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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 → Read More...
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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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4 May 2013
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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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2 May 2013
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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...
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26 Apr 2013
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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 → Read More...
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14 Apr 2013
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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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11 Apr 2013
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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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17 Mar 2013
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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 …...
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13 Mar 2013
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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 → Read...
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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...
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A review by Ian Hanlon, Director, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. Back in 2007 we ‘set sail’ on a very special mission, providing strategic advice on the foodservice provision, feasibility, design and logistics for the Titanic Belfast development...
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9 Feb 2013
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An article by Rebecca Gibson, Support Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants In recent years it has become a sort of tradition with my mum and me to go on an annual ‘mini break’ in the months leading up to Christmas. For … Continue reading...
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8 Feb 2013
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You hear it so many times, “it seems like yesterday!” Well, I can say it now. Today is 13th January, 2013 and is exactly 20 years since I started Coverpoint. Well I should qualify that a little, as that was … Continue reading → Read More....
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13 Jan 2013
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An article by Rebecca Gibson – A Coverpoint Support Consultant The Boss and I were in the car on the way ‘Up North’ to one of our monthly meetings at The Trafford Centre. Coverpoint help the Management team at The Trafford … Continue reading →...
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1 Dec 2012
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An article by Louis Esner – A (new) Coverpoint Support Consultant Thursday, so close to the end of the working week and even closer to relishing a relaxing weekend, yet a treat was on the cards for Ian and myself … Continue reading →...
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15 Sep 2012
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