The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to Open Stores in UAE; Further Global Expansion by Specialty Coffee and Tea Retailer.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2001 Hot on the heels of announcing deals to open stores in Korea and Brunei, internationally recognized specialty coffee and tea retailer The Coffee Bean coffee bean see sesbania. & Tea Leaf(R) is launching locations in the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. (UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. ) for an initial 14 stores and further expansion in the Middle East. Capitalizing on its nearly four decades of success as Southern California's original, family-run coffee and tea house, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf looks forward to the launch of its first UAE store, which will debut in the emirate e·mir·ate n. 1. The office of an emir. 2. The nation or territory ruled by an emir. Noun 1. emirate - the domain controlled by an emir of Dubai in June 2001. The new stores will open under an Area Development Agreement with DUBTRADE LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control who have extensive business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets in the UAE and the Middle East. "We have long admired The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf(R) brand and success in California and Asia and felt that their proven track record of outstanding, innovative coffee and tea products and customer service would ideally serve our discerning market," said Ismail Akil Abbasi, chairman, DUBTRADE LLC. "Their unique stores and flagship ice coffee product, The Original Ice Blended(R), are destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to become a quick favorite with UAE's sophisticated consumers." After a recent visit to the UAE, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf VP of Business Development Michael Jowett stated: "We are tremendously impressed with the high level of commitment and operational standards of DUBTRADE LLC. Their commitment to excellence convinced us to deviate from our policy of company owned and operated stores to partner with them in UAE." Founded in 1963, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf(R) is the oldest and largest privately held specialty coffee and tea retailer in the United States. With a reputation for excellence, the company is a leader in product innovations, having developed the Original Ice Blended(R). Providing the highest quality coffees and teas for nearly 40 years, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf currently has more than 150 stores in California, Arizona, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea and Israel and continues to expand both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit the company Web site coffeebean.com |
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