SPR Coffee explained
SPR Coffee is a coffee chain operating in China and Taiwan.[1] It entered mainland China in 2001 and in 2010 claimed 545 franchises worldwide.[2] In March 2011 Asia Times Online counted SPR Coffee, with another originally Taiwanese competitor UBC Coffee, as one of the major competitors with Starbucks and Costa Coffee "competing for a slice of China's coffee pie."[3]
Notes and References
- Michael Backman Inside knowledge: streetwise in Asia p172 2005 "Taiwan has two large coffee chains: SPR Coffee and Dante Coffee. Both had established outlets in mainland China by 2004. SPR Coffee owned by Taiwan-based businessman Lee Chien-li, had opened 87 outlets in China."
- http://www.sprcoffee.com/History.html Company website history page
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110313083059/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/MC11Cb02.html Asia Times