First Juan Valdez® Café Branch in Panama

This is the first of 10 branches that are planned to be opened over the next five years in Panama, by the company JV Panama SA, which owns the franchise.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The new Juan Valdez ® Coffee store will be located in the Trump Ocean Club International - Hotel & Tower Panama.

"Panama has become the tenth country where the Juan Valdez® brand has a presence. It represents an attractive market of great importance for the brand because of its concentration of tourism, per capita consumption of coffee, local economic growth and the widening of the port infrastructure promises to increase consumption through increased tourism and that the country expects in the next few years", reported Quepasapanama.com.

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The Coffee Cup opens in the U.S.

November 2010

The Salvadoran franchise opened its first store in Austin, Texas, USA.

The company invested $ 400,000 in its first store and expects to open 10 more next year.

Laprensagrafica.com reported comments by Samuel Quiros, president of Quality Grains and owner of The Coffee Cup, "The Coffee Cup chain stores are supplied with 100% Salvadoran coffee. The coffee will be sold in stores and will be exported toasted from El Salvador".

The Coffee Cup Expands in Costa Rica

November 2009

Salvadoran coffee chain 'The Coffee Cup' opened its second store in the country.

The chain plans to open an additional store in San José International Airport in 2010.

"Next year the brand will start operations in Austin, Texas, in the United States. This store will open in February 2010, marking a milestone for the company, which had targeted the U.S. market for 17 years", reported Elsalvador.com.

Starbucks in Costa Rica

January 2012

Next May the U.S. chain will open its first store in San Jose, Costa Rica.

The announcement was made via a press release from the Pan American Coffee Corporation, a company that promotes Salvadoran coffee shops across the Isthmus.

Nacion.com reported quoted Manuela Velasquez, Starbucks marketing manager for Central America: "Our main goal is to bring the Starbucks experience to Costa Ricans.

Britt Opens Stores in Mexico

February 2010

The company invested $3 million to open 8 stores in the airport of the Mexican Federal District.

Pablo Vargas, Britt’s CEO, explained that the 8 points of sale have been built in a 320 square meter area.

“This airport features a very interesting market, as 4 million passengers visit it every year, twice as much as in Costa Rica”, said Vargas.

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