Starbucks Corp’s India unit is adding stores and offering new items like protein foam coffee to boost its footprint in the world’s most-populous country, undeterred by widening losses, a Bloomberg report said on Friday. The company is an equal joint venture between Starbucks and the Tata group. In India, losses at Tata Starbucks nearly doubled in the year to March, reaching ₹1.5 billion ($16.5 million), even as revenue rose 4.8 per cent, according to data platform Tofler. It also added 12 new stores, pushing the tally to 504 stores across 81 Indian cities. Taking a leaf out of its global playbook — it offered egg rolls in Singapore for Lunar New Year — Tata Starbucks is localising menus with regional flavours.

Source: The Telegraph February 21, 2026 04:23 UTC