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Pablo Vargas, General Manager, explained they will invest $2.5 million in developing two stores in Juan Santamaría and Daniel Oduber airports.
"The remaining $5.5 million will be invested in several Latin American countries", added Vargas to Nacion.com. "... he explained that his company is negotiating with 5 airports in the region, in order to obtain store space".
Source: Nacion.com
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August 2009
Its expansion plans include a store in Antigua's airport, two in Peru and one in Chile.
The company is also analyzing opening a coffee toasting plant in Cancún, Mexico, in order to strengthen its presence in that country.
Journalist Mercedes Aguero reports for Nacion.com: " ... it is also bidding for two other airport store concessions in the Caribbean, and looking to open eight stores in Costa Rica".
January 2010
Company Grupo Britt invested $1.3 million in a new store located at Bird International Airport.
The store has 220 square meters of commercial space, and operates under the XPlora store concept.
"As in the other Britt stores (57 in 6 countries), products range from chocolates, t-shirts and souvenirs to coffee and local crafts", reported Elfinancierocr.com.
July 2009
The company is currently installing two new stores in the resort Hotel Paradisus Playa Conchal in Guanacaste.
The economic crisis has indeed caused a decline in the arrival of tourists to the Hotel Paradisus Playa Conchal resort, but the General Manager of Café Britt, Pablo Vargas, is “convinced that once the crisis ends the harvest from the current investments will bring better fruits,” according to Elfinancierocr.com.
June 2009
As the sixth store opens at the Santiago airport, plans to open the first location in Antigua island is coming together.
With an investment of $1 million, the Costa Rican company, Coffee Britt, inaugurated a store called "Rumbo Sur" at the Santiago, Chile airport two weeks ago. The store is 260 square meters, and it is situated next to a 60 square meters mini-market.
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