{"id":71273,"date":"2026-05-08T11:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=71273"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:10:08","slug":"watch-iconic-sheffield-business-reflects-on-successful-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/watch-iconic-sheffield-business-reflects-on-successful-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Iconic Sheffield business reflects on successful expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John&#8217;s Van has been operating since 1981 from a small van near the Student&#8217;s Union building in Crookesmoor, Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caf\u00e9 is synonymous with Sheffield student life, with John\u2019s Van merchandise being sold inside the Student&#8217;s Union, and the iconic silver van featuring on murals around the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, the company took over the caf\u00e9 space in the Arts Tower- an University-owned iconic tower block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows the business\u2019 decision last year to offer late night service on Wednesdays and Saturdays, both popular student nights out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John&#8217;s Van at the Arts Tower Cafe has an all new menu as well as now offering barista coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremy Woolley, the owner, took over the business from his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Iconic Sheffield business reflects on successful expansion\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vLghRWoaVk0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John&#8217;s Van has expanded into the Arts Tower Cafe, as well as now offering late night service <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":843,"featured_media":71279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,21,85,1,103],"tags":[231,174,15,38,131],"class_list":["post-71273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","category-top-story-2","category-uncategorised","category-watch","tag-community","tag-food","tag-news","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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