Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:45:39 +0200https://english.radio.cz/starbucks-comes-czech-republic-8600068© 2026 Radio Prague International There was a media frenzy surrounding the opening of the Czech Republic’s first Starbucks on Friday. In its new branch on Prague’s Malostranské náměstí, the world’s largest coffee-shop chain promises to ‘enrich people’s lives, one cup of coffee at a time’. It remains to be seen whether Starbucks will live up to its promise, and attract Czechs to pay more than the average for a mug of premium coffee. There’s certainly been a lot of anticipation leading up to Starbucks’ arrival, but will it prove to have been anything more than a storm in a coffee cup? I met the President of Starbucks Europe, Middle East and Africa, Cliff Burrows, in the run up to the opening. My first question was why the chain had decided to open here and now: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/starbucks2_0.jpg?timestamp=1591384323 https://english.radio.cz/starbucks-comes-czech-republic-8600068 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9