Jollibee Acquires Espresso Bean & Tea Leaf In A US$350M Deal

Jollibee Meals Corps, Philippines’ greatest quick meals firm, introduced as we speak that it’s buying Espresso Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL).

It is going to be pumping out US$350 million to purchase over the money-losing US espresso chain, marking Jollibee’s largest acquisition until date.

Of this sum, Jollibee is utilizing US$100 million to purchase an 80% stake in a Singapore holding firm which can totally purchase CBTL.

Jollibee’s associate in its Vietnam espresso and restaurant enterprise will personal the remaining 20% stake.

The opposite US$250 million spent is allotted to repay CBTL’s debt, and can later be paid again to Jollibee by the holding firm.

This acquisition comes as a part of Jollibee’s plans to additional develop its operations past its residence market.

CBTL is about to change into Jollibee’s second largest enterprise, behind its Jollibee quick meals model, and can bump up the agency’s international gross sales by 14% in accordance with Jollibee chairman Tony Tan Caktiong.

Tan mentioned they count on this may develop their retailer community by greater than 1 / 4, and take Jollibee “nearer to its imaginative and prescient to be one of many high 5 restaurant firms on this planet by way of market capitalisation”.

It’ll additionally assist Jollibee, which already operates a few of its personal espresso manufacturers, to strengthen its maintain on this business and “change into an impartial participant within the giant, fast-growing and worthwhile espresso enterprise”.

Jollibee has an in depth three,195 shops all through the Philippines, in addition to 1,418 extra shops throughout its numerous manufacturers abroad.

CBTL then again has 1,189 shops throughout america, Southeast Asia and the Center East.

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