Pacific Coffee Company (PCC) is a Pacific Northwest U.S.-style coffee shop group originating from Hong Kong, with only a few outlets in China and Singapore. The group is owned by computer distributor Chevalier Pacific, formerly Chevalier iTech. It acquired the chain from the founder (a man from Seattle who copies the idea from the most successful Starbucks Coffee) for HK$205 million in 2005.
Apart from its stores, PCC also sells own-brand coffee ...
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Pacific Coffee Company (PCC) is a Pacific Northwest U.S.-style coffee shop group originating from Hong Kong, with only a few outlets in China and Singapore. The group is owned by computer distributor Chevalier Pacific, formerly Chevalier iTech. It acquired the chain from the founder (a man from Seattle who copies the idea from the most successful Starbucks Coffee) for HK$205 million in 2005.
Apart from its stores, PCC also sells own-brand coffee beans and Jura brand coffee machines to distributors and corporate clients, such as banks, airline companies, clubs and hotels. Its coffee beans are sold in Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.
PCC was started by Thomas Neir from Seattle who came to Hong Kong in 1992, with the first outlet opening in 1993 at the Bank of America Tower in Hong Kong's Central district. He saw a lack of European-style coffee houses and followed his entrepreneurial tendencies. Although PCC's Seattle origins are shared with fellow coffee chain Starbucks, the latter only...
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