{"id":48611,"date":"2016-10-12T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=48611"},"modified":"2019-06-30T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T13:03:07","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-2016-cafepod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-cafepod\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Caf\u00e9pod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start-up name:&nbsp;<\/strong>Caf&eacute;Pod<br>\n<strong>Founders:&nbsp;<\/strong>Brent Hadfield and Peter Grainger<br>\n<strong>Started in:&nbsp;<\/strong>August 2012<br>\n<strong>Based in:&nbsp;<\/strong>London<br>\n<strong>Business description:&nbsp;<\/strong>Nespresso-compatible coffee pods<\/p>\n<h3>Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/retail-business-of-the-year-2016-meet-the-finalists\/\">Retail Business of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Caf&eacute;Pod story:<\/h3>\n<p>When Nestle&rsquo;s patent on its&nbsp;Nespresso coffee pods expired in 2011, Brent Hadfield and Peter Grainger decided to strike while the iron was hot and rival the global giants.<\/p>\n<p>Offering consumers &ldquo;great coffee at a reasonable price&rdquo;, in August 2012 they launched Caf&eacute;Pod &ndash; which claimed to offer the UK&rsquo;s first Nespresso and Dolce Gusto-compatible coffee capsules.<\/p>\n<p>Despite stiff competition in a crowded market &ndash; including from Nespresso itself &ndash; Caf&eacute;Pod aims to make its&nbsp;product more accessible and affordable by using recyclable plastic instead of metal.<\/p>\n<p>Realising early on customers favoured its&nbsp;stronger blends, the brand focuses its Livewire and Supercharger range registering at strengths of 11 and 12.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, Caf&eacute;Pod has expanded its&nbsp;offering by launching two of its&nbsp;blends in bags of roast and ground coffee for the cafetiere and filter coffee machine.<\/p>\n<p>The pods are available in Waitrose, Sainsbury&rsquo;s, Morrisons, and Tesco, as well as directly from their website &ndash; consumers can also buy the capsules via a monthly subscription service, where they can choose from batches of 40, 60, or 80 capsules.<\/p>\n<p>Caf&eacute;Pod has also recently expanded into the international market, and is&nbsp;now trailing in Monoprix stores in France.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Caf&eacute;Pod made our shortlist:<\/h3>\n<p>Hadfield and Grainger&nbsp;&ldquo;took on the giants and always punched above our weight&rdquo;, Caf&eacute;Pod now holds a 46% market share in its area, with its turnover growing by 1266% from 2013-2016. 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