FoodCo, which operates the Muffin Break and Jamaica Blue brands in the UK, has said it is set to reach 100 UK stores by the end of 2025.
The company has just launched its 71st Muffin Break location here, at Watford’s Atria Centre. It already operates 20 Jamaica Blue locations, and as previously reported, is set to open six new stores over both brands over June and July.
Michael Johnson, franchise development officer for FoodCo UK, said: “FoodCo opened its 71st Muffin Break store today in Watford’s Atria Centre. A visually stunning 1,800 square-foot corner site which will complement the Jamaica Blue already operating in the Atria centre.
This follows our recent openings of Muffin Break Worcester, a cafe in Bangor NI, a full upgrade of our Muffin Break Metro Centre store and is the first of six new store openings over the coming six weeks.”
He added: “Further upcoming openings will be Muffin Break Newbury, Jamaica Blue Ipswich, Jamaica Blue Bracknell, Jamaica Blue Maidstone and Jamaica Blue Tunbridge Wells, and with two further stores in the design stage, should see FoodCo hit 100 stores before the end of 2025!”
The group launched here in 2001 as the UK arm of the Australian FoodCo business, which was founded in 1989 and has more than 550 locations across eight countries.
