Our easyCoffee cafe, across from Haymarket Railway Station in Edinburgh, is open for all the 2021/22 winter season’s rugby internationals. Whether it’s a Saturday or Sunday fixture, we’ll be there ready to serve you your favourite coffee or some delicious food! You’ll then be able to cope with whatever weather the Far East of Scotland has to offer. As Billy Connolly famously quipped: “we have two seasons in Scotland: July and the rest of the year!”

easyCoffee Harpurhey is now open!

easyCoffee CEO Nathan Lowry congratulates new franchisee Mohammed Khan on the successful opening of his new shop.

Join local businessman Mohammed Khan and his team for great coffee, cakes and lunch at value prices!

Unit 11 North Point Shopping Centre Harpurhey Manchester M9 4DH

 easyCoffee comes to Harpurhey!

We are thrilled to announce that our newest shop opens on Thursday 5th March 2020 in Harpurhey.

Pop in for opening offers and giveaways and great fairtrade coffee at great prices!

Unit 11 North Shopping Centre Harpurhey Manchester M9 4DH

Get loved up this February!

With our exclusive and limited time only Strawberry Kisses Hot Chocolate made with real Thornton’s flakes, whipped cream, strawberry bits and strawberry sauce.

Available until 16th February.

A new year, a new menu at easyCoffee!

For those giving Veganuary a go, easyCoffee has plenty of menu items available such as the vegan sausage roll, oat milk flat whites and cappuccinos and a full range of detox smoothies made from real fruit and vegetables blended to order.

Christmas at easyCoffee

We have a whole host of Christmas goodies in shops for you to try such as the Brie & Cranberry Croque Monsieur - indulgence at its best.
Or Oreo-crazy this Christmas! Try our Oreo Hot a Chocolate paired with a moist soft filled Oreo muffin.
We also have a whole new range of sweet treats this Christmas such as this Tiramisu Slice... Try it with our Pumpkin Spiced Latte!

easyCoffee is pleased to announce a new partnership with Kraft Heinz throughout shops.

The Heinz Hot Pots feature Heinz Baked Beans served with buttered toast and a choice of Hash Browns, Cheese or Sausage (vegan sausage too).

 easyCoffee at the Franchise show Birmingham

easyCoffee shared the stage with easyStorage, easyDogwalker and easyFood.

The team at easyCoffee had a successful two days at the National Franchise Show at the Birmingham NEC. There was as usual a great deal of interest in franchising our coffee shops and our vending packages nationwide.

Pop up nail salon at Sutton!

Why not have a manicure while enjoying your favourite coffee and cake at easyCoffee Sutton?

Our newest pop-up lasts until the end of the year

easyCoffee Orpington celebrates the summer!

 easyCoffee Orpington hosted a huge kids party in the sunshine. Kids giveaways, face painting , dancing, party bags and a very special clown made the party extra special. Adults were also able to join in the fun with complimentary kit-kat frappes given away to the first 100 customers!

Semichem the value driven health and beauty and household retailer with 90 stores across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North East of England has partnered with easyCoffee for its expansion into the hot beverage market and snacking on the go with an initial 4 machines in high footfall locations. CEO of easyCoffee Nathan Lowry says 'I'm so thrilled that we are partnering with a well-established retailer such as Semichem which has similar brand values to the easy family of brands. I look forward to our expansion in their network and our working relationship'.

Thank you Hastings!

After two fantastic years in Hastings we have made the very difficult decision to close our shop. We had been actively seeking a larger shop but were unable to secure the right location.

Since our announcement we have been inundated with support from Hastings locals. Thank you so much for your kind comments. We love Hastings and hope to return with a larger shop as soon as possible.

easyCoffee supports the Banham Marsden March

 Thousands of people join every year to walk between our two hospitals in Chelsea and Sutton. You’ll find patients, families, friends of the hospital – even our consultants – all taking part and fundraising. 

easyCoffee, with shops in both Chelsea and Sutton, supported the cause with complimentary water bottles for walkers, free tea and coffee for organisers and the use of the facilities where possible.

The Banham Marsden March

Sutton build

Ever wanted to know how a coffee shop is built? Enjoy this!

Half Term fun

The half term holidays at Orpington got off to a great start 

Half Term got off to a fantastic start at our Orpington kiosk where kids were treating to free face painting by our team. Thank you for coming and look out for our Easter activities next month!

easyCoffee Chelsea opens within easyHub

Free yourself from the usual hassles of finding, renting and running office space, so that you can get on with building your business. easyHub are giving entrepreneurs the independence, flexibility and support to create, grow and enjoy running their businesses. easyCoffee sits on the ground level, and opens today, offering the local neighbourhood great coffee for less.

CEO Nathan Lowry says, "We’re delighted to be partnering with easyHub who will offer a great office space upstairs later this summer, which we will be servicing (along with Chelsea locals) with our fantastic Fairtrade coffee plus our sweet bakery selection and lunch foods".

easyCoffee Chelsea opens 29th January 2019 with easyHub opening summer 2019. 

easyCoffee relocates to the high street in Sutton

Elite Franchise names easyCoffee in the Top 100 Franchises of 2018

Covering Britain's best franchises, Elite Magazine allows franchisors to duke it out on everything from growth to the support they offer franchisees, the Elite Franchise 100 recognises the sector's brightest businesses and ranks them according to a broad range of criteria from their financial performance and heritage in the industry to their contribution to the community and the way they embrace innovation. Ranking applicants from 100 to one, our guide defines the best opportunities in the UK, whether they’re a flourishing franchise at the top of their game or a budding business making its first inroads into the industry. easyCoffee CEO Nathan Lowry says “I’m so chuffed we have made it into this list even though we are still relatively new and small... I can't wait until we reach the Top 10 in years to come!” 

