Starbucks successor opening in Russia
After Starbucks closed its coffee shops in Russia amid the country's invasion of Ukraine, a nearly identical operation is opening in the capital.
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After Starbucks closed its coffee shops in Russia amid the country's invasion of Ukraine, a nearly identical operation is opening in the capital.
MOSCOW (AP) — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops into Ukraine may now feel a caffeine jolt of hope: A nearly identical operation is opening in the capital.
Seattle-based Starbucks was one of the most visible of the wave of foreign companies that pulled out of Russia in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. Local entrepreneurs now reopened the closed stores under a new name.
The menu, judging by the company app introduced a day before the store's formal opening Friday, would look familiar to any Starbucks customer.
After the U.S. company left Russia in the wake of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, entrepreneurs who bought the assets are opening shops in former Starbucks locations this week.