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Starbucks opens first Portugal store
September 22, 2008
SEATTLE & LISBON, Portugal — Starbucks Coffee International and partner Grupo VIPS will open its first coffeehouse in Portugal on Sept. 30 at Alegro Mall…
read nowChina Starbucks pull milk
September 18, 2008
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Starbucks stores in China have stopped serving milk from a particular supplier due to the threat of contamination. Several infants…
read nowNPD: Breakfast drives foodservice industry in China
August 19, 2008
CHICAGO — Market research firm The NPD Group has found in a study that breakfast is the foodservice industry driver in the People's Republic of China. Half of…
read nowYogen Früz signs Latin American expansion deal
August 6, 2008
MARKHAM, Ontario — Frozen yogurt chain Yogen Früz has signed development agreements for 29 stores in Argentina and 21 stores in Peru. The new shops will…
read nowStarbucks closes most Australian stores
July 28, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald: Nearly 700 Starbucks employees will lose their jobs after the company announced the closure of 61 of its 84 Australian stores. The…
read nowMarble Slab Creamery opens Kuwait shop
July 2, 2008
ATLANTA — Marble Slab Creamery has opened a new location in Kuwait in the Al Koot Mall Waterfront. The Creamery is owned and operated by Nejoud Boodai. …
read nowPans & Company, Pollo Campero partner for Central America expansion
May 1, 2008
MADRID, Spain — The Spanish company Eat Out, owner of the chains Pans & Company, FrescCo, Bocatta, Dehesa Santa MarÃa and Pastafiore, has signed a formal…
read nowCold Stone to open in Scandinavia
March 5, 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cold Stone Creamery, part of the Kahala Corp. family of brands, has reached an agreement with Cold Stone ApS to open more than 40 stores…
read nowFirst fast casual launches in UAE
February 26, 2008
Gulf News (Dubai): Al Islami Foods, provider of halal food products, launched the United Arab Emirates' first fast-casual restaurant chain, Al Farooj Fresh. In…
read nowStarbucks hires president of global development
February 25, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Company has announced that former Starbucks executive Arthur Rubinfeld has returned to the company in the role of president…
read nowStarbucks to open first Czech location
January 20, 2008
NewsFinancial: Starbucks Coffee Company and its joint venture partner, AmRest Holdings N.V., will open its first coffeehouse in Prague, Czech Republic, Jan.
read nowVapiano inks Mass. franchise deal
January 2, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vapiano has announced it has secured its first agreement in Massachusetts for the development of three Vapiano restaurants in the greater…
read nowStarbucks heads into Portugal, Bulgaria
December 19, 2007
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Starbucks Corp. plans to open its first stores in Bulgaria and Portugal next year, working with partners in Greece and Spain that…
read nowDaphne's Greek Cafe expands to Oregon
December 11, 2007
SAN DIEGO — Daphne's Greek Cafe has announced its plans to expand the company's chain of restaurants to Oregon with the opening of three new locations there.
read nowTeriyaki Experience expands to Central America
December 5, 2007
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Teriyaki Experience has signed a franchise agreement with QSR International to open the first of five locations in Central America, the…
read nowStarbucks to open second African support center
December 2, 2007
Guardian Unlimited: Starbucks Corp. has said it will open a support center in 2008 for coffee farmers in Kigali, Rwanda, the second in Africa after Ethiopia. …
read nowConey Beach signs Fla., Middle East expansion deal
October 17, 2007
TULSA, Okla — Beautiful Brands International has announced an agreement to expand its Coney Beach brand into parts of Florida and into regions of the Middle…
read nowTechnomic report highlights Canadian restaurant market
October 1, 2007
CHICAGO — Technomic Information Services has announced the launch of its "2007 Technomic Top 100 Canadian Chains Restaurant Report." The report shows that…
read nowForbidden City Starbucks replaced
September 30, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk: A Starbucks coffee shop in Beijing's Forbidden City has been replaced by Real China, a traditional coffee cafe there. The branch of Starbucks…
read nowStarbucks, Pepsi partnership goes global
September 27, 2007
Reuters: Starbucks Corp. and PepsiCo Inc. are expanding their bottled coffee business into countries outside North America, with their first venture planned…
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