Nespresso is to open its first on-the-go coffee shop on Thursday after a previous attempt was abandoned five years ago.
The subsidiary of Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, is to launch its “Nespresso bar” concept in Old Broad Street, near Liverpool Street station in London.
The coffee capsule brand promoted by George Clooney and David Beckham is eyeing up other UK cities, which could put Aberdeen in the frame.
Anna Lundstrom, chief executive at Nespresso UK, said the test would be the first in Europe but “ultimately we’d like to have different coffee bars across the city or nation”. She did not give an indication of the number of branches.
Nespresso was founded in 1986in Switzerland and sells coffee machines and capsules for home and professional use. The company has grown to more than 800 shops in 76 countries and employs about 13,000 people.
Lundstrom told The Times that the company wanted to take advantage of the coffee boom in Britain.
“While we’re focused on at-home coffee, on-the-go coffee is so big in British culture. There is a real cultural phenomenon around coffee shops and on-the-go coffee, [and] we wanted to participate,” she said.
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