As the JAB Holding-backed coffee chain prepares to enter its first international market in eight years, its direction of travel shows where new opportunities for scaled European operators lie
Sweden’s Espresso House is back on the international expansion trail for the first time in eight years.
Having entered Germany in 2018, the JAB Holding-backed coffee chain isn’t pushing further west. Instead, it is seeking new opportunities in the Baltics.
Founded in 1996, Stockholm-based Espresso House is one of the largest branded coffee shop operators in Europe, with more than 500 stores across Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Germany.
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