Coffee Wars in India: Café Coffee Day (CCD) Takes on the Global Brands. Introduction India, like many other Asian countries, has a tea drinking culture, but the coffee market is catching up and growing fast. This case talked about the stories of Café Coffee Day (CCD), the Indian coffee industry market leader, along with its competitor Starbucks from USA. CCD was founded in 1996 and by April 2013 it had around 3,000 stores within the Indian market. CCD had not faced any severe threat up till 2012
Cafe Coffee Day – Brand Strategy in India Case Study Contents 1. Introduction 2. CCD – an established brand image in India 3. CCD’s wide network – the anytime, anywhere cafe 4. Exhibit 1: Total number of stores/cafes of Café Coffee Day and its competitors 5. 1996 – 2008, CCD’s first store launch to building a strong competitive advantage 6. Innovative formats to woo new customers 7. Reinforcing brand image with the cluster approach strategy 8. Company-owned
CONTINUING CASE: CCD (PART 1) A) Introduction and Early Years Café Coffee Day, popularly known as CCD, is an India based chain of coffee houses established by Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company (ABCTC). Cafe Coffee Day set up its 1st store in Bengaluru, India in 1996. ABCTC, which is based at Chikmagalur in Karnataka state, grows coffee about 10,000 acres of plantations. It is also the largest producer and exporter of Arabica beans in Asia. V. G. Siddhartha, an Indian businessman from Karnataka
Management At Café Coffee Day Submitted By (Group 14)Kaveri Arora Swati Sirohi Vikash Singh Priyanshu Singh Prakriti Srivastava Café Coffee Day Café Coffee Day is Rs. 750 crore ISO 9002 certified company. Coffee Day sources coffee from 5000 acres of coffee estates, the 2nd largest in Asia, that is owned by a sister concern and from 11,000 small growers. It is one of India’s leading coffee exporters with clients across USA, Europe & Japan. Café Coffee Day (CCD) pioneered the café concept in
Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) is a well established Indian coffee retailer, and it is famous for offering high quality and diverse products to different customer groups. For example, espresso-based beverages, snacks for young age customers, premium store format for older customers etc. By April 2013, CCD had over 60% of market shares in Indian coffee market. However, it is facing a big challenge from U.S.–based Starbucks Coffee Company (Starbucks). Starbucks recently opened 11 stores in Mumbai and Delhi
COFFE CAFE INDUSTRY- BARISTA Vs CAFE COFFEE DAY OBJECTIVE The objective of this project has been to understand the marketing mix of Barista and Café Coffee Day and compare the two firms in terms of their operations and other aspects. We took up organized coffee retailing as we wanted to understand what it takes to sell not only a coffee but a whole experience in a country where coffee is not as preferred & popular as tea. The firms that have ventured into coffee retailing business in the country
Introduction This case study discusses Amalgamated Bean Coffee (ABC) Trading Company (also known as Café Coffee Day (CCD)), the market leader in the Indian coffee industry, and its competition with Starbucks, the market leader in the world’s coffee industry. This paper will first focus on the competitive advantages and challenges of CCD, then suggest a feasible strategy together with a corporate social responsibility initiative for CCD to tackle the competition with Starbucks in India. Regarding
INTRODUCTION Café Coffee Day is a chain of coffee shops in India having it 's head quarters in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. A division of Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. (ABCTCL), it is commonly known as Coffee Day or CCD. It opened its first cafe in 1996 on Brigade Road in Bangalore, and today has the largest cafe retail chain in India - with 650 cafes in 110 cities. Headquartered in Bangalore, a majority of its cafes are also located in Bangalore. The cafe chain has had much success
Executive Summary Café Coffee Day (CCD) started the coffee revolution in India in 1996 and is now the largest coffee chain. The report talks about how to respond to the Starbucks’s entry in India with a joint venture with the Tata group. While most global brands have failed to gain much of an edge in India against CCD Starbucks is having many advantages over the other global brands due to its brand value and its JV with Tata group. We can see CCD is a dominant market leader in India and now facing
Café Coffee Day was the leading company of coffee chain industry in India owned 1,469 stores with 60% market share by 2013 (Yoffie and Bijlani, 2014). However, Starbucks the largest global coffee company has entered India to compete with Indian local coffee company especially Café Coffee Day. Starbucks has brought its strong capital, the premium level of service and the high quality of coffee product and cooperated with the largest business conglomerate in India. The problem is how CCD could maintain