Equity firm acquires Nagoya chain

30th March 2008

Private equity firm Advantage Partners is to buy Nagoya-based chain Komeda’s Coffee for ¥15bn (€95.7m), according to a Reuters report in early March.

The new owner will aim to expand the chain nationwide, the report quoted a source as saying, and it may also establish links with canned coffee maker Pokka, another of its locally-based companies.