Coffee Republic

Coffee Republic is a British coffee bar and deli franchise chain founded in 1995.

History

In 1995 Coffee Republic was founded by brother and sister team Bobby and Sahar Hashemi. It opened its first site in London's South Molton Street.

In 1996 Coffee Republic Ltd was founded in Greece by Kostas Dalakouras and partners, and still operates in Horeca market all over Greece, providing gourmet coffee products and services. The company is Coffee Republic S.a. now and owns the national trademark for Greece.

By 1997 Coffee Republic had opened a further 7 stores in London and opened its first stores in Newcastle and Manchester.

The group was listed on AIM in 1998 by reversing into Arion Properties. The group grew to 24 branches after opening 17 new sites between March and November and had expanded to York, Birkenhead, Newcastle and Manchester.

Coffee Republic switched from AIM to the full list in July 2000. At this point, it had 61 coffee bars and cafés and announced plans to open 80 more by 2002.