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How to Take Control of Your Coffee Shop Marketing Plan

Because of competition in the industry, a coffee shop’s growth relies heavily on marketing efforts. Here’s how you can create a marketing plan for a coffee shop.

How Local UK Businesses are Boosting Online Sales

See how Square Online Store features and integrations helped Today Bread and 400° Pizzeria boost online sales and link their in-store experience to its online store

How Restaurants Are Adapting to the New Normal With Takeaway and Delivery

Restaurants are leveraging their supply chains by selling groceries to customers during the COVID-19 shutdown.

How to Manage Your Food and Beverage Business During COVID-19

We’ve compiled tips — whether you’re still serving or you’re closed and need to maintain cash flow — as well as industry resources to help you manage your business right now.

How to Shift Your Brick-and-Mortar Business to eCommerce

Learn more about how you can shift your brick and mortar business to online and possibly also expand your business.

How to Expand Your Click and Collect and Delivery Options

Learn more about your options for how customers can pick up or receive their items.

Seller Spotlight: The Floodgate

400º Pizzeria, Cambourne

Making pizzas started as a hobby for Sam Corban after his move to Cambourne a few years ago. It has since evolved into 400° Pizzeria, a thriving pop-up business that attracts customers from all over to enjoy oven-fired pizzas every Friday night.

Mama Fuego, Greenwich

Going into the business together was a natural move for the De La Vega family, which grew organically through dinner table conversations, bouncing ideas back and forth, and chatting about interiors, food and coffee.

Roots Cafe, Abergele

Located on the grounds of Gwrych Castle and gardens in North Wales, Roots Cafe has been around for as long as the locals can remember.

5 Loyalty Card Ideas for your Coffee Shop

You can set yourself apart with great beans and superior service, but a coffee loyalty program can convert occasional customers to loyal regulars.

Yamabahçe, St Christophers Place

Yamabahce is a pide specialist, with a variety of daily-changing menu items available. There are no reservations required, and it opens early for baked-egg brunches.

Why It's Important to Track Employee Breaks (and How to Do It)

UK law states employees should have at least a 20-minute break if they work more than six hours a day. Find out why it’s important to monitor your staff.

How to Reduce Food Waste in Your Restaurant

Food waste could be costing your business more than you’d think. Here, we look at some effective ways to reduce food waste in your restaurant.

Coaltown Coffee, Ammanford

Coaltown Coffee is transforming the ex-mining town of Ammanford with cashless payments, paving the way for a new “golden era” where local industry thrives.

Taste the Bean, Dorset

Mobile coffee company, Taste the Bean, put Square’s Invoices App through its paces, and were quickly impressed with how much it simplified, sped up and professionalised their approach to remote payments.

How to Stage a Restaurant Soft Opening

Thinking about a test-run before the grand opening of your new restaurant? Here are a few things to consider to open your doors to certain success.

How to Get an Alcohol License (and Other Licenses You Should Think About)

If serving alcohol is part of your business plan, you need to do your research on how to get a liquor license. Here’s a guide on getting started.

How to Bring in Diners at the Beginning of the Year

Experiencing a slow down at the start of the year? Try these tips to attract customers to your restaurant.

How to Get Started with Invoicing for Your Catering Business

A guide to creating and sending invoices for catering businesses.

Brooklyn Pizza, Northampton

Point-of-sale systems were holding Brooklyn Pizza back — until the owners found Square. Now the restaurant has 3 buzzing locations across the Midlands.

How to Get Your Restaurant Ready for Christmas

Behind with your festive preparations? There’s still time for you to get your restaurant Christmas-ready.

How to Cook Up a Killer Restaurant Business Plan

A restaurant business plan maps out your expectations and goals, and explains how you’ll achieve them. Here’s how to write yours.

The Bus Cafe, Margate

Situated on Margate’s (sometimes) sunny seafront, The Bus Cafe is just that — a cafe in a beautiful 1980 Bristol VR double-decker bus.

How to Rethink Restaurant Property

Are you in the market to open a new restaurant location? Here’s how you can rethink your restaurant investment and create a higher profit potential.

Plum Duff Bakery, Chiswick

Meet Ian, master baker and owner of Chiswick’s Plum Duff bakery.

How new customers find your restaurant

Rising inflation means that many small businesses will need to raise prices. Here are some tips on how to communicate price increases to your customers.

How to Manage Your Restaurant Front of House

From staff training to floor plans, here’s what it takes to keep your front of house in top shape.

How to Calculate Your Food Cost Percentage

One of the most effective ways to manage your restaurant’s budget is to find ways to lower food costs. To do that right, you’ve got to know how to calculate your food cost percentage. Here, we explain how.

The Secret to Finding the Best Location for a Coffee Shop

Finding the best location for your coffee shop location can be difficult.

The English Indian, Birmingham

For owners of the award-winning Birmingham street food vendor The English Indian, their business isn’t just a job, it’s a labour of love.

The Workers' Cafe, Dalston

Meet Mike, Dave and Andrian — the owners of London’s best new cafe and co-working space.