Smokin' Bean Archives - Tchibo Coffee

New Year’s Resolutions for your Office in 2020

11th December 2019

Have you thought about your own New Year’s Resolution yet? Eating less chocolate or cutting down on the wine might not take too much preparation, but if you’re intending to improve the workplace for your employees, now is the time to start planning! Here are some ideas on how you can improve your office in … Continued

Reasons retailers should consider offering a water refill station in-store

7th November 2019

By Tchibo Coffee Service

Everyone who’s anyone is carrying a reusable water bottle these days. And it’s not just a fashion accessory. In 2016, 20,000 disposable plastic bottles were sold every second1, and the majority were not destined for recycling. As news spread about the vast amount of plastic ending up in landfill, the general public demanded a more … Continued

I visited our coffee farms in Peru and here’s what I learnt…

31st July 2019

By Tchibo Coffee Service

I'm Emma and I'm the Senior Brand and Designer Manager here at Tchibo Coffee Service. A few weeks ago, I set out to visit Peru to check out some of the farms that produce our Smokin’ Bean coffee. It was a great opportunity to meet the farmers right at the beginning of the coffee journey, … Continued

Social media ideas to promote coffee-to-go in your convenience store

27th March 2019

By Tchibo Coffee Service

There are 45 million social media users in the UK1 so it’s a fair assumption that a lot of your customers are on social media. That’s why it’s important that your business has a presence on the key social channels so that you can advertise, connect and engage with customers. One of the key footfall … Continued

How to boost coffee and breakfast sales in your convenience store

7th February 2019

By Tchibo Coffee Service

During the working week, Britain is full of time-pressed shoppers who only have a few spare moments to grab breakfast or a morning snack before dashing off to work, the school run, appointments and everything in between. Our coffee to go data suggets that 6 am to 9 am is peak coffee sale time, so … Continued

Five Top Tips to Improve Employee Engagement

16th January 2019

By Tchibo Coffee Service

In our last blog, we discussed some New Year’s resolutions you could make to enrich your workplace in 2019. This week we’re taking a more in depth look at employee engagement and how this can benefit your office. Employee engagement is a concept used in business to keep staff motivated in order to increase employee … Continued

The first farm-shop-meets-convenience store in the country launches Smokin’ Bean

29th November 2018

By Tchibo Coffee Service

Home-grown, locally sourced food and drink is seeing a huge rise in popularity. Consumers no longer see traceability, transparency and ethical sourcing as a nice to have, but an important factor when making shopping choices. It’s little wonder that local farm shops are becoming more and more popular. This coupled with the rise of food … Continued

How to use predicted food and drink trends for 2019 in your convenience store or forecourt

20th November 2018

By Tchibo Coffee Service

As 2018 draws to a close, we’re starting to reflect on the year, consider what’s new for 2019 and how we can use future trend predictions to grow our businesses. According to recent research from Mintel, there are three key food and drink trends for 2019. These are particularly important for the convenience industry to … Continued

How PriceWatch Local became an award winning service station with Smokin’ Bean

25th October 2018

By Tchibo Coffee Service

Established for nearly 20 years, PriceWatch Local is an independent, family run business operating a group of 12 service stations with convenience stores and off licences in the South East. Newmarket Service Station is one of PriceWatch’s newer stores, having been in operation for around a year. Keen to offer something new, exciting and with a … Continued

Five simple steps to boost your coffee-to-go sales for petrol forecourts

6th September 2018

By Tchibo Coffee Service

Over 90% of the UK’s petrol forecourts have a store/kiosk selling other goods1. This is direct result of the ‘to-go’ culture we are experiencing in Britain. We need stuff, we need it now, and we don’t have time to stop! The vast majority of forecourts are increasing their offerings in order to capitalise on this … Continued