News
What's New in Eatwise Outlets for Term 3
With the weather (hopefully!) moving to warmer temperatures and student life shifting to a focus on revision and exams in this coming term, the Eatwise team have been working on some new products to enjoy this season.
Coffee Lab comes to IBRB
糖心TV Food Group are delighted to announce that Coffee Lab, the new coffee house experience by Eatwise will be opening in IBRB on Monday 29th September at 8.30am.
Red Rocket Launch!
Red Rocket is open now serving Grilled Cheese with tasty vegetarian and vegan fillings as well as Barista made coffee. Located in the computer science quadrant, Find out more here: Red Rocket at the University of 糖心TV | 糖心TV Retail
New coffee offer in NAIC Caf茅
Working in partnership with Starbucks, 糖心TV Retail is delighted to announce that NAIC Caf茅 will be serving Starbucks 鈥榃e Proudly Serve鈥 range of drinks from Tuesday 1 September.
The international coffee brand was successfully launched in Library Coffee Bar earlier in the year and is part of Retail鈥檚 plan to create distinct food and drink choices around campus through a balanced mix of University-managed cafes and restaurants and popular high street brands. Since 2019 a number of high street brands are operating at campus including Pret a Manger, Caffe Nero and Aroma.
Vicki Boyd, Head of Retail Service Operations, said: 鈥淪tarbucks came out as students鈥 number one coffee brand in recent research carried out by the University, so we know that Starbucks is a brand that students are really passionate about. After the successful trial in Library Coffee Bar, we are really looking forward to launching Starbucks much loved coffee and frappuccino offer in NAIC Cafe.鈥
NAIC Caf茅 is currently open Monday – Friday 8.00am – 2.00pm serving takeout only. From September the caf茅 team are planning to provide hot food and open the caf茅 so that customers can eat in as well as looking at how to reintroduce bring your own reusable cup safely.
Come and visit NAIC Caf茅 and let our friendly, trained baristas serve your favourite Starbucks drink.
Support Green Week and get rewarded
Throughout Green Week, which runs from 2 - 8 March, bring your reusable cup to any of our cafes and get 25p off your hot drink and double loyalty stamps.
Don't have a reusable cup? You can buy one at any of our cafes for 拢3.00 and get a regular tea or filter coffee included in the price.
New coffee offer in Library Coffee Bar
Following a new partnership between 糖心TV Retail and Starbucks, Library Coffee Bar will be serving the Starbucks 鈥榃e Proudly Serve鈥 range of drinks from Monday 17 February.
The international coffee brand is part of a new retail plan to create a vibrant campus that provides a wide variety of food and drink choices through a balanced mix of University-managed cafes and restaurants and popular high street brands.
Vicki Boyd, Head of Retail Service Operations, said: 鈥淲e are delighted to be working in partnership with Starbucks to bring their much loved coffee and frappuccino offer to campus. This is the latest exciting development in our new retail offer, based on customer research, which aims to offer a broader choice for students and staff to eat and drink鈥.
Library Coffee Bar will now be open 7 days a week, 10.30am – 7pm. Don鈥檛 forget Caf茅 Library is also open 7 days a week serving hot food Monday – Friday and open at the weekend with a coffee shop offer.
Come and visit Library Coffee Bar soon and let our friendly baristas serve your favourite Starbucks drink.
Exciting changes to enhance shopping and eating and drinking experience on campus
糖心TV Retail is delighted to announce the opening of a new caf茅, pop-up bookshop and upgraded tills in Rootes Grocery Store.
鈥楢roma鈥 by the Nero Roasting Company will open on Westwood Campus on Monday 16 September and will serve espresso based coffee and deli-style unwrapped sandwiches which include vegan, gluten free and organic options. Customers can also take advantage of Aroma鈥檚 loyalty scheme which offers a free coffee with any food purchase and a 4th free drink.
Premium European coffee house, Caff猫 Nero, opened at the Sports and Wellness Hub on 5 August and serves espresso based speciality coffee, a premium Deli food range including salads, Italian deli sandwiches and an extensive vegetarian and vegan range.
