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Starbucks signs licensing agreement with Brazil private equity firm

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Source: Euronews

São Paulo private equity firm SouthRock Capital has signed an agreement with Starbucks Corp that gives it the right to develop and operate branches of the Seattle-based chain in Brazil.

 

With the agreement, the value of which was not disclosed, all of Starbucks’ retail operations in Latin America are now wholly licensed rather than directly managed, the companies said.

 

SouthRock founder Ken Pope said in a statement the fund would eye expansion opportunities in new and existing markets. Starbucks now has 113 stores across the populous states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

 

SouthRock also owns Brazil Airport Restaurants, which operates in the nation’s biggest airports.

 

Read more at  Euronews.

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