Good luck Nathan and go easyCoffee!

easyCoffee sponsors Orpington FC

Success at the National Franchise Exhibition

MP drops in for coffee

easyCoffee opens in Orpington

easyCoffee opens in Orpington 

easyCoffee arriving in Northern Ireland next year with 12 outlets

Easycoffee - led by Northern Ireland man Nathan Lowry - is to open up to a dozen new outlets here next year, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal. The arrival of the chain, which already has eight units in England, follows a £10m investment in the franchise operation, part of the Easy empire. But the chain would not say if it's planning to open on the ground floor of its sister brand easyHotel in Belfast city centre.

EasyHotel had been due to open on Howard Street with a cafe on the ground floor, but has run into difficulties over getting the appropriate certification from Tourism NI for its smaller-than-usual bedrooms.

A spokeswoman for easyCoffee said: "They are actively looking for an entrepreneurial franchisee and have several meetings lined up in the coming weeks. "Once an agreement is in place then the sites will be confirmed. The roll-out is planned for spring 2019 and could be up to a dozen easyCoffee stores/outlets."

Up to 50 vending machines are also being planned for forecourts, gyms and hotels here. EasyCoffee is a mid-market cafe setup with quirky interiors and prices that are said to be 30% less than its high street neighbours Costa and Starbucks.

Mr Lowry, who is from Co Down, signed a master franchise agreement with Sir Stelios' Easy Group in 2016, adding to his portfolio of two cafes in London's Earls Court and Oxford Street. Now he plans to up its presence with an additional 200 new outlets added over the next three years.

Its recent £10m investment was agreed with Stellar Asset Management. The figure will allow it to roll out 800 vending machines nationally in the next year. The investment more than triples the amount secured in earlier capital-raising rounds, said easyCoffee.

Mr Lowry said: "We are excited to move forward with our ambitious growth plans thanks to this significant investment. Vending is a highly profitable business driven by brand recognition. This investment is an endorsement that the easyCoffee brand, like its sister brand easyJet, stands for a quality product and service at a value price."

easyCoffee has recently served its millionth cup of coffee since it launched just two years ago. The UK’s only value coffee chain –  part of the ‘easy’ family of brands that includes easyJet – is shrugging off the woes faced by many other High Street retailers and the slowdown challenges in the rest of the coffee sector*, and enjoying rapid growth.

Building on the success of its eight coffee stores and soon-to-be 250 vending machines nationally, the coffee chain is ramping up its expansion plans and expects to open 200 more stores in the next three years. It has already secured development partnerships with seven franchisees that have committed to delivering half of these.

By comparison, recent market analysis shows that there was a net increase of only 25 coffee shops opened by major coffee shop chains in the UK last year**. easyCoffee also plans to roll out a further 500-700 vending units this year.

In contrast to other market leading coffee shop chains, which have a stated premiumisiation strategy, easyCoffee’s approach is to target the less developed value segment of the coffee shop and coffee to-go market, by providing quality coffee at affordable price points.

Nathan Lowry, CEO of easy Coffee, commented: “Selling our millionth cup of coffee shows that even in a crowded market place, consumers are quickly realising that only easyCoffee offers them quality coffee at a value price in an enjoyable coffee shop environment.”

He added: “This achievement is a big endorsement of our business strategy to target the previously untapped value segment of the coffee shop sector and a boost for our ambitious expansion plans.”

Despite analysts arguing that the coffee sector is facing saturation point in four years’ time**, investors including Saudi investment group Al-Dhowayan have got behind easyCoffee’s business plans and provided it with substantial first-round funding. The coffee chain is now in talks with a variety of investors to complete second-stage capital raising of up to £3 million to expand its business.

Using coffee as a customer incentive

Ramping up during 2018

easyCoffee opening up to 40 sites in next 12 months as it accelerates expansion, all stores profitable at Ebitda level: easyCoffee chief executive Nathan Lowry has told Propel he expects the company to open between 30 and 40 sites in the next 12 months as part of plans to grow the value-led concept to 200 outlets.

The company has signed seven development deals including in London and the south east, the north west, East Midlands and Scotland as it prepares to ramp up expansion of the eight-strong portfolio. Lowry said much of the work during the past two-and-a-half years had been on building the platform for growth and it was now ready to accelerate.

He said: “The model is proven. At Ebitda level all our sites are profitable and we are now in the position to push on. We have brought in these development partners because it will allow us to open sites quickly while keeping our margins high by streamlining operations. They all have vast experience in the hospitality industry and are looking to expand into the coffee sector. We are also in talks with further franchise partners.”

