A Java coffee shop in Nairobi. Kenyan Java House is set to increase its
footprint with seven new outlets this year including five in Nairobi, a
branch in Kampala and Kisumu. Photo/FILE
By WANGUI MAINA
In Summary
- Subway opens its second store in Kenya this week on Kenyatta Avenue. Subway opened its first outlet in September, at Junction mall and has recorded good business.
- It is eyeing to open an express coffee shop near Mama Ngina Street, another branch on Westlands Road, in Hurlingham and in Greenspan Mall, Donholm by September.
Java House and US-based fast-food chain Subway
are expected to open more outlets in Nairobi in the next couple of weeks
as the fight for the middle class cash intensifies.
Subway opens its second store in Kenya this week on Kenyatta Avenue.
The store has taken over the space formerly occupied by Savannah Lounge, owned by Sasini Group, which closed its doors last year.
Subway opened its first outlet in September, at Junction mall and has recorded good business.
“We expect this one to do well. Typically city
centre are our busiest stores with the core client being people looking
for a quick meal,” said Christopher Bak, a director at Liberty Eagle
Holdings, the local Subway franchise holder.
Kenyan Java House is set to increase its footprint
with seven new outlets this year including five in Nairobi, a branch in
Kampala and Kisumu.
It is eyeing to open an express coffee shop near
Mama Ngina Street, another branch on Westlands Road, in Hurlingham and
in Greenspan Mall, Donholm by September.
Java House is looking to invest between Sh344
million ($4 million) and Sh430 million ($5 million) to open up the new
outlets, said managing director Kevin Ashley.
“It’s an exciting year. As long as you have the
right business proposition there is demand,” he told the Business Daily
in a phone interview.
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