This photograph from Lashings, who have two cafes in Bristol on the Gloucester Road and Lower Redland Road, shows their newest batch of loyalty cards:

Loyalty cards seem to be a primary way for cafes to retain customers, with new businesses often thrusting a pre-stamped card into your hand whether you like it or not.

But it hasn’t worked so smoothly for Lashings, whose third cafe on the centre closed earlier this year.