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Company type | Franchise |
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Industry | Food and Beverage |
Genre | Coffee house |
Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 483 (2021) |
Area served | Greece, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Canada, Dubai, Romania, Switzerland, Egypt |
Key people | Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos (CEO) |
Products | Coffee, Tea |
Website | https://www.coffeeisland.gr/en/ |
Coffee Island is one of the largest European coffeehouse companies headquartered in Greece. [1] The chain offers over 62 different varieties of coffee. [2]
The company was founded in 1999, in Patras by a doctor. [3] [4] [2] [5] [6] The business is a franchise [7] specialising in coffee, in-house food and coffee making equipment. [8]
In 2009, Coffee Island expanded and introduced its first coffee shop in Cyprus. [9]
In 2014 the chief executive officer of the company was Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos [10] and the chain had 135 outlets in Greece and 27 in Cyprus. [11]
By 2015 the company had expanded [12] further with 256 stores that employed around 1,300 people in Greece alone. [3]
In November 2016, Coffee Island expanded to the United Kingdom opening its first store in Covent Garden, London [13] in the United Kingdom [14] [15] while in May 2017 another store opened in Toronto, Canada. [16] [17] [18]
As of December 2019 [update] the chain consists of 432 coffee shops, mostly in Greece, but also in Cyprus, UK, Dubai, and Canada, while it has established its own coffee production and processing units. [19] [20] As of 2018 [update] 2017 the company was ranked as the sixth largest coffee chain network in Europe. [21]
A major contributor to this article appears to have a
close connection with its subject. (January 2019) |
Company type | Franchise |
---|---|
Industry | Food and Beverage |
Genre | Coffee house |
Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 483 (2021) |
Area served | Greece, Cyprus, United Kingdom, Canada, Dubai, Romania, Switzerland, Egypt |
Key people | Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos (CEO) |
Products | Coffee, Tea |
Website | https://www.coffeeisland.gr/en/ |
Coffee Island is one of the largest European coffeehouse companies headquartered in Greece. [1] The chain offers over 62 different varieties of coffee. [2]
The company was founded in 1999, in Patras by a doctor. [3] [4] [2] [5] [6] The business is a franchise [7] specialising in coffee, in-house food and coffee making equipment. [8]
In 2009, Coffee Island expanded and introduced its first coffee shop in Cyprus. [9]
In 2014 the chief executive officer of the company was Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos [10] and the chain had 135 outlets in Greece and 27 in Cyprus. [11]
By 2015 the company had expanded [12] further with 256 stores that employed around 1,300 people in Greece alone. [3]
In November 2016, Coffee Island expanded to the United Kingdom opening its first store in Covent Garden, London [13] in the United Kingdom [14] [15] while in May 2017 another store opened in Toronto, Canada. [16] [17] [18]
As of December 2019 [update] the chain consists of 432 coffee shops, mostly in Greece, but also in Cyprus, UK, Dubai, and Canada, while it has established its own coffee production and processing units. [19] [20] As of 2018 [update] 2017 the company was ranked as the sixth largest coffee chain network in Europe. [21]