Starbucks Opens New Store In Nuñez
The economy may be weak but that doesn’t appear to be preventing people from lining up to buy coffee at Starbucks.
The Seattle-based caffeine supplier to the masses opened a new store in Nuñez Thursday, bringing the total number of Starbucks in Buenos Aires to 11.
“We hope Argentines continue to choose us as they have until now and allow us to take the Starbucks experience to those places where are clients are waiting for us,” Starbucks Argentina General Manager Diego Paolini said in a statement. He didn’t say where the company might open its next store.
The Nuñez store has 75 seats and 25 employees or “partners” in Starbucks corporate lingo. It’s located on the corner of Avenida Libertador and Comodoro Rivadavia. You can find all of the local Starbucks locations here:
- Shopping Alto Palermo – Arenales & Av. Coronel Díaz (Palermo)
- Av. Federico Lacroze 2301 – corner of 3 de Febrero (Belgrano)
- Callao 702 – corner of Viamonte (Centro)
- Avenida Elcano 3179 (Belgrano R)
- Malabia 1738 (Palermo Soho)
- Calle Florida (Florida, at the corner of Rivadavia)
- Abasto Shopping Mall Corrientes 3247
- Dot Shopping Center (Melian Avenue and the Panamerican highway)
- Dot Shopping Center (Melian Avenue and the Panamerican highway)
- Patio Bullrich Shopping Mall (Posadas 1245)
- Comodoro Rivadavia and Libertador
Popularity: 1% [?]
I know that a lot of their foreign operations at least used to be franchises …any word on if the BsAs locations are company stores?
They are probably franchises. Many of them will close shortly. Very few fast food chains have succeeded in Buenos Aires, I can only think of Mc Donalds and Burger King, I am not sure if Subway is still open. I have not lived in Bue for some years now.
Actually there are two Subway stores in Buenos Aires. I don’t think this store will close soon because it’s located next to a very big gym called Megatlon, where people are working out every 24 7.
Well, they operate mostly franchises. If I’m not mistaken the company operating these stores in Bs. As. is the same one that runs the operation in Chile: Sur Cafe.
Pretty much the same as the company that runs the McDonald’s franchises in Argentina and Chile. Buenos Aires is a big city and there are plenty of foreigners and many tourists descending on the capital are too familiar with all the fast food and bevegages chains. Aroma will definitely give Starbuck’s a run for their money since it’s been inserted in the lives of Portenos for a long time now. Many other local chains such as Havanna & Cafe Martinez have got their following so this is definitely a very crowded market. Nonetheless, the cake is big enough for everyone to get a nice slice of it.
I am from Toronto and visit Buenos Aires twice a year and I can tell you the only time I’ve ever stopped into a Starbucks while in BA was to compare pricing vs. prices in Toronto. It certainly wasn’t to enjoy a good cup of coffee, there are way too many other places in BA to get a good cup of coffee, less expensive too.
I should mention during that one and only visit the place was empty and except two American tourists asking for directions.