coffee shop in london type limited company industry hospitality founded 2012 founders andrew tolley nick tolley laura tolley headquarters london united kingdom number of locations 43 2016 area served united kingdom key people sam wignell chief operating officer products coffee tea soft drinks owner tesco website www.harrisandhoole.co.uk harris hoole is a british coffeehouse company headquartered in london . it was established in 2012 by andrew nick and laura tolley with investment from the british supermarket chain tesco . the harris hoole name comes from two coffee loving characters in samuel pepys diary . in february 2016 tesco purchased the remaining 51 % holding in the company that it did not already own to take full control of the business . 1 contents 1 history 2 sites 3 references 4 external links history edit the business was launched in 2012 by nick laura and andrew tolley with the retailer tesco taking a 49 % stake in the business . 2 tesco s investment in the company was controversial as harris hoole appeared to be an independent chain competing with the major companies starbucks and costa coffee . 3 tesco owned 49 % of the company with andrew nick and laura tolley owning the remaining 51 % of shares . 4 the tolleys quit the running of the business in july 2015 in order to concentrate on their taylor st baristas chain . 5 in april 2015 ethical consumer ranked harris hoole the lowest in an assessment of the social and environmental impacts of coffee shops . according to ethical consumer the company did not provide information on any ethical environmental or supply chain policies and used a direct trade model of sourcing from farmers which did not give the same kind of price support as fairtrade . in response harris hoole stated that their direct trade supplier sourced high quality coffee and aimed to create sustainable livelihoods for small scale farmers . 6 tesco purchased the 51 % holding in the company it did not already own in february 2016 . 1 on 23 june 2016 tesco announced that it intends to sell the company to caff nero in order to focus on its core uk business . 7 sites edit in march 2014 the company announced it planned to increase its number of shops to 60 . 8 in august that year it announced that six unprofitable shops would be closed leaving 41 in operation . 9 as of april 2016 the chain has 43 coffee shops . 10 references edit a b davey james 10 february 2016 . tesco takes full control of harris hoole coffee chain . reuters . retrieved 13 april 2016 . neate rupert 8 august 2012 . tesco s coffee shop chain to go under harris and hoole banner . the guardian . retrieved 23 january 2015 . wheeler brian ; barford vanessa 9 january 2013 . tesco effect how big firms quietly own little brands . bbc news . retrieved 23 january 2015 . rupert neate 8 august 2012 . tesco s coffee shop chain to go under harris and hoole banner . london the guardian . retrieved 18 april 2013 . butler sarah 21 july 2015 . harris hoole founders to quit tesco backed coffee chain after three years . the guardian . issn 0261 3077 . retrieved 24 february 2016 . levitt tom 21 april 2015 . starbucks and harris hoole share the dregs in ethical coffee rankings . the guardian . london . http www.londonstockexchange.com exchange news market news market news detail tsco 12865106.html neate rupert 3 march 2014 . harris hoole coffee shop chain planning to double in size . the guardian . retrieved 23 january 2015 . lawson alex 19 august 2014 . tesco coffee shop harris hoole to shut six caf s . the independent . retrieved 23 january 2015 . morris ben 13 april 2016 . tesco business hits and misses . bbc news . retrieved 13 april 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to harris & hoole . official website v t e food chains in the united kingdom casual dining angus steakhouse ask beefeater grill bella italia brewers fayre byron hamburgers caf rouge carluccio s chiquito damon s ed s easy diner frankie & benny s giraffe gourmet burger kitchen harry ramsden s harvester hungry horse la tasca little chef loch fyne restaurants nando s ok diner pizza hut pizzaexpress prezzo strada table table taybarns t.g.i. friday s toby carvery tony roma s wagamama wahaca wildwood kitchen zizzi fast food barburrito burger king chicken cottage chipotle mexican grill dixy chicken domino s pizza five guys kfc mcdonald s morley s papa john s pizza sam s chicken sbarro southern fried chicken subway taco bell tops pizza tortilla wasabi wimpy yo sushi baked goods auntie anne s cinnabon cooplands ditsch dunkin donuts eat greggs krispy kreme millie s cookies patisserie valerie pret a manger sayers spudulike upper crust the west cornwall pasty company coffee shops and tea rooms amt coffee betty s caff nero caff ritazza coffee 1 coffee republic costa coffee harris hoole starbucks dairy baskin robbins ben & jerry s kaspa s shakeaway pub chains all bar one chef & brewer o neill s scream pubs slug and lettuce walkabout wetherspoons yates s v t e tesco key people jack cohen lord maclaurin terry leahy philip clarke dave lewis list of chairmen retail tesco tesco.com extra express metro one stop former operations dobbies garden centres harris hoole giraffe restaurants tesco kipa international operations tesco lotus tesco ireland services tesco bank tesco clubcard tesco mobile dunnhumby retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title harris % 2b hoole & oldid 734970500 categories companies established in 2012coffee houses of the united kingdom2012 establishments in englandcompanies based in londonhidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 17 august 2016 at 21 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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