Corner Store

About Corner Store

Corner Store Coffee & Doughnuts is a vibrant coffee shop franchise located predominantly on the United Kingdom high street, targeting a primarily millennial customer base. The brand offers freshly made doughnuts on-site daily alongside freshly brewed coffee, fresh fruit juices, paninis, and sandwiches, catering to a diverse range of customer tastes within a competitive, fast-paced market.

Each Corner Store outlet serves 14 varieties of handmade doughnuts, 10 freshly prepared paninis daily, and features a menu with 15 different teas and coffees. The company promotes customer loyalty through an innovative points-based loyalty card scheme, allowing customers to earn and redeem points across all branches for rewards, including a coveted ‘Gold Customer’ status.

In addition to its retail network, Corner Store operates a fully transactional website that offers branded merchandise, coffee and tea kits, and menu items made fresh for collection, enhancing brand accessibility and boosting its social media and online presence to attract and retain customers.##### Franchise Model and Support

The Corner Store franchise offers an opportunity for investors to replicate the successful in-store experience using a robust package that includes comprehensive initial and ongoing training, key ingredient sourcing, and production templates. Franchisees benefit from leveraging an established brand name, loyalty scheme, and operational support aimed at ensuring consistent quality across the network.

The franchise model emphasizes recruitment of unit managers from established retail or leisure sectors, focusing on internal growth and promotion through management training programs. By the third outlet, management is expected to be developed internally.

Training is tailored to the individual franchisee, covering areas such as operations, marketing, food hygiene, customer engagement, and coffee art. The company also partners with Cheshire College South & West to provide apprenticeship schemes and further product development support.##### Investment and Expansion Opportunities

The initial franchise investment ranges from £50,000 to £100,000, including a franchise fee of £16,000 and total investment up to £100,000. Corner Store offers flexible ownership options allowing franchisees to start with a single outlet and potentially scale to multi-unit or area development ownership.

The company holds favorable relationships with landlords and agents across the UK, securing prime retail locations from 2,000 to 3,100 square feet in key areas such as Chester, Rochdale, Trafford, Warrington, Southport, and Cheshire Oaks outlet mall. The franchise agreement is for a 10-year term, renewable thereafter.

With relatively low initial overheads and an option for full financing support, Corner Store assists franchisees in establishing and growing profitable businesses backed by experienced operational teams and key suppliers.