Philippine Fried Chicken Giant Jollibee Buys South Korea’s Compose Coffee

  • Acquisition will be Jollibee’s biggest brand by store count
  • Compose adds to the Philippine company’s coffee portfolio
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Jollibee Foods Corp., the Philippines’ largest restaurant operator, will acquire a 70% stake in South Korea’s Compose Coffee in its latest move to grow its coffee and tea business.

The investment will serve as Jollibee’s “gateway in unlocking the fast-growing international value coffee market in South Korea, which ranks third globally in terms of coffee consumption per capita,” Jollibee said in a stock exchange filing.