Mikel Coffee Company

Mikel Coffee Company
S.A.
Industry Restaurants
Genre Coffee house
Founded 2008
Founder Eleftherios Kyriakakis[1]
Headquarters Larissa, Greece
Number of locations
 137 (2016)
Area served
 Greece, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Key people
 Eleftherios Kyriakakis (Chairman & CEO)
Products Coffee
Tea
Pastries
Frappuccino beverages
Smoothies
Services Coffee
Revenue Increase€33.439 million (2014)[2]
Increase€12.133 million (2014)[2]
Number of employees
 240 (end 2012)
Website www.mikelcc.gr

Mikel Coffee Company, or Mikel, is a Greek coffeehouse chain whose network consists of more than 160 stores in Greece.[3][4] Its name, stylized as "MIKEL," stands for "Maybe it's knowledge entering life", the company's motto.[3] The brand logo features the father of its founder, Eleftherios Kyriakakis.[3]

MIKEL launched its first coffee store in 2008 in the city of Larissa.[3] In the years that followed, MIKEL gradually expanded throughout Greece with the city of Volos being the starting point.[3] As of recently, MIKEL has expanded beyond Greece, launching its first coffee store in the United Arab Emirates in 2016.[5] The company has already opened seven stores in Dubai and imposed itself as an important competitor in its sector.[6][7] As of March 2018, the company has also begun operating in London.[8] As of August 2018, the company has also opened their first store in Australia. As of September 2018, the company has also opened their first store in U.S.A.

Locations

As of August 2018 there were 198 stores in the following countries:

Country Number of stores
 Greece 175
 Cyprus 13
 United Arab Emirates 7
 United Kingdom 1
 Australia 1
 United States 1

References

  1. ↑ "Η Εταιρεία - Mikel Coffee Company". Mikelcc.gr. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. 1 2 "Ι΢ΟΛΟΓΙ΢ΜΟ΢ ΥΡΗ΢Η΢ 2014 (01-01-2014 ΔΩ΢ 31-12-2014) ΜΙΚΔΛ ΚΑΦΔ ΑΔ" (PDF). Mikelcc.gr. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Η Εταιρεία - Mikel Coffee Company". Mikelcc.gr. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ↑ Mourdoukoutas, Panos. "Greece's Competitive Advantage". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  5. ↑ "CoffeeBI - Mikel Coffee Company to Expand in UAE". CoffeeBI. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Forbes: Greek Start-up Mikel Cause Competition Problems to Starbucks in Dubai". The National Herald. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  7. ↑ Mourdoukoutas, Panos. "Starbucks' Little Greek Problem In Dubai -- Mikel". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Mikel: Premiere in London - All five continents within the next 60 days" (in gr).
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