Is Caffe Bene a franchise?
Caffé bene is a Korean franchise chain established in 2008 and now operates over 1,000 franchise stores around the world such as in the USA, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and more. Caffe Bene is a coffeehouse chain based in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in May 2008 by Sun-Kwon Kim. Caffe Bene is the largest coffeehouse chain in South Korea by number of stores.Sun-Kwon Kim, chairman and CEO of Caffe Bene, traveled to Canada and saw that the local coffee shops were very popular. He had confidence that he could create a brand that could compete with the cafes he saw.Kim Sun-kwon, the founder and CEO of Caffe bene, had run two successful restaurant franchises, one specializing in grilled pork (samgyeopsol) and one specializing in pork stew, before venturing into coffee.
What does caffe bene mean?
Caffebene is pronounced as “Cafe Ben-ay”. The name means Good Cafe in Italian and Latin combination, is a unique Korean culture cafe which incorporates the free spirit of European cafes and European life style.