Starbucks India

Starbucks entered the Indianmarket in October 2012 through a 50/50 Joint Venture with Tata ConsumerProducts Ltd. (formerly Tata Global Beverages Ltd.) andcurrently operates in more than 200 stores in India across Mumbai,Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad,Surat, Vadodra, Kochi, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bhopal, Indore through a network ofover 1,700 passionate partners (employees). Starbucks stores are operated bythe joint venture, TATA Starbucks Private Limited (“Starbucks India”), andbranded as Starbucks Coffee - “A Tata Alliance.”