Café Rouge is a French-styled restaurant chain
in the UK, offering an all-day serving of main course
meals, lighter snacks and salads as well as an extensive
wine list.
Type
of Coffee Chains in India :
There are various coffee
chains in India and around the world
Barista Coffee
:
Barista Coffee is a chain of espresso bars in India.
Headquartered in Delhi, Barista currently has over 100
espresso bars across India, Sri Lanka and the Middle
East. It was founded in 1997, when Starbucks corporation
refused to move into India. Its menu is almost identical
to Starbucks', though the company lost the case when
it filed a copyright infringement.Barista Coffee is
also a chain of coffee shops in Taiwan founded in March
1997 by Eddy Liu.
Cafe
Coffee Day :
Café Coffee Day is a chain of coffee shops in
India. A division of Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading
Company Ltd. (ABCTCL), it is commonly known as Coffee
Day. It opened its first cafe in 1996 on Brigade Road
in Bangalore, and today has the largest cafe retail
chain in India - with 326 cafes in 65 cities.Headquartered
in Bangalore, a majority of its cafes are also located
in Bangalore. The cafe chain has had much success riding,
and to some extent creating, the cafe culture wave that
swept across metropolitan India following the BPO boom
and the resultant increase in youth spending power.
With a hip, trendy image, the chain attracts a lot of
young folk who work in BPO businesses. It has even tied
up with WorldSpace and Microsense to enable its cafes
with satellite radio and Wi-Fi, respectively. Its first
Wi-Fi cafe was opened on Lavelle Road, Bangalore.
Indian
Coffee House :
The Indian Coffee House in Kerala is a restaurant chain in
India. It is also notable for being a worker co-operative:
it describes itself as "completely owned and managed
by its employees. The society is governed by an eleven member
managing committee elected from the employees."
The Indian Coffee Houses were started by the Coffee Board
in early 1940s, during British rule. In mid 1950s the Board
closed down the Coffee Houses, due to a policy change. The
thrown out workers took over the ICHs then, under the leadership
of legendary communist leader A.K. Gopalan.