Lowry said the split between corporate stores and with development partners for the 200-site target would be roughly 50/50. He added there were plenty of avenues for the brand to grow, including high-street locations, shopping centres, kiosks, through further tie-ups with sister brands easyHotel and easyGym, or its near 250-strong vending machine business. He also added that: “People want really good-quality Fairtrade coffee but demand value – and that’s what we offer. We are also adding children’s zones to enhance the experience further for our customers. We’re seeing people spend 25 to 35 minutes in our stores. We’re also looking at opening a barista training centre as we expand. We have to do this to make sure we’re getting every cup of coffee right.”

easyCoffee is in the process of raising £3m to support its expansion plans and Lowry is “very confident” of securing the funding shortly. He added there was certainly scope to take Easycoffee abroad in the future. “The ‘easy’ brand is a European brand and we have had interest in Spain, where there is already an easyHotel,” said Lowry.

Nathan was a guest of Stelios at the first easyGrandprix in Monaco this weekend

easyCoffee steams ahead while rest of sector slows

Investors encouraged to wake up and smell the coffee as easyCoffee enjoys growth in a sluggish market. Despite the challenges of slowdown, lower profits and market saturisation faced by many coffee shops, easyCoffee is rapidly growing and seeking new funding of up to £3 million to expand its business.

Part of the easyGroup family of brands that includes easyJet, easyCoffee offers fantastic value beans-to-cup quality fairtrade coffee at its eight coffee stores and soon-to-be 250 vending machines nationally. It has commitments to open 100 more stores in the next three years. Recent market analysis shows that there was a net increase of only 25 coffee shops opened by major coffee shop chains in the UK last year*.

In contrast to other market leading coffee shop chains, which are focused on the premium product offerings, easyCoffee’s strategy is to target the less developed value segment of the coffee shop and coffee to-go market, by providing quality coffee at affordable price points.

Bucking the trend of negative news stories about the coffee sector – which analysts argue is facing saturation point in four years’ time** – easyCoffee has already secured substantial angel funding plus a significant sum from a Middle-Eastern investor. It is now looking to complete second-stage capital raising of up to £3 million to bolster its continued growth in the coffee shop and vending sectors.

Combined with sister brands easyHotel and easyGym tie-ups, easyCoffee has also partnered with Thorntons to provide a luxury hot chocolate drink at its coffee stores. Its vending machines are located in well-known retail outlets across the UK, from large DIY stores to convenience shops and petrol stations.

“The supposed saturation of High Street coffee consumption has been greatly exaggerated,” stated easyCoffee CEO Nathan Lowry. “We believe there are still opportunities for growth in the largely untapped segments of the out-of-home coffee market, by focusing on value and on areas that are less well served by coffee shops. Meanwhile, the vending machine segment continues to thrive and we believe this segment still offers potential for expansion.”

easyCoffee’s plans for expansion involve opening another 200 owned or franchised coffee shops in the next three years. It has already secured development partnerships with seven franchisees that have committed to delivering 50% of these.

Nathan added: “There has been considerable interest from franchisees, enabling us to focus on multi-franchise partnerships, which will help keep our margins higher by streamlining operations.”

Its vending business of soon-to-be 250 machines is already proving itself a success, with above-average sales take-up nationally, and the brand expects to roll out a further 500-700 vending units this year. Vendors are attracted by the high visibility of the ‘easy’ brand and the support it can offer. For example, by the providing the latest digital technology to allow them to connect to their customers using a unique loyalty app, bespoke promotions and interactive messaging communications designed by easyCoffee.

easyCoffee Drive-Thrus
to sell coffee from £1 per cup*

*Eh-oh, espresso!

easyCoffee bucks the trend

The Stelios-backed chain of coffee shops is planning to open a further 100 stores over the next three years, despite challenging market conditions.

easyCoffee has outlined plans to raise a further £3m over the coming months as the rapidly growing chain of coffee stores looks to expand across the UK. The chain, founded by entrepreneur Nathan Lowry, is aiming to open over 100 stores over the next three years despite the many challenges facing the sector.

Recent market analysis shows that there was a net increase of only 25 coffee shops opened by major coffee shop chains in the UK last year. In contrast to other market leading coffee shop chains, which are focused on premium product offerings, easyCoffee’s strategy is to target the less developed value segment of the coffee shop and coffee to-go market, by providing quality coffee at affordable price points.

Bucking the trend of negative news stories about the coffee sector – which analysts argue is facing saturation point in five years’ time – easyCoffee has already secured substantial angel funding plus a significant sum from a Middle-Eastern investor.

It is now looking to complete second-stage capital raising of up to £3m to bolster its continued growth in the coffee shop and vending sectors.

easyCoffee CEO Nathan Lowry said: “The supposed saturation of High Street coffee consumption has been greatly exaggerated. “We believe there are still opportunities for growth in the largely untapped segments of the out-of-home coffee market, by focusing on value and on areas that are less well served by coffee shops. Meanwhile, the vending machine segment continues to thrive and we believe this segment still offers potential for expansion.”

easyCoffee’s plans for expansion involve opening another 200 owned or franchised coffee shops in the next three years. It has already secured development partnerships with seven franchisees that have committed to delivering 50% of these.

Lowry added: “There has been considerable interest from franchisees, enabling us to focus on multi-franchise partnerships, which will help keep our margins higher by streamlining operations.”

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Buy to let coffee vending?

Exhibiting at the Property Investor and Homebuyer Show

easyCoffee got off to a busy start at the Property Show at the Excel Exhibition Centre this weekend. The UK's premier property expo is the must attend event for anyone serious about making money from property investment. 

easyCoffee promoted its outstanding returns for those who wish to own their own machine as a lucrative investment. Better than property? We think so!

