Café Coffee Day is a chain of coffee shops in India with its headquarters in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka.[2] It is a division of Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. (ABCTCL) and is commonly known as Coffee Day or CCD. It opened its first cafe in 1996 on Brigade Road in Bangalore and today is the largest cafe retail chain in India, with 1000 cafes in 141 cities and many in its base, Bangalore [3].
The cafe chain has had much success riding, and to some extent creating, the cafe culture wave that swept across metropolitan India following strong economic growth resulting in an increase in youth spending power. It offers satellite radio and Wi-Fi at some stores via its tie-ins with WorldSpace and Microsense, respectively. It has recently opened cafes in Pakistan, Germany, and Austria, as well.
A cafe opposite Don Bosco High School,Matunga
Cafe Coffee Day’s divisions include:
- Coffee Day Fresh ‘n’ Ground, which owns 450 coffee bean and powder retail outlets.
- Coffee Day Square, a high level coffee bar in Bangalore.
- Coffee Day Xpress, which runs 730 Coffee Day kiosks.
- Coffee Day Takeaway, which runs 9000 vending machines.
- Coffee Day Exports, its exporting wing.
- Coffee Day Perfect, its (FMCG Packaged Coffee) division.
Here’s where the serious stuff is at. Seriously.
Simply put, Cafe Coffee Day is India’s favourite coffee shop, for the young and the young at heart. We’re part of India’s largest coffee conglomerate, the Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company.You should see our estates, there’s over 10,000 acres of rolling hills with the coffee shrubs making for lovely walks. There’s 11,000 small growers who make us who we are and we’re glad to be a part of their lives. And we’re not alone, there’s folks in the USA, Europe and Japan that buy coffee from us, making us the top coffee exporter from India! To put in plainly we brought in the concept of cafes in India (this is where you thank us!). The first one opened in 1996 on Brigade Road in Bangalore. It’s been an exciting journey since then, becoming the largest organized retail cafe chain in the country. Oh, and if your travels take you to Vienna or Karachi Prague, do stop by our CCDs there for taste of the brew from home.
