Café Britt
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| Type | Family and investor owned |
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| Industry | Coffee roasting and chocolate manufacturing |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Mercedes Norte, Heredia, Costa Rica |
| Number of locations | 77 Stores |
| Area served | Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico, Chile, United States, Curaçao, St. Thomas, Antigua & Barbuda, New Caledonia. |
| Key people | Phillippe Aronson (President) Pablo Vargas (CEO) |
| Products | Costa Rican, Mexican and Peruvian coffees and chocolates, nuts, candies, gifts and specialty products |
| Revenue | $60 million |
| Employees | 875 |
| Website | cafebritt.com |
Café Britt produces gourmet coffee, fine chocolate and specialty gift items. They have more than 77 gift stores in eight countries and an online store. They operate in many countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. They create and sponsor coffee-related tourism and education in Costa Rica.
The company employs nearly 1,000 people.[1] Many of the 77 coffee-and-gift stores it owns and operates are located in international airports. Its coffee-roasting and chocolate-making operations are based in Costa Rica, Peru and Mexico.
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[edit] History
New York coffee broker Steve Aronson founded the company in 1985 to market roasted Costa Rican coffees to the domestic market. At the time, the country's coffee-industry regulations required that all of the best coffee be exported, unroasted, to foreign markets. The company succeeded in marketing its coffees to Costa Rican hotels, restaurants and supermarkets.[citation needed] Café Britt also markets its coffees on the Internet.
[edit] Tourism
In 1991, Café Britt became the first Costa Rican company to combine coffee with tourism.[citation needed] Its CoffeeTour, a play staged in its own coffee plantation, traces coffee’s production cycle. Some 50,000 people take the tour each year. More technically oriented versions of the tour have been developed for visiting coffee experts or serious amateurs.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
- Coffee production in Costa Rica
- Economy of Costa Rica
- Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee
- Juan Valdez Cafe
- Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee
[edit] Gallery
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A coffee plantation tour.
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A coffee bush nursery.
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Varieties available for sale
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Cafe Britt store
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The Moody Report
- América Economía (Spanish)
- La Nación newspaper, (Spanish)
- Coffee & Tea Trade Journal
- EKA Magazine Pablo Vargas, CEO (Spanish)
- El Financiero (Spanish)
- CNN Expansion (Spanish)
[edit] References
- ^ Britt Shop Story Retrieved: 2012-01-15.
