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Term 1 brings the changing of the season and with it, the desire for cosy dishes and comforting flavours. The Eatwise team have been busy developing some new products for this term, we really hope you enjoy them.

º£½ÇÉçÇø Food Group are delighted to announce that a new app, developed by º£½ÇÉçÇø º£½ÇÉçÇø School undergraduate student (BSc Management), Duke Saputra, is being launched in Coffee Labs and District as part of a pilot this month.

To celebrate World Pulses Day we've launched a refreshed menu item with Godiva beans developed on the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø campus. This offer is available for a limited time only.

Red Rocket is open now serving Grilled Cheese with tasty vegetarian and vegan fillings as well as Barista made coffee. Located in the computer science quadrant, Find out more here: Red Rocket at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø | º£½ÇÉçÇø Retail

We’re excited to be launching spud, our food truck offering loaded baked potatoes with a selection of delicious fresh vegetarian and vegan fillings. It is located outside º£½ÇÉçÇø º£½ÇÉçÇø School. Find out more here: SPUD Loaded Baked Potatoes | University of º£½ÇÉçÇø

Staff and students have told us they want cheaper hot food on campus and as part of the University’s commitment to providing more choice and variety, º£½ÇÉçÇø Retail are pleased to announce a new hot food offer launching 6 January 2020.

NAIC Café will serve two hot food dishes (vegetarian and meat) every evening from 5.00 – 6.30pm. The dishes, at £3.00 each, will include ‘home comfort favourites’ such as chilli, lasagne and macaroni cheese and are available to eat in or take away.

To help reduce waste and create a more sustainable environment we are encouraging everyone to bring their own takeaway boxes or crockery.

º£½ÇÉçÇø Retail is delighted to announce the opening of a new café, pop-up bookshop and upgraded tills in Rootes Grocery Store.

‘Aroma’ by the Nero Roasting Company will open on Westwood Campus on Monday 16 September and will serve espresso based coffee and deli-style unwrapped sandwiches which include vegan, gluten free and organic options. Customers can also take advantage of Aroma’s loyalty scheme which offers a free coffee with any food purchase and a 4^th free drink.

Premium European coffee house, Caffè Nero, opened at the Sports and Wellness Hub on 5 August and serves espresso based speciality coffee, a premium Deli food range including salads, Italian deli sandwiches and an extensive vegetarian and vegan range.

As Aroma and Caffè Nero both operate their own loyalty schemes, the Eating at º£½ÇÉçÇø and University Charge cards cannot be used in these outlets. Further details on the Retail website including opening times

Following the closure of the Bookshop on 24 July, the University’s online academic book service and pop-up bookshop is now operated by Blackwell’s, the UK’s largest academic bookseller. Blackwell’s pop-up bookshop will open for five weeks in º£½ÇÉçÇø Arts Centre from 23 September – 25 October supplying students with all the books they need for term 1. You can find out more about our partnership with Blackwell’s and details of the benefits you can enjoy.

As part of º£½ÇÉçÇø Retail’s plan to enhance and improve customers’ shopping and experience, Rootes Grocery Store now boasts 15 checkouts, 12 of which are self-service (an increase of 6 self-service tills). The new tills accept debit and credit cards, Contactless, Android and Apple Pay.

Work has also started on a new Pret a Manger outlet coming soon to the centre of campus – more information and an opening date to follow.

Our coffee supplier is running a competition from 30 April - 5 May to win a month's supply of Sparkling Black. Sparkling Black is a refreshing, sparkling cold brew coffee drink containing natural caffeine and is the perfect morning or afternoon pick me up. For a chance of winning simply post a photo of Sparkling Black on your Instagram Story, tell Union what you need to stay focused for and follow and tag @unionroasted #stayfocused.

There will be a sampling session on Tuesday 30 April 10am - 3pm outside Cafe Library where you can also pick up a 50p off voucher to be redeemed against a can of Sparkling Black in any University cafe.

The competition is open to all º£½ÇÉçÇø staff and students and ends 8 May at 5pm. The winner will be contacted 9 May and will need to collect the 3 x cases of 12 cans from Rootes Grocery Store.

Don’t worry – we’re only moving a short walk away! On Friday 22 February Café Bar will be relocating to the unit opposite the Music Centre in the Arts Centre. We’re also changing the name to Arts Centre Café which better reflects the café location.

There may be some work going on throughout the day, so please bear with us. We’ll do our best to keep disruption to a minimum. Kate and the team are really looking forward to welcoming everyone in the new, large capacity cafe.

It's time to start thinking about where you'd like to have Christmas lunch. We've got some great venues, whether you fancy a traditional dinner or something a bit different.