COPPA COLLECTIVE PLC (COPC) — Acquisition and Strategy Update - Launching the Next Phase of Growth

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WEBVTT NOTE Transcription provided by Deepgram Request Id: 01a0436f-514e-7080-a55b-f907d4212cb2 Created: 2026-08-27T13:36:40.746Z Duration: 1304.705 Channels: 1 00:00:02.320 -- 00:00:04.720 Good morning, and welcome to the COPPA COLLECTIVE 00:00:04.720 -- 00:00:08.400 PLC Acquisition and Strategy Update Investor Presentation. 00:00:08.559 -- 00:00:10.880 Throughout this recorded presentation, investors will be in 00:00:10.880 -- 00:00:11.759 listen only mode. 00:00:15.645 -- 00:00:16.765 A session. 00:00:20.765 -- 00:00:22.445 Before we begin, I would like to submit 00:00:22.445 -- 00:00:24.365 the following poll, and I would now like 00:00:24.365 -- 00:00:26.925 to hand you over to CEO, Mark Loughborough. 00:00:27.005 -- 00:00:27.805 Good morning to you. 00:00:29.190 -- 00:00:31.990 Thanks, Alex. Good morning, everyone, and thank you 00:00:31.990 -- 00:00:33.910 for your time today. For those that I 00:00:33.910 -- 00:00:36.150 haven't met, I'm Mark Loughborough, the CEO of 00:00:36.150 -- 00:00:38.629 COPPA COLLECTIVE, formerly Verus Eateries. 00:00:39.110 -- 00:00:41.350 Wanna start with a simple point. The narrative 00:00:41.350 -- 00:00:43.829 around UK hospitality is broadly negative. 00:00:44.285 -- 00:00:46.525 Cost pressures, consumer weakness, 00:00:46.685 -- 00:00:48.525 and a sector that many probably see as 00:00:48.525 -- 00:00:49.245 challenged. 00:00:49.725 -- 00:00:52.285 Reality is probably a little bit more nuanced. 00:00:52.445 -- 00:00:54.765 People are going out slightly less often, but 00:00:54.765 -- 00:00:56.445 when they do, they're spending more and they're 00:00:56.445 -- 00:00:58.525 becoming far more selective about where they spend 00:00:58.525 -- 00:00:58.925 that money. 00:00:59.590 -- 00:01:01.829 That creates a tougher market for th...