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{{Short description|Coffeehouse chain}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cafe Coffee Day
| logo = Café Coffee Day.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| image =
| image_caption = A Cafe Coffee Day store in [[Raipur]]
| trade_name = Café Coffee Day
| type = [[Subsidiary]] of Coffee Day Enterