So when I got home tonight I had an email from my director, this is what it said:
The world’s largest coffee-shop chain Starbucks plans to open some 20 outlets in the Czech Republic and Poland this year. Saturday’s Mlada Fronta reported that the Czech Republic would have its first Starbucks by March 2008. It is speculated that this first branch will be opened in Prague’s Palladium shopping centre, with others to follow in the city’s other malls. There are more than 15,000 Starbucks in over 40 countries. This year, the chain aims to expand into Central Europe, as well as Portugal and Bulgaria.
I don’t know how I feel about this. I know for sure that I will miss going to Starbucks as treat of sorts when I travel for work and etc around Europe. The jury is still out on what I think about the Starbucks chain here. I’m not a fan of Prague becoming like London, where you seemingly have one on every corner. But this isn’t the first time I’ve said this, see here. We shall see…