Harris + Hoole
A Harris + Hoole coffee shop in London | |
| Company type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Andrew Tolley Nick Tolley Laura Tolley |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Number of locations | 39 (2020) |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Andrew Sanders, Head of Harris and Hoole |
| Products | Coffee, tea, soft drinks |
| Owner | Caffè Nero |
| Website | www |
Harris and Hoole (stylised as Harris + Hoole) is a British coffeehouse company headquartered in London and wholly owned by Caffè Nero. It was established in 2012 by Andrew, Nick and Laura Tolley, with investment from the British supermarket chain Tesco. The Harris + Hoole name comes from two coffee-loving characters in Samuel Pepys' diary.
In February 2016, Tesco purchased the remaining 51% holding in the company that it did not already own to take full control of the business. It sold the company to Caffè Nero Group Ltd in June 2016 for an undisclosed sum.
Harris and Hoole Ltd is wholly owned, through a long chain of intermediary companies – including UK-based Nero Group Holdings Ltd and its parent company Luxembourg-based Rome Intermediate Holdings Sarl – by the holding company Saratoga Limited based on the Isle of Man, a known tax haven.