Dartford goes sweet for Mallow and Marsh

Lots of new opportunities at the NEC, Birmingham

easyCoffee are attending the 2018 National Convenience Show, and this has generated huge interest in our coffee to go machines.

Multiple forecourt operators and convenience store owners came to see our new machines and 'taste the coffee'.  Several new deals are now in negotiation; please watch this space!

Innovation at The Sammies

easyCoffee Food Development Manager Claudio Obertelli made his way to the heats of the Sammies. The Sammies recognise excellence in the all-important sandwich and food-to-go industry awarding everything from the best sandwich to the best sandwich packaging.

Claudio's sandwich was called the Triple Decker Club, and included the famous Norse Land Jarlsberg Cheese, with thin sliced raw cauliflower, raw spinach, pickled baby onions, light turmeric cheese sauce on a buttered farmhouse brown bloomer.

Although we didn't reach the finals, Claudio's efforts took easyCoffee to the heats and the sandwich was described as innovative, tasty and on trend!  Well done Claudio!

Bringing some colour (orange) to new investors

London Olympia goes orange!

easyCoffee and the easy family of brands proved to be the stars of the British & International Franchise Exhibition this last weekend at London Olympia.  

easyCoffee had a tremendously successful weekend at this popular event, where we were able to showcase our new easyCoffeeToGO machines, and introduce our new area development options.  Thanks to the support of Sir Stelios and the easyGroup team, we were able to sit alongside easyGym and easyHotel, to create a highly visible orange zone.   

The response was very positive, delivering lots of exciting new opportunities and relationships. We look forward to announcing key initiatives in the coming weeks.

Iconic new town centre location

Hello Sutton!

easyCoffee, part of the easy family of brands (easyJet, easyHotel, easyGym, easyCar), founded by Sir Stelios haji-ioannouis is delighted to announce our first store in the heart of Sutton, and just in time for half term in the St Nicholas Shopping Centre. 

CEO Nathan Lowry says... "We absolutely love Sutton! It’s a huge shopping hub here with the mall and the high street and the recent extensive refurbishment of our neighbours the Empire cinema and I’m just so happy that we have found a spot right in the heart of the St Nicholas shopping centre next to Debenhams. I hope Sutton comes to us for our great value fair trade coffee, Thorntons milk chocolate hot chocolate range and sweet bakery items”. 

Whether you’re off to work, heading for the shops or just out with friends, why not drop by and discover easyCoffee and experience the value of our Fairtrade fresh bean coffee.

We believe in making things simple, fun and innovative. We passionately believe that excellent products and service and a wide variety of choice should be available to everyone. We offer freshly made baguettes, ciabattas, and various snacks and pastries.

Come and try our great tasting coffee!

easyCoffee Sutton | Shopping Centre | St Nicholas Way | Sutton SM1 1AY

Charity coffee morning with the Mayor of Dartford

Our Dartford shop held a coffee morning with The Worshipful the Mayor of Dartford Councillor Rosanna Currans. All profits made on hot beverage sales from 9.30am to 11.30am were donated to the Mayors Charity Appeal. The Mayor has chosen to support 3 charities: Arrow Riding Centre, Mind Mental Health Charity and Home-Start. Mayor Councillor Rosanna Currans said “Thank you to the easyCoffee team for being so helpful with organising the event and everyone who attended specifically for the mayor’s charity.”

Sir Stelios approves annual progress

CEO Nathan Lowry started the new year in the best way with a trip to Monaco to visit serial entrepreneur and easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-ioannou to discuss all things easyCoffee, iced energy and iced canned coffee. Nathan naturally flew easyJet and enjoyed a first class experience on board.

2018 is set to be easyCoffee's biggest year to date, with several more locations opening up across the UK alongside our expanding vending operation. Nathan said "I am so excited about 2018, we have The Franchise Show coming up in March in Olympia where we will feature among the other easy 'family of brands', as well as our recent nomination for Sandwich of The Year and shops opening up and down the UK. It will be December again before I know it!"

Dartford loves our Thornton’s indulgent hot chocolate range

Its chilly outside and what better way to warm up than with an indulgent hot chocolate by Thorntons, exclusively at easyCoffee. The range, featuring new flavours popcorn and salted caramel launched in September and has been a big hit with customers in our newest and largest shop in Dartford.

Ferrero Food Services representative Lee Weatherley (pictured with our team at our Dartford shop) says “We’re so pleased to have teamed up with the fastest growing franchise Coffee brand in the U.K with our Thornton’s range. Both the easy and Thornton’s brands are so well known in the U.K and our partnership is the perfect match!”

Mr Lee’s Noodles now available at easyCoffee!

Nothing goes better together than coffee and noodles, according to easyCoffee’s latest addition to their offering: Mr Lee’s Noodles. The nationwide coffee chain have been rapidly expanding, offering high-value for money coffee in a friendly, cafe-style environment, taking on a convenience industry that is dominated by expensive coffee shops.

Mr Lee’s Noodles are a healthier, gourmet-style cup noodle. Instant in nature, these tasty meals are perfect for grabbing quickly during your commute, but are also restaurant-calibre, meaning they’re also great for enjoying whilst relaxing during lunch. Another concern of the cafe industry is catering to as many allergen-specific diets as possible, making sure no one goes without having some variety for lunch.

