Get the week’s news highlights straight to your inboxThe coffee chain will launch the 270sq ft modular Café Barbera Mini concept in high streets, shopping centres and transport hubs across Middle East and North African marketsAn artist's rendering of the Café Barbera Mini | Photo credit: Café BarberaCafé Barbera has unveiled a compact store format which it said will boost outlet growth across new and existing markets. Across the MENA region, Café Barbera operates stores in the UAE, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Sudan. Café Barbera also has stores in Italy, the UK and Ukraine, with further European outlets expected to open in Greece and Georgia this year. The coffee chain also operates stores in Ghana and Brazil. Named after the Italian coffee roaster Caffé Barbera, Café Barbera opened its first corporate coffee shop in Dubai in 2004 and its first franchise store in the same city in 2009.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 12, 2023 13:42 UTC