should have actually been noted as weekly. This does not affect any of the stated headline figures that were all correct. Would you like to understand how the Cafe2U business model works? Would you like to be rewarded for working hard? Would you like to change your destiny and work for yourself? Could you see yourself running a Cafe2U like Theresa? Take the short time to contact us today for more information about Cafe2U.

Cafe2U is honoured to receive a ‘Best Beverage Experience Award’ from the BSA

At the recent Bev–X event hosted by the Beverage Service Association (BSA) in Leicester, Cafe2U was honoured to receive a ‘Best Beverage Experience Award’. Cafe2U had entered a number of Cafe2U franchisees earlier in the year for the annual judging of the prestigious Bev–E awards. Normally associated with fixed site cafes the awards which are now in their fourth year are designed to highlight the very best in the quality of the beverages served and the customer service provided.

Ian Holmes who services the Granary Wharf/Holbeck area of Leeds was announced as the winner of his Bev-E award during a glittering dinner at the Bev-X event. Ian who joined Cafe2U in the spring of 2006 was looking for a career change, something completely different to what he’d been doing, “I was a printer for 20 years. Being obsessed with coffee, I was looking for something like Cafe2U. Working for myself is like a breath of fresh air. Having won the Bev-E award that recognises the quality of the drinks I make and the customer service I provide is a huge reward for me and my business.” Ian continues, “I love owning a Cafe2U – it’s a great feeling when my customers rush out to see me on a morning. I’ve met some wonderful people on my round, it’s just a shame I can’t stop to chat too long as I have to serve the next lot of eager customers”.

Alex Dawson, Commercial Manager for Cafe2U, was also very proud to join Ian at the awards dinner, “This award not only shows that Cafe2U is capable of providing the very best in espresso based coffees, but we are proving than you can own and run a successful business while being mobile. We now have 25 franchised operations across the UK and the Channel Islands and only last month we launched our first franchisee in Northern Ireland”.

Would you like to make a difference to your future? Do you think you have what it takes to own and run a successful Cafe2U? Have you thought of owning a café of your own, but can’t afford the enormous start up costs and ongoing overheads? Why not take this opportunity to contact us today for more information about Cafe2U.

Another Espresso Delivery from Mercedes Vito

Coffee Break – Cafe2U Franchise Focus

Yes this too could be your big break. Cafe2U’s franchisees have been singing its praises and if you are after a profitable but fun business opportunity, then this is the caffeine rush for you..…download full story here (83KB).

Become a Cafe2U franchisee not a bungling Apprentice!

Did you see the first episode of the Apprentice? Were you inspired by the mobile coffee opportunities shown on the programme? Did you laugh when they purchased the wrong coffee? Did you cry when they chose their locations? Do you think you could do better than either of the teams? Could you be the next Apprentice?………..Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes & Yes maybe! ………………
Cafe2U has been trading in the UK since the summer of 2005 with pretty spectacular results. With 18 franchisees now on the road this is a business worth further investigation. The Cafe2U concept is proving to be popular with entrepreneurs seeking a fun, quality-orientated and profitable business opportunity.
Cafe2U is an established concept that allows franchisees to choose working hours and location. You don’t need to have prior hospitality or coffee related experience. You can run this business on your own or with a partner, working from home with minimal overheads and guaranteed healthy returns.
Each franchisee is given comprehensive training both on and off the job before they launch their own business. There is ongoing training too, including the specialist expertise of a UK barista championship judge. Every Cafe2U franchisee benefits from the expert knowledge of a very strong nationwide team who will ensure your success.
Don’t apply to be the next ‘Apprentice’, apply to Cafe2U today for more information to see how you too can enjoy the benefits of a Cafe2U franchise. Fill out our enquiry form today for more information.

Cafe2U takes care of weekend refreshments at Lullingstone Castle

Lullingstone Castle is one of England’s oldest family estates, dating back to the time of Domesday Frequented by Henry VIII and Queen Anne, the Manor House and Garden, set within the beautiful Darent Valley close to Sevenoaks, are open to the public from the 1st of April to the end of September.

The UK’s first ever ‘World Garden of Plants’ containing plants from around the globe, planted in their respective countries of origin, is the vision of modern day plant hunter Tom Hart Dyke. Tom designed the garden during his nine month kidnap ordeal at the hands of Colombian Guerrillas in 2000. After his release from captivity, Tom returned home to Lullingstone Castle and built the garden.

To help ensure that visitors to the castle are suitable refreshed at the weekends Cafe2U were asked to attend. Cafe2U is the UK’s No.1 mobile espresso coffee operator and Paul Powdrill Cafe2U franchisee who now looks after the event was so proud to have been asked. Paul is able to provide a wide range of fresh espresso based coffees and cold refreshments in one of the walled gardens so that visitors can rest after touring the excellent and extensive gardens. Lullingstone Castle is currently being featured on BBC2 with a programme about the redevelopment of the grounds.

For more information about Lullingstone Castle please visit www.lullingstonecastle.co.uk.

CAFÉ CULTURE highlights the benefits of Cafe2U

"Cafe2U is a mobile, speciality coffee retailing concept that is proving extremely popular with entrepreneurs seeking a fun yet quality-orientated and highly profitable business opportunity."
Download this article from Café Culture Feb 2007 (806KB).

Cafe2U joins the Beverage Service Association

Cafe2U are pleased to announce that it has joined the Beverage Service Association on behalf of all its franchisees. Membership brings a number of benefits to its franchisees and customers alike. Cafe2U adds a new dimension to the continually growing coffee industry and it is important that they are able to take their place alongside the retail industry serving the finest coffee across the country.

“The Beverage Service Association welcomes Cafe2U and its Franchisees as members of the Association. Membership will also raise the profile of Cafe2U in the Industry. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with all members of the Cafe2U”. Jim Devlin, Director, BSA

Australia AFR – top 7 franchise

Cafe2U mobile coffee franchise has just been recognised by the Australian Financial Review's SmartInvestor Magazine as one of Australia's Top 7 Franchises (see December issue).

The independent survey reviewed over 600 Australian franchisors and assessed them in regards to a number of criteria. This included "providing a reasonable level of return on investment and ensure they (franchisees) are fully informed about potential financial rewards and risks". Cafe2U is the only mobile coffee franchise on this list.

Cafe2U's franchisee Franck Regenet from Coorparoo, QLD, had this to say: "Nice to be recognised .. I definitely made the right choice by buying a Cafe2U Franchise; it could not go any better".

Franchisees enjoy the profits from coffee with Cafe2U

Cafe2U is a new mobile delivery concept that brings quality coffee together with the mobile sandwich round in a specially converted Mercedes Vito van, designed to target consumers in the workplace on business parks around Britain's cities and towns. Download this report from Café Business (958KB).

Good coffee makes good sense - anywhere

The premier mobile coffee system, Cafe2U, is a full-service, mobile espresso bar offering delicious lattes, mochas, cappuccinos and other beverages and snacks. Indeed, serving 'non-traditional' locations such as business parks and industrial estates, as well as sporting events, festivals and shows, Cafe2U delivers your favourite drink at anytime, anywhere ! Download this article from Food and Drink News (1330KB).

Cafe2U Halifax - Barista Sisters Now Famous

Check out how Halifax sisters, Suzanne and Stephanie Pitcher, are building a great business and delighting the workers around Calderdale with their gourmet coffee: HALIFAX TODAY.