SPR Coffee is a coffee chain operating in China and Taiwan.[1] It entered mainland China in 2001 and in 2010 claimed 545 franchises worldwide.[2] In March 2011 Asia Times Online counted SPR Coffee, with another originally Taiwanese competitor UBC Coffee, as one of the major competitors with Starbucks and Costa Coffee "competing for a slice of China's coffee pie."[3]
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- ^ Michael Backman Inside knowledge: streetwise in Asia p172 2005 "Taiwan has two large coffee chains: SPR Coffee and Dante Coffee. Both had established outlets in mainland China by 2004. SPR Coffee owned by Taiwan-based businessman Lee Chien-li, had opened 87 outlets in China."
- ^ Company website history page
- ^ Asia Times
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