Boston Tea Party (café chain)
{{Short description|British family-owned independent café group}}
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| type = Private limited company
| industry = Café
| founded = {{start date and age|1995}} in Bristol, England
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| hq_location = 75 Park Street
| hq_location_city = Bristol
| hq_location_country = England
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| key_people = Sam Roberts (CEO)
| products = Coffee beverages, tea, smoothies, ales, cooked meals, sandwiches
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| website = https://bostonteaparty.co.uk/
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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 22 cafés, predominantly in South West England.{{cite web|title=Friendly urban retreat on Bristol’s Park Street|url=http://www.food-mag.co.uk/item/boston-tea-party-cafe-bristol/|website=food-mag.co.uk|accessdate=28 February 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://bostonteaparty.co.uk/cafes.php|title=Boston Tea Party|website=bostonteaparty.co.uk|access-date=2019-04-04}}
Sustainability
On 1 June 2018, the company was the first coffee chain in the world to stop issuing single-use coffee cups in response to the global plastic pollution crisis. {{cite news| url= https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/boston-tea-party-becomes-first-1493041| title= Boston Tea Party becomes first café chain to announce ban on disposable coffee cups| work=Bristol Post| date=24 April 2018| accessdate=9 June 2020}}{{Cite web|title=This is the impact of one cafe chain giving up disposable cups |url=https://pebblemag.com/news/boston-tea-party-banned-disposable-coffee-cups |access-date=2021-12-23 |website=Pebble Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031225356/https://pebblemag.com/news/boston-tea-party-banned-disposable-coffee-cups |archive-date=2020-10-31}}
All food is ethically sourced from sustainable resources.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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.{{cite web|title=Boston Tea Party on awards trail|url=http://www.hospitalityandcateringnews.com/2015/02/boston-tea-party-awards-trail/|website=hospitalityandcateringnews.com|accessdate=28 February 2016}}
Locations
The company's head office is based on Park Street, Bristol, England.
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There are currently 23 cafés within England.{{cite web |title=Our Cafés |url=https://bostonteaparty.co.uk/cafes/ |accessdate=7 January 2020 |website=bostonteaparty.co.uk}}
- Barnstaple
- Bath – Alfred Street & Kingsmead Square
- Birmingham – Corporation Street, Harborne & Edgbaston
- Bristol – Cheswick Village, Gloucester Road, Park Street & 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
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://bostonteaparty.co.uk}}
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Category:Coffeehouses and cafés in the United Kingdom
Category:British companies established in 1995
Category:Restaurants established in 1995