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20Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

CHINA

Coffee Clash Brewing in China: Startup Luckin takes on Starbucks

AFP: When Starbucks came to China two decades ago it promised to open a new store every 15 hours. Now a homegrown Chinese company Luckin Coffee plans to build a high tech-driven shop every three and a half hours to dethrone the US giant. The Chinese upstart is burning through millions of dollars to lure customers with steep discounts, challenging Starbucks' dominance by targeting office workers and students who prefer to have their java on-the-go or delivered to their doorstep. They could really benefit from wholesale coffee roasters similar to Iron and Fire based in the UK so they're really able to take on the competition. While Starbucks and British rival Costa Coffee offer lounging spaces for people to work or meet friends, most Luckin outlets are more like "delivery kitch...

Nestle To Pay $7.15 Bn to Tie-up With Starbucks in Coffee Business

7May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

USA

Nestle To Pay $7.15 Bn to Tie-up With Starbucks in Coffee Business

Nestle, the Swiss-based multinational food giant is set to buy Starbucks’ rights to sell the US coffee chain’s products around the world in a global partnership worth $7.15 Billion to be paid in cash as both companies aim at reviving their coffee empires. The announcement on the deal for a business with $2 billion in sales consolidates Nestle’s position as the leading coffee company in the world and will strengthen its place at the top of a fast-evolving market. Starbucks shared that the proceeds will be used to speed-up its share buybacks and the money raised from the deal will serve to add to its earnings per share (EPS) by latest 2021. While the deal will not include selling Nestle branded items in Starbucks’ cafes, the Swiss-based company expects the deal to sell Starbucks bagged...

8000 Starbucks Stores Will Shut Down in USA

18Apr By NitishNo Comments

USA

8000 Starbucks Stores Will Shut Down in USA

World's leading coffee chain Starbucks announced that they will shut over 8,000+ stores in the USA for one day to conduct anti-bias training. The announcement comes over an incident happened in Philadelphia Starbucks store last week, where the two African men were arrested for not ordering anything and using the bathroom. The two men entered the Starbucks on Thursday and asked to use the bathroom. An employee told them it was only for the paying customers. The Police were called reportedly by the manager when the two men sat in the store without placing the order. The men were arrested for trespassing. However, no charges have been filed. As per the report, due to this incident, Starbucks will close the stores May 29 to offer the training to 175,000 employees. "I've spent th...

Starbucks Names China CEO, Sees 5,000 Stores There by 2021

19Oct By reutersNo Comments

News

Starbucks Names China CEO, Sees 5,000 Stores There by 2021

Starbucks Corp on Wednesday named its first chief executive officer for China and said it plans to more than double its store count in that country to 5,000 by 2021. The world's biggest coffee chain promoted Belinda Wong to the title of CEO of Starbucks China. Wong, who had been president of that operation, will continue to report to John Culver, group president of Starbucks Global Retail. Among other things, Wong will oversee the opening of Starbucks' first international Roastery and Reserve Tasting Room in Shanghai in 2017. Starbucks opened the first of its sprawling roasteries in Seattle in 2014 to showcase super-premium coffee beans and brewing methods. It was a move by the company to assert itself as a player in an upscale niche being defined by newer cafe chains such as Blue...

Tata Starbucks Will Now Offer Indian Coffee in The US Market

27Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

News

Tata Starbucks Will Now Offer Indian Coffee in The US Market

Tata Sons and Starbucks have finalised multiple new joint initiatives to expand their collaboration at a global level, apart from building the iconic American coffee chains brand and business here. The initiatives include sourcing Indian coffee for the US market, introducing the Teavana brand of specialty teas in Indian stores, expanding the market of the Tata-owned mineral water brand Himalayan and skilling over 3,000 youths, the companies said. Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry met Starbucks Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz last week in Seattle and finalised these initiatives, which will be rolled out by the year-end, the companies said in a joint statement today. The two groups have been running Tata Starbucks coffee chain in the country since October 2012 as part of a joi...