Starbucks plans 150 stores in South Africa: CEO

Reuters

Published Apr 29, 2016 11:27AM ET

Starbucks plans 150 stores in South Africa: CEO

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. coffee chain Starbucks (O:SBUX) plans to open up to 150 stores in South Africa, founder and chief executive Howard Schultz said on Friday.

Starbucks, brought in under license by South Africa's Taste Holdings (J:TASJ), opened its first store last week in a mall in an affluent suburb of Johannesburg.