“With five flavours to choose from at easyCoffee, our tasty, premium cup noodles are all gluten-free, low in sugar and fat, low in calories, with two vegan options. We’re so pleased to be launching with the easyCoffee chain, we really feel our noodles are a perfect match for the coffeeshop-culture and that their customers will love our vibrant flavours.”
said Damien Lee, CEO of Mr Lee’s Pure Foods.

Mr Lee’s Noodles are available in all easyCoffee shops with their five flavours from 2nd December 2017.

Official opening with the Lady Mayor

EasyCoffee Dartford opened yesterday, our largest store to date and our first in a shopping centre, at The Priory centre, by the very glamorous Mayor of Dartford Rosanna Currans and CEO of EasyCoffee Nathan Lowry (pictured). The mayor said ‘I'm so happy when new businesses open in Dartford and I’m welcome this new exciting brand to our town. I declare this easyCoffee now open.”

easyCoffee, part of the easy family of brands (easyJet, easyHotel, easyGym, easyCar), founded by Sir Stelios haji-ioannou is delighted to announce our first store in the heart of Dartford, and just in time for Christmas in the Priory Shopping Centre. CEO Nathan Lowry says: "easyCoffee has been popping up all over London with shops in Covent Garden and Leicester Square and also now in Blackburn, Hastings, Edinburgh.... finally we are landing in Dartford! We are just so chuffed to have found the right location with plenty of seating, free wifi, a kids play area and a friendly local team, and cannot wait to be a part of the neighbourhood!  I am personally looking forward to meeting the locals and giving them a great product at a great price!" 

Whether you’re off to work, heading for the shops or just out with friends, why not drop by and discover easyCoffee and experience the value of our Fairtrade fresh bean coffee. We believe in making things simple, fun and innovative. We passionately believe that excellent products and service and a wide variety of choice should be available to everyone. We offer freshly made baguettes, ciabattas, and various snacks and pastries.

Come and try our great tasting coffee!

easyCoffee Dartford | 45 The Priory Shopping Centre  |  Dartford DA1 2HS

easyCoffee opens it's biggest shop in Dartford

easyCoffee, opened on Thursday 30th November at 10am!  With plenty of seating, free wifi, a kids play area and a friendly local team. Whether you’re off to work, heading for the shops or just out with friends, drop by and discover easyCoffee to experience the value of their Fairtrade fresh bean coffee.

At easyCoffee we believe in making things simple, fun and innovative. We passionately believe that excellent products and service and a wide variety of choice should be available to everyone. They offer freshly made baguettes, ciabattas, and various snacks and pastries.  

Join us for their grand opening on Thursday!

Nathan in spotlight...

Nathan Lowry, pictured last night at the Business Quarterly National Entrepreneur Awards 2017. Nathan was shortlisted in the Emerging Entrepreneur London and SE section of the awards, where the judges scoured the UK to uncover some of the country’s up-and-coming entrepreneurial stars, placing the spotlight on individuals making their mark in the business world.

Nathan presented on how he secured the easyCoffee brand licence from Stelios of easyJet fame to promote easyCoffee's disruptive credentials and that he would be looking to expand via franchising to other entrepreneurs next year up and down the country to the thrilled audience of 500.

Award nomination

We are pleased to announce that easyCoffee Co-Founder and CEO Nathan Lowry has been nominated as a finalist for the London & South Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  The BQ awards take place later this month and celebrate entrepreneurship across the U.K.

Good luck Nathan!

Halloween treats at easyCoffee

easyCoffee shops throughout the country enjoyed tremendous success over the Halloween period, with festive drinks including the Pumpkin Latte, and the very bloody Raspberry Hot Chocolate made with Thornton's real milk flakes of chocolate. Our shops were dressed with pumpkins and skulls and ran a competition for the best scary selfie (pictured)...

Our very first radio campaign lands in Lancashire!

Take a listen to our very first radio campaign.. on popular local radio station 2BR, covering our Blackburn and Burnley shops.

Updates from Hastings

Our shop at Hastings has gone from strength to strength... with a new breakfast bar installed, sponsorship of Hastings United Football Club, three vending machines installed in local businesses in Hastings and support of the local Care card.

Indulgent Thorton's Hot Chocolate range launches exclusively at easyCoffee

Following the success of our hugely successful Thornton's hot chocolate range made with real chocolate flakes, we are delighted to announce our indulgent range featuring flavour favourites such as Salted Caramel and White Chocolate and introducing new flavours for the season - Popcorn and Coconut.

easyCoffee Burnley opens!

easyCoffee, part of the easy family of brands (easyJet, easyHotel, easyGym, easyCar), founded by Sir Stelios haji-ioannou is delighted to announce our newest store opening in the heart of Burnley on St James Street. CEO Nathan Lowry says: "I am delighted that we are opening our latest shop in Burnley. It follows hard on the heals of our shop in Blackburn which opened only 3 months ago and has been so well received by the people of the NW. We are sure it will be a major success and it is our largest to date with 75 comfortable seats, free wifi and a broad range of food, fresh pastries and a great range of coffees, teas and luxury Thornton's hot chocolate exclusively at easyCoffee."

easyCoffee Blackburn support Blackburn College Fresher Fair with 15% for the rest of the student year!

