Café Coffee Day is a chain of coffee shops in India having it 's head quarters in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. A division of Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. (ABCTCL), it is commonly known as Coffee Day or CCD. It opened its first cafe in 1996 on Brigade Road in Bangalore, and today has the largest cafe retail chain in India - with 650 cafes in 110 cities.
Headquartered in Bangalore, a majority of its cafes are also located in Bangalore. The cafe chain has had much success riding, and to some extent creating, the cafe culture wave that swept across metropolitan India following strong economic growth resulting in an increase in youth spending power. It has even tied up with WorldSpace and Microsense to enable its cafes with satellite radio and Wi-Fi, respectively. Its first Wi-Fi cafe was opened on Lavelle Road, Bangalore.
CAFÉ COFFEE DAY VALUES- PRISM
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PRIDE - I take pride in my work and in my organization.
RESPECT - I respect my customers, my subordinates, my peers and my superiors.
INTEGRITY - I will show the highest level of integrity towards my work and my company under all circumstances.
SELF - DISCIPLINE - I will imbibe and practice self-discipline in all my daily activities.
MOTIVATION - I will always be motivated to give the best for my organization, my team and my customers.
COMPANY HISTORY
Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Limited (ABCTCL) is an entrepreneurial venture of Chairman, Mr. V. G. Siddhartha. His passion for coffee coupled with the opportunity provided by the deregulation of The Coffee- Board in 1993 created the perfect timing for the launch of this company. Their visionary Chairman could foresee the demand for Indian coffee abroad and ABCTCL began exporting coffee to coffee connoisseurs across USA, Europe & Japan. The "Coffee Day" as brand was born in the year 1994. In the year 2000, Coffee Day exported more than 27, 000 tones of coffee valued at US$ 60 m and for the second