DataCafes grew 9% in value last year, specialist coffee counters 6.4%. The seats are taking the growth, not the hatch. (Financial Mail)
OpeningKorean chain Genesis BBQ has signed a master franchise for SA, starting Cape Town, Joburg and Bloemfontein. 2,400 stores at home, none here yet. If you trade chicken in those metros, watch where they sign. (BusinessTech)
DealMillat Group holds Pret A Manger's national licence and has three stores open 18 months on, all Johannesburg, one of them inside Discovery's head office. Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria were named for 2025 and have not landed, so read announced city lists as intent, not pipeline. (World Coffee Portal, pretamanger.co.za)
TrendCoffee as its own occasion is up 24.5% a year among urban professionals. They come for the coffee, not alongside a meal, so seating and dwell time are the constraint, not throughput. (Tastewise)
WatchPMBEJD's affordability index lands around the 29th. It is the closest monthly read on what your customer can still afford to walk in and buy. (PMBEJD)