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.
Source: quepasapanama.com
More on this topic
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".
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.
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.
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.