Students are back to college and university and we are delighted to launch our very first student card offering 15% off all of our entire hot and cold drink range and breakfast and lunch foods. We have been up and down the country supporting fresher fairs, including Brighton University, Burnley College and Blackburn College (pictured).

easyCoffee Hastings team up with Hastings United

easyCoffee loves to get stuck into all things community!

The football season is in full swing, and our shop in Hastings is pleased to be supporting the local team in Hastings, by sponsoring their kit, offering kids under 11 who go to the match a free kids hot chocolate and chocolate muffin on game days and competitions throughout the season to meet players, watch games and win meals at easyCoffee.

Go United!

Proving popular with the locals... 

Meet Bob and Kath...

They have been coming to our Blackburn shop since the very first day back in May. Kath loves to have a natter with our manager Joey and Brad (pictured) about the day's events and watch the world go by! Her favourite drink is our Vanilla Shake made with frozen yogurt and vanilla beans. Bob normally goes for a hot drink! 

Our Blackburn shop has been a runaway hit with locals since opening just three months ago. Look out for our new shop in neighbouring Burnley later this year. 

Edinburgh opens (ready for the Festival!)

Voxpop interviews in easyCoffee Hastings

What's it all about...?

Our new shop has been causing quite a stir in the busy shopping streets of Hastings. Local reporter Ian Gillam and his team came down to check things out, and they filmed this report for the Hastings Observer about offering value coffee in the town. 

Head to Hoxton High Street for some great value coffee in the new Spar store!

Hastings opens!

easyCoffee, (part of the easy family of brands by serial entrepreneur Stelios, founder of easyJet) is delighted to announce our first store in Sussex which opened on Friday, in the sunny seaside town of Hastings in the heart of the town centre, just minutes walk from the sea front.

easyCoffee CEO Nathan Lowry says: "easyCoffee has been popping up all over London with shops, pop-ups and vending machines in Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Oxford Street, Earls Court, also in Southend and Blackburn and we are finally heading to the picturesque town of Hastings. We are just so delighted to have such a fantastic site with indoor and terrace seating to add to the vibrancy of the high street! Hastings can enjoy our fantastic Fairtrade arabica coffee and delicious food items at a great price. We will also serve our famous blended iced coffee frappe's to those on their way to the beach this summer!"
 

Welcome to easyCoffee Blackburn!

easyCoffee launched its first store this week in the North of England in the heart of Blackburn directly opposite the town hall and main shopping mall. CEO Nathan Lowry says: "easyCoffee has been popping up all over London with shops, pop-ups and vending machines in Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Oxford Street, Earls Court and Southend, and we are finally heading to the North of England to the wonderful Lancashire town of Blackburn. We are just so chuffed to have found the right location with plenty of seating and free wifi, the right team and cannot wait to be apart of the high street! I am personally looking forward to meeting the locals and giving them a great product at a great price! 

easyCoffee Blackburn had a busy first day supporting a cake bake with the local Royal Bank of Scotland raising funds for a Lancashire Hospice, and an exclusive interview with BBC Lancashire radio.

easyCoffee on the radio

easyCoffee Blackburn speaks to BBC Lancashire Radio

The newly launched easyCoffee Blackburn had a very busy first day! Not only did we launch our new shop in the middle of the town centre but our manager also had a quick stop at BBC Lancashire radio to talk about our new shop in the local community. Thank you for having us on the radio

@BBCLancashire 

Supporting a local hospice in Blackburn

Our newly launched store in Blackburn donated cakes to raise funds for @elancshospice at @RBS #Blackburn!

Come and try our cakes!

Frappe frenzy at easyCoffee!

Heatwave launches our frappe range

London is enjoying a heatwave at the moment! And what better way to cool down in the city but with an easyCoffee frappe! easyCoffee launched an exclusive range of double shot blended coffee drinks with flavours including Chai, Mocha, Espresso, Caramel and Vanilla, in addition to over ice coffee drinks - Iced Latte and Iced Americano, and for those who prefer to have something more fruity, our Mango and Berry Freezers, featuring real chunks of fresh fruit. Head in store to try our range in three sizes!

Depaul and easyCoffee

CEO Nathan Lowry and the easyCoffee team attended the launch of the new building for Depaul which features an easyCoffee shop. They met with the Deputy Mayor, the Duchess of Norfolk, trustees and the chief executive.

The #Endeavour Centre at Depaul gives young people help and hope and the team were very thankful and effusive in their praise within all the hard work that has gone into the design, set-up of ‎the shop and training. Depaul look to continue the relationship with us with training young people as the Barista's of the future!

The annual easy family of brands BBQ with Stelios!

Our vending comes to 'June the Florist'

We are delighted to announce our new easyCoffee to GO partner - Interflora!

Sit relax and soak up the atmosphere, enjoy the surroundings of flowers and our specialty selected bean to cup coffee.

Now serving in June the Florist, the Interflora located at 108 Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1JR!

