Coffee Republic arrives in Turkey
Posted by meb at June 9th, 2007
Coffee Republic, the famous British coffee chain, will start operating on Turkey this summer by opening two cafes in Istanbul’s Suadiye and Nişantaşı districts. The chain aims to open 20 stores in Turkey in the future.
After Starbucks and Gloria Jean’s, which open new branches one after the other, famous British coffee chain, Coffee Republic, has decided to open cafes in Turkey. The chain is expected to have stores all over the country after opening the first in Istanbul’s Suadiye in July and the second one in Nişantaşı.
Hakan Tangülü and Selma Hisarlı are the ones behind the plan to introduce Coffee Republic to Turkish coffee lovers. Tangülü, who has worked in the cosmetics sector for many years and Hisarlı, who is a meteorologist, work as the joint chairman team of Ada Coffee that brings Coffee Republic to Turkey. Their goal is to open 20 stores in Turkey in the next five years.
In addition to coffee, the chain will sell salads, sandwiches and pizzas. �Foods and drinks will be prepared in front of the clients. It will be a rule to serve all food, except pizzas, to clients in at most three minutes. In addition to the original menu, Coffee Republic in Turkey will also sell local tastes like Turkish coffee and simit,� said Hisarlı.
Tangülü said the coffee machines in their stores are manual and serving coffees will be a part of a show.
Before opening the first store, Tangülü said the company received many franchise applications. “We received applications from Ankara, İzmir, Bursa, Antalya and Istanbul. There is also a British person interested in opening a Coffee Republic shop in Alanya. We are still examining the applications.”
Hisarlı said that coffee consumption in Turkey is still minor when compared to Europe.
Coffee Republic was estanlished in 1995 by Bobby and Sahar Hashemi, a team consisting of two siblings.
“Unable to find the delicious quality and wide choice of the espresso-based coffee drinks in London we tasted in the coffee bars of New York, we decided to open our first coffee bar in London’s trendy South Molton street.”
Since then, Coffee Republic has grown to be one of the best known and largest independent espresso bar brands in the United Kingdom, with bars all across the country from Manchester to Brighton and Birmingham to the massive Bluewater Shopping Center.
Coffee Republic is now also a leading brand in the U.K. coffee market, enjoying wide consumer recognition.
* Coffee Republic’s deli breakfasts and lunches are freshly prepared in the morning of the day of delivery.
* Sandwiches are not prepared by machines, nor do they travel for miles.
*Coffee Republic has its own deli bars in stores.
source: Milliyet via Turkish Daily News
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