The Non-Specialists Report UK 2026

The Non-Specialists Report UK 2026 is Allegra World Coffee Portal's analysis of the UK's wider retail and hospitality coffee market.

The Non-Specialists Report UK 2026 focuses on the latest developments and trends within the UK non-specialist coffee market. Key features include:

State Of The Market Analysis

Non-specialists concept market sizing featuring over 70 individual operator, covering department stores, garden centres, hotels, leisure / wellness, petrol / service stations, pubs / bars / brasseries, QSR / fast food, retail, and supermarket / convenience stores. Historical site tracking and future projections. Average pricing across ten beverage types. News and developments with key topic analysiss.

Industry Insight

Presenting and interpreting the results of over 80 online surveys, consultations and in-depth interviews with leading industry insiders in the UK.

Operator Profiles

15 non-specialist operator profiles featuring key company information and supplier relationships, typical store beverage pricing and social media traction.

Consumer Research

Over 100 pages of in-depth graphs, tables and written analysis from over 2,000 surveys with non-specialist coffee concept drinkers across the UK, covering general preferences, purchase behaviours, brand perceptions, contemporary trends and more. Featuring historical comparisons, demographic splits by gender, age and region, and in-depth key crosstab data dives.

Published 13 May 2026, 182 pages

Accompanying the Project Café series, Allegra World Coffee Portal also produce a range of specific category reports. These are designed to get under the skin of the key topics that shape the industry, to facilitate better informed business decisions. Supplemented with UK industry consultation and consumer survey data, these reports analyse trends with relevance to a wider global scale.