{"id":115284,"date":"2016-03-03T10:55:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=115284"},"modified":"2016-03-03T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:59:49","slug":"when-and-where-starbucks-will-officially-launch-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/115284\/when-and-where-starbucks-will-officially-launch-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"When and where Starbucks will officially launch in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taste Holdings has announced that it will be opening up its first Starbucks in South Africa in April 2016 &#8211; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/safrica-starbucks-taste-holdings-idUSL8N16B1A1\" target=\"_blank\">Rosebank will be the first place to get it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first store will open on the corner of\u00a0Tyrwhitt and Cradock Avenues in Rosebank, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>A second branch is due to open at the end of April\u00a0in the Mall of Africa\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0around 25 km north of downtown Johannesburg &#8211; according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to A look at the massive R5 billion mall being built in Joburg\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/114480\/a-look-at-the-massive-r5-billion-mall-being-built-in-joburg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A look at the massive R5 billion mall being built in Joburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taste announced in July 2015 that it had secured the rights to open full-format Starbucks stores in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>According to Taste, following the grand opening, 12 to 15 more stores will open over the next two years at a cost of R108 million.<\/p>\n<p>The group expects future store growth of 20 outlets per year.<\/p>\n<p>Taste\u2019s research into the market opportunity for the brand \u2013 taking costs into account \u2013 is for 150 to 200 stores in South Africa.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Starbucks South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How much Starbucks coffee could cost in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/101216\/how-much-starbucks-coffee-could-cost-in-south-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How much Starbucks coffee could cost in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How many Starbucks stores will open in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/100974\/how-many-starbucks-stores-will-open-in-sa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How many Starbucks stores will open in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Starbucks is coming to South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/93112\/starbucks-is-coming-to-south-africa\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Starbucks is coming to South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taste Holdings has announced when and where it will be opening up its first &#8211; and second &#8211; Starbucks in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":38443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26,1818],"class_list":["post-115284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-starbucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115292,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115284\/revisions\/115292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}