Cadena Cafés Limited was a chain of coffeehouses in South West England. It was established in 1895 under the name Lloyd's Oriental Café, subsequently Lloyd's Cadena Cafés Ltd.Companies House gives the incorporation dates as 21 June 1894 – 5 October 2011. (See Company number 00041420) It became Cadena Cafés Ltd in 1907It was prominently reported in the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette (7 November 1907) that Philip James Lloyd, tea merchant and dealer, former managing director of Lloyds Cadena Cafés Ltd for about 12 years, had gone bankrupt. and went on to operate over twenty branches. It took over Paignton-based Dellers Cafés in 1933. It was eventually taken over by Tesco in January 1965 and the cafés closed during the 1970s. It was listed on the Bristol Stock Exchange; from 1927 to at least 1950, its AGMs were fully reported by the Western Daily Press. 1927-1950
