India draws the attention of Australian coffee chain
If you have spent any time in Australia, the odds are that you may have tried the coffee from the chain Di Bella Coffee. It is a company that is going places. It has won awards. It is growing quickly – published figures indicate that it sells some 2.2 million cups of coffee each week. And now, it has its sights on new horizons – Indian horizons to be precise.
The Aussie company is reported to have plans to open several new coffee outlets in Mumbai at the beginning of 2012. It is thought that there will be six such outlets to begin with and there are also plans, apparently, to spread to other Indian cities, such as Bangalore and Delhi.
To begin with, a team eight people strong will start in Mumbai to get ready for the grand opening. They will also be on the look out for employees who have the appropriate skills for good quality food and beverage industry service. The team is expected to hire around 50 people – and even after their employment begins, they will have some training for a few weeks.
The company has tried to make a name for itself in good quality coffee – it uses premium A grade coffee beans and has prepared three of its signature coffee blends for use in India, as the first such international coffee chain in the country. There are a variety of carefully selected beans in each blend.