Starbucks Costa Rica continues growing its business in Costa Rica, a new location will open in the next month and a half in Paseo de las Flores Mall in Heredia.

This new location brings Starbucks to a total of 12 establishments in the country, this is their first in the province of Heredia and it will follow the same concept as the rest of the locations.

Starbucks confirmed this will be the only location they will open this year.

The company opened its first location in 2012 and has confirmed their interest in reaching a total of 25 establishments by 2020, a very aggressive plan considering they’d need to open another 13 restaurants in just 3 years.

Starbucks General Director, Monica Bianchini, had explained in an interview with local paper El Financiero that the reason they only opened one location in 2016 and another one in 2017 after an aggressive growth between 2014-2015, obeyed to problems they had encountered in finding the right place to set up business,this because as a franchise they need to comply with certain aspects in terms of location, convenience, etc.

Part of the plans include opening new locations with different formats, drive-through’s, small shops in office buildings, etc.