#ukcoffeeweek

It's  #ukcoffeeweek this week! You don't need to spend a few pounds to get involved! Our espresso costs just £1.

easyCoffee will always offer you an exciting new way of getting all your favourite drinks and food at terrific value prices when you’re on the go

easyCoffee goes to China!

easyCoffee CEO & Co-founder Nathan Lowry spoke exclusively to China Television CCTV (with an estimated television audience of 1.4 billion) about our brand, our expansion plans and the U.K coffee market. Watch here: http://tv.cctv.com/v1/index.shtml?videoID=VIDEKR6h8lc4bPJPWvipWvpt170401

Easter fun at easyCoffee

Its that time of year again! Bunnies, chicks, eggs and chocolate... It can only be Easter! We've got some special treats lined up for our customers including toasted hot cross buns topped with butter and Nutella, Double Chocolate Hot Chocolate, topped with whipped cream, marshmallows & Thornton's real milk chocolate flakes, and Rocky Road Slices topped with mini eggs! Our team members will also be decked out with bunny ears and tails and will greet all full of festive cheer! Happy Easter! 

Creativity this spring...

We take our blackboard art very seriously here at easyCoffee. Each week one of our team members takes the challenge to get creative with the liquid chalk and come up with something vibrant, eye catching and fun.

Depaul and easyCoffee

Over the last few months easyCoffee have partnered up with Depaul who support homeless people in the streets of London, by setting up a cafe style kitchen in their new headquarters in SE1.

This will service the Depaul team and their visitors in their daily coffee needs. easyCoffee is working closely with Depaul to train their staff to barista level. Depaul will then use the facilities to help some of their trainees who were or are currently homeless get back on their feet by being trained in this daily environment of a typical cafe.

With easyCoffee’s roll out plan we aim to help these trainees work at easyCoffee where possible.

Donations: https://uk.depaulcharity.org/get-involved/donate

Nathan Lowry speaks to China Television

CEO Nathan Lowry spoke exclusively to China Central Television, with an estimated reach of 1 billion viewers about our value offering, expansion plans, the effects of Brexit on coffee prices, consumer behaviour, and the U.K coffee market. Be sure to check back for our video clip in a few weeks!

easyCoffee now serving in Paddington!

It's really £1 for any regular sized coffee, including latté, americano and cappuccino.

We are delighted to announce that we are now serving our great tasting coffee at the newly launched Nisa store on Craven Road. Stop by for tasty snacks, treats, lunchtime meal deals and a latte!

Happy Valentine!

We kicked off 2017 in the best way launching our loved up Red Velvet Hot Chocolate, teaming up with Britain's favourite chocolate brand Thornton's. Our indulgent drink was made with real milk chocolate Thornton's flakes, raspberry syrup, whipped cream and topped with raspberry drizzle. Quickly after launching our new hot chocolate drink sent customers into a spin with a flurry of orders.

Each drink came with a complimentary Thornton's orange chocolate heart as a special thanks to our chocolate fans. The drink was so popular that easyCoffee is delighted to announce that all our hot chocolate range is now being served exclusively Thornton's real milk chocolate flakes.

Head in store to try our new range!

Vend the easy way!

Our new self serve vending machines provide the perfect way to offer bean-to-cup fresh coffee to your customers. Ideal for unmanned sites with a small footprint, they help turn even the smallest of areas into a profit generator. 

In recent months we have launched our Standard and Grande machines in several easyHotel locations across the UK, plus convenience stores in Paddington, Tolworth and Manchester's Trafford Centre.

We have two alternative options that deliver revenue from selling as few as twenty cups per day. Although they have been designed for low to medium footfall, the machines also have the capacity to deliver hundreds of cups each day in high usage locations. We incorporated the latest technology with interactive messaging via a communication platform for help raise brand awareness and bespoke promotions to drive additional sale's. 

easyCoffee has successfully trialled state of the art coffee vending machines in easyHotel Old St, easyLand Croydon and in three independent convenience stores.  Founder Nathan Lowry was delighted to say that "the machines serve the same quality Lavazza blend as the High St shops and customers love the fresh grind and one pound price!...  The sales uptake has been over the national average of cups sold per day so we expect a large uptake of machines across the UK!

Six new stores for easyCoffee! 

Following the success of our Southend store we are delighted to announce the signing of our first exclusive affiliate sites in Eastbourne, Hastings, Ipswich, High Wycombe, Edinburgh and Kentish Town.

CEO Nathan Lowry remarked that the partnership with The Post Office in Kentish Town was particularly exciting and expected many more deals with Postmasters across the UK who wish to sell quality Lavazza coffee at value for money to their existing customers and entice new ones through their doors!

The new face on the high street, easyCoffee is set for a huge expansion, with plans to open a further 200 shops selling coffee and food to go using great ingredients at value prices around the UK.  The company was founded in 2016 by easyJet tycoon Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and entrepreneur Nathan Lowry and is working closely with affiliate partners and franchisees to deliver new coffee shops, concession pods and vending machines. 

MCA announce easyCoffee as "The One to Watch 2017"

easyCoffee has been announced as "THE ONE TO WATCH" by influential research company MCA Eating & Drinking Out Market Insight, the UK's most accurate and insightful continuous dataset on eating out trends.

easyCoffee is set for a huge expansion, with plans to open a further 200 shops selling coffee at value prices around the UK. The group was founded earlier last year by easyJet tycoon Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and entrepreneur Nathan Lowry when first launched in London.

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Aiming to open 200 stores in the next two years

Budget coffee chain easyCoffee is set for a huge expansion, with plans to open a further 200 £1 coffee shops around the UK. The café chain was founded earlier this year by easyJet tycoon Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and entrepreneur Nathan Lowry when first launched in London and then Southend-on-Sea in Essex.

