Published:
12:00 AM May 17, 2021
Ready to reopen: (l-r) Paddy & Scott s MD Jon Reed, operations director Zoe Hill and founder Scott Russell
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The Ipswich-based ethical coffee company is putting people ahead of profit as it prepares for the reopening of the hospitality sector.
For all hospitality businesses, 2020 was a tough year – but Future 50 member Paddy and Scott’s is positive about the future. With the phased return of hospitality – which started outside on April 12 and moves indoors from today – the Ipswich-based coffee company is ready to restart.
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Approaching the building in the centre of the market town is a delightful assault on the senses – plumes of cooking aromas burst out onto the street from the ground floor open kitchen. Freshly baked sausage rolls. Dense, deep-filled quiches. The heady vanilla of a recently baked Victoria sponge.
Despite opening in ‘dark times’, in the middle of a lockdown, the team have built what looks to be a very successful and well-loved business in a few short months. With big things on the horizon.
“It’s been really really positive,” says Justin. “November and December were beyond our wildest dreams. When we went back into lockdown, January was tough because the high street was empty, and we thought ‘is this the future’? There was just so much uncertainly. Then in the lead up to Valentine’s something changed and it was back full-steam-ahead again. That was just phenomenal and we haven’t looked back. Friday, market day, in particular is amazing. We’re so busy here.