Our story goes back around 20 years, to our founder Gerry Ford. Armed with a passion for coffee, he had a vision to create traditional Italian cafés across Europe; places that would serve very high quality coffee and serve as neighbourhood meeting spots.We started off simply trying to make a few local independent coffee houses work. And they did! We never aspired to be a big company; in fact, even today we see ourselves as a start-up. We have grown one coffee, one customer and one store at a time – always trying to be the best at what we do.We have reinvested in the business to stay true to Gerry’s original vision and we’ve done this resilience and determination.The Caffè Nero philosophy is really very simple: Premium Italian coffee. A warm and welcoming atmosphere. Good food and great personal service. We invest all our time, energy and passion into providing a high-quality range of espresso-based coffees. We use a unique Italian style blend made up of several different beans which are exclusive to Caffè Nero. Caffè Nero creates a continental European coffee house atmosphere; an accessible, friendly place to meet up that has something of a 'buzz' about it.