However, following huge interest from affiliate and franchise investors, the airline-owned chain is set for a UK expansion of over 200 more branches as it hits back at the expensive drinks offered by the high street leaders. The exact locations of these new stores won’t be confirmed until the new year when partner agreements have been signed off but they will be dotted around major cities across the UK, with “regular high street and travel hub locations”.

Mr Lowry said: “The gap in the market is in pricing. The coffee is great. We use the same machines that all the big guys use, all our staff are highly trained up to barista level.”

“We genuinely feel that people are paying too much for their coffee in the UK,” he added.

The next phase of easyCoffee shops are due to open in locations around the South East including Croydon, Slough, Uxbridge, Wembley, High Wycombe and Brighton. Brand Director Nick Paterson-Jones added that customers will be able to grab on-the-go hot drinks for just £1 a cup and a complementary range of fresh snack because the company “wants to continue to provide genuine value for money”. 

easyCoffee continues to froth in London's West End

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou was at hand today to give the official welcome to the newest member of the "easy" family. easyCoffee, the brainchild of entrepreneur Nathan Lowry and colleagues, has now opened two outlets in London's Covent Garden and Leicester Square – with plenty more lined up as soon as properties can be leased.

Customers find the £1 cup to be excellent value particularly when taken along side one of easyCoffee's many "meal deals." Plans are in hand to launch a range of vending machines for offices, shops, stations and airports. 

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Budget airline easyJet applying low-cost approach to coffee with plans for 30 shops

UK-based budget airline carrier EasyJet is getting into the coffee retail game, with an initial marketing campaign that stresses low costs and £1 coffee and espresso drinks through the EasyCoffee brand.

“Just when we feared we were reaching peak hipster coffee, with coldpress and cortados usurping cappuccinos and a £4 latte the norm, along comes Sir Stelios to tear up the rule book,” the airline company said of its new coffee venture in an announcement late last week, referencing EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou. “Just as EasyJet changed the face of air travel when it launched in 1995, bringing low-cost, no frills air travel to the people, now the company is set to do the same to the coffee market.”

The EasyCoffee brand made a quiet debut several weeks ago with the opening of a café bursting with EasyJet’s signature orange color motif at the Earls Court station in Central London. The company says it plans to open as many as 30 more EasyCoffee shops over the next two to three years, while it is currently seeking franchisees. EasyCoffee’s wholesale partner for the venture is Italian coffee giant Lavazza.

The first EasyCoffee location at the Earls Court tube station.

The company is borrowing from its own business model in the airline passenger air industry — a similar no-frills model was first popularized by Southwest Airlines in the United States — for its coffee operation.

“So you’re lured in by the promise of cheap coffee, then two minutes later you’ve accidentally bought a croissant (£1.10), a banana (50p) and a bottle of water (£1) too,” the company said openly of its revenue-generation approach. “Sound familiar? It’s the business model that has worked so well for EasyJet and has since been taken to the extreme by other low-cost airlines.”

For the venture, EasyJet has partnered with Peoples Coffee, a business operated by Nathan Lowry that has licensed the “easy” brand usage. “With coffee shop prices currently averaging £3 a cup, it is clear consumers have been taken for a ride,” Lowry said in the company’s announcement. “Although wholesale coffee prices have been falling recently, consumers have seen no benefit. EasyCoffee plans to make top quality beverages available to everyone at affordable prices.”

Similarly, Stelios likened the coffee industry to the airline industry, suggesting players in both have been involved in gouging prices of roasted, brewed coffee drinks “for no good reason.”

“I think this industry is another example of allowing prices to carry on rising without good reason,” he said. “Three pounds is a lot of money for a paper cup of espresso.”

Posted 1st February 2016

Frothing up the beverage market

easyCoffee opens for business

easyGroup, the brand licensing company owned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has approved the opening of easyCoffee, a chain of discount coffee shops offering premium ground coffee at just £1 a cup. 

The first easyCoffee outlet has already opened on the Earls Court underground station forecourt (London SW5), offering a range of soft drinks, hot and cold snacks including freshly made sandwiches as well as cappuccinos, espressos and lattes at just £1 a cup. easyCoffee is the trading name of Peoples Coffee, whose director Nathan Lowry has licensed the brand name from the easyJet founder. 

Peoples Coffee hopes to open a chain of 30 easyCoffee outlets within the next 24-36 months – all offering great value and quality coffee from Italian specialist Lavazza. The company has a team with background in finance and hospitality. 

Nathan said:
“With coffee shop prices currently averaging £3 a cup, it is clear consumers have been taken for a ride. Although wholesale coffee prices have been falling recently consumers have seen no benefit. easyCoffee plans to make top quality beverages available to everyone at affordable prices.” 

Sir Stelios said:
“I am delighted that we are going into business with another young, ambitious entrepreneur like Nathan, in order to bring London something very simple but yet so difficult to find: a great cup of Italian espresso coffee for just a pound. I think this industry is another example of allowing prices to carry on rising wihout good reason. Three pounds is a lot of money for a paper cup of espresso. The strength and name recognition of the “easy” brand will encourage consumers to try it for themselves when in Earls Court.”

NOTES TO EDITORS: 
Food and drink analysts Allegra have valued the UK retail coffee shop market at approximately £8bn, with annual growth of around 10%. There are currently 20,000 stores operating nationwide. 

CONTACT: 
Nathan Lowry: Peoples Coffee
and
Richard Shackleton: Communications Director to Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou

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