{"id":44137,"date":"2014-05-21T17:38:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T16:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=44137"},"modified":"2021-05-23T18:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:57:05","slug":"45-cook-and-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2014\/45-cook-and-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"45. Cook &amp; Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Founders:<\/b> Richard and Janet Garcia<br>\n<b>Founded:<\/b> August 2011 (launched May 2012)<br>\n<b>Website:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookandgarcia.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cookandgarcia.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Set up by husband and wife duo Richard and Janet Garcia, Richmond-based artisan sandwich shop Cook &amp; Garcia is a shining example of the UK&rsquo;s rise in high street independents. Offering fresh, made to order, food and coffee with pricing kept within the &ldquo;magic &pound;5 lunchtime budget&rdquo;, Cook &amp; Garcia has become a favourite amongst South West Londoners; averaging over 300 customers per day with 40% of its daily visitors being repeat custom.<\/p>\n<p>Since featuring in the Startups 100 2013, the cafe branch has continued to grow; increasing its sales month by month. Claiming its success is due to giving customers more choice than the &ldquo;usual generic chains&rdquo;, the cafe start-up&rsquo;s popularity is evidenced in its impressive revenue figures &ndash; boasting &pound;380,000 turnover for 2013 projections of &pound;680,000 for 2014. Over the last year, the sandwich shop has reaped the benefits of new additional revenue streams with &ldquo;huge growth&rdquo; of its local office delivery service. Having secured investment from a private equity house just a few weeks ago, the Garcia&rsquo;s now have wider plans for their sandwich brand and additional Cook &amp; Garcia sites are in the pipeline with plans to open two new shops each year.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founders: Richard and Janet Garcia Founded: August 2011 (launched May 2012) Website: www.cookandgarcia.co.uk Set up by husband and wife duo Richard and Janet Garcia, Richmond-based artisan sandwich shop Cook &amp; Garcia is a shining example of the UK&rsquo;s rise in high street independents. 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