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In Business News this week: energy giant CEZ buys a 7% share in Hungary’s
MOL and raises its profit estimate by 1.2 billion crowns; Czech Airlines
agrees to sell its catering business; Skoda Auto wins Exporter of the Year
award; Starbucks is coming to the Czech Republic in early 2008; and Czech
beer output is set to finally cross the 20 million hectolitre mark.
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Current AffairsStarbucks is coming to Prague, but what will Czechs make of it?
Love it or hate it, the US coffeehouse chain Starbucks is everywhere -
except Prague, that is, which up until now has been remarkably quiet on the
coffee-to-go front. But this absence of Starbucks is not going to last that
much longer, with the chain opening its first branch in Prague's Pankrac
district next year. Starbucks is known for its blend of hot drinks, cool
jazz, and comfy leather sofas - but will Czechs buy it? This is the
question I put to Prague Post Food Critic Dave Faries, earlier today:
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Current AffairsUS chain Starbucks to enter booming Czech café market
Not so long ago, if you wanted to grab a coffee in Prague or any other
Czech city you could only really do so at a rather grim old-fashioned café
or restaurant but now times have changed. In recent years, both
international and local coffee chains have been opening more and more
shops. Chains like Coffeeheaven and Tchibo are now offering consumers a
wider range of better products and services than before.
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In Business News this week: Skoda is voted the best Czech company for the
second year running; there has been a sharp rise in Czech property prices,
and it looks like Starbucks will be coming to the Czech Republic:
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