Boston Tea Party (café chain) facts for kids
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| Private limited company | |
| Industry | Café |
| Founded | 1995 in Bristol, England |
| Headquarters | 75 Park Street, , |
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Key people
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Sam Roberts (CEO) |
| Products | Coffee beverages, tea, smoothies, ales, cooked meals, sandwiches |
Boston Tea Party is a British family-owned independent café group headquartered at its first café in Park Street, Bristol, which was opened in 1995. The business has 23 cafés, predominantly in South West England. Each location adopts a unique interior design and the company emphasises the ethical sourcing of local produce.
Charity
In 2011, the company partnered with Coffee Kids, a charity supporting coffee farmers and their children.
The company is very active in supporting local charities. Each cafe is active in choosing and supporting charities to support. Teams from Bristol attended Cock and Bull festival in 2018, raising £6,000 for Jamie's Farm, a charity that supports vulnerable inner-city children.
The company further supports charities by donating 10p from the sale of each coffee to charities local to each cafe.
Sustainability
The company was the first coffee chain in the world to stop issuing single-use coffee cups on 1 June 2018 to impact the global plastic crisis. Customers wishing to have a takeaway coffee must now either bring their own cup, borrow a loan cup from the cafe, use a fully refundable deposit, or buy one. Boston Tea Party now offer reusable Ecoffee Cups at wholesale price to ensure there are no barriers to customers getting a takeaway coffee.
The cost saved from the use of paper cups – 10p per cup – is donated to charities local to each cafe.
They have run talks and workshops sharing their learning and practices with other companies wishing to be more sustainable.
All food is ethically sourced from sustainable resources.
Awards
In 2015, Boston Tea Party won the award for Best Café in Food Magazine and Best chain café in Café Life. In the same year, it was also nominated for the Society, Large Group and Innovation awards at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards.
Locations
The company's head office is based in Park Street, Bristol, England.
Current
There are currently 23 cafés within England.
- Barnstaple
- Bath – Alfred Street & Kingsmead Square
- Birmingham – Corporation Street, Harborne & Edgbaston
- Bristol – Cheswick Village, Gloucester Road, Park Street, Stokes Croft & Whiteladies Road
- Cheltenham
- Chichester
- Exeter - Queen Street
- Royal Leamington Spa
- Taunton - Fore Street, within the former Prezzo building.
- Honiton
- Plymouth
- Ringwood
- Salisbury
- Solihull
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Worcester
See also
- List of coffeehouse chains
