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==History==
==History==
Wild Bean Café was first founded in 2001 alongside '''BP Connect'''. These two brands were created as [[BP Express|BP]] had inherited several independent filling stations, and found it more profitable to include a different branded store and a small café at each site instead of an unnamed shop and self serve coffee machine.
Wild Bean Café was first founded in 2000 alongside '''BP Connect'''. These two brands were created as [[BP Express|BP]] had inherited several independent filling stations, and found it more profitable to include a different branded store and a small café at each site instead of an unnamed shop and self-service coffee machine.


By having a café with staff rather than just a self serve machine, BP could charge more for each item. This trial was deemed successful and Wild Bean Café can now be found at over 400 BP filling stations in the UK.
By having a café with staff rather than just a self-service machine, BP could charge more for each item. This trial was deemed successful and Wild Bean Café can now be found at over 400 BP filling stations in the UK.


In 2006, BP improved this offering by trialling [[franchise|franchised]] [[M&S Simply Food]] stores at eleven of their sites, which was later extended. Today, there are over 250 M&S stores alongside Wild Bean Café units.
In 2006, BP improved this offering by trialling [[franchise|franchised]] [[M&S Simply Food]] stores at eleven of their sites, which was later extended. Today, there are over 250 M&S stores alongside Wild Bean Café units.

Revision as of 20:59, 31 October 2019

Wild Bean Café
Wild Bean Café
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Locations:16 motorway sites
Introduced:2001
Predecessors:BP Shop, Burger King, Costa, Costa Express
Successors:BP Shop, Costa Express, Welcome Break's Deli2go
Typical opening hours:All motorway sites are open 24 hours
Official Website:
bp.com/en_gb/united-kingdom/products-services/wild-bean-cafe.html

Wild Bean Café is BP's own brand of coffee shop, often found in filling stations at motorway services alongside BP Connect or M&S Simply Food.

The Wild Bean Café range is more significant in stores which are not branded as M&S Simply Food and includes varieties of sandwiches and wraps, something that the cafés within M&S Simply Food stores don't offer.

History

Wild Bean Café was first founded in 2000 alongside BP Connect. These two brands were created as BP had inherited several independent filling stations, and found it more profitable to include a different branded store and a small café at each site instead of an unnamed shop and self-service coffee machine.

By having a café with staff rather than just a self-service machine, BP could charge more for each item. This trial was deemed successful and Wild Bean Café can now be found at over 400 BP filling stations in the UK.

In 2006, BP improved this offering by trialling franchised M&S Simply Food stores at eleven of their sites, which was later extended. Today, there are over 250 M&S stores alongside Wild Bean Café units.

At both filling stations at Rownhams in 2013, BP introduced Wild Bean Café Express machines, the first and only in the country.

Wild Bean Café went on to inspire Coffee Tempo!.

Locations

Wild Bean Café operate at some services. They are: [view on a map - Download KMLrefine search]

A-road Services