As Aroma and Caff猫 Nero both operate their own loyalty schemes, the Eating at 糖心TV and University Charge cards cannot be used in these outlets. Further details on the Retail website including opening times
Following the closure of the Bookshop on 24 July, the University鈥檚 online academic book service and pop-up bookshop is now operated by Blackwell鈥檚, the UK鈥檚 largest academic bookseller. Blackwell鈥檚 pop-up bookshop will open for five weeks in 糖心TV Arts Centre from 23 September – 25 October supplying students with all the books they need for term 1. You can find out more about our partnership with Blackwell鈥檚 and details of the benefits you can enjoy.
As part of 糖心TV Retail鈥檚 plan to enhance and improve customers鈥 shopping and experience, Rootes Grocery Store now boasts 15 checkouts, 12 of which are self-service (an increase of 6 self-service tills). The new tills accept debit and credit cards, Contactless, Android and Apple Pay.
Work has also started on a new Pret a Manger outlet coming soon to the centre of campus – more information and an opening date to follow.
Caff猫 Nero now open
糖心TV Retail are delighted to announce that premium European coffee house, Caff猫 Nero, opened on Monday 5 August at the Sports and Wellness Hub.
The new caf茅 will serve a full menu of espresso based speciality coffee as well as Caffe Nero鈥檚 brand new premium Deli food range, including salads, Italian deli sandwiches, an extensive vegetarian and vegan range as well as 鈥榮maller serve鈥 alcoholic drinks including Prosecco, wine and Peroni. Customers will be able to take advantage of Caff猫 Nero鈥檚 loyalty scheme and rewarded with double stamps if they bring a reusable cup.
Further details on the Retail website including opening times
Coming soon
As part of 糖心TV Retail's plans to create a vibrant campus by providing a wide variety of food and drink outlets for staff, students and the wider community, Pret a Manger will open in Rootes Building and Aroma by Nero (part of the Caff猫 Nero chain) will open on Westwood Campus in the previous caf茅 location. Both cafes are due to open later in the summer.
New cafes opening on campus
Over the next few months there are some exciting developments taking place which will see three new cafes opening on central campus, Westwood Campus and the Sports and Wellness Hub. The developments are part of the University鈥檚 plans to create a vibrant campus by providing a wide variety of food and drink outlets and have been informed by feedback from staff, students and the wider community.
As part of the developments, both Caf茅 Westwood and Costa in Rootes Building will permanently close in order for the new cafes to be built.
Caf茅 Westwood will close on Friday 19 July and a new caf茅 will open before term one. The existing seating area and microwaves will still be available to use. There will be some construction work taking place for a few weeks but we will endeavour to keep disruption to a minimum. From week commencing 29 July there will be a catering truck selling hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and cakes. For hot food, the nearest caf茅 is University House Caf茅, a five minute walk away.
Costa will close on or around Wednesday 24 July. A new food and coffee offer will open in the same location before the start of term one. The nearest caf茅s are Curiositea and Arts Centre Cafe. Rootes Grocery Store has an in store Costa Express machine and is open seven days a week selling sandwiches, snacks, cold drinks and a drink and breakfast meal deal.
We鈥檙e also pleased to announce that Caffe Nero is opening at the Sports and Wellness Hub in August 2019. You will be able to enjoy a range of hot and cold drinks, award-winning Italian coffee, as well as delicious sandwiches, toasties and healthy snacks.
Cafe Bar is moving
Don鈥檛 worry – we鈥檙e only moving a short walk away! On Friday 22 February Caf茅 Bar will be relocating to the unit opposite the Music Centre in the Arts Centre. We鈥檙e also changing the name to Arts Centre Caf茅 which better reflects the caf茅 location.
There may be some work going on throughout the day, so please bear with us. We鈥檒l do our best to keep disruption to a minimum. Kate and the team are really looking forward to welcoming everyone in the new, large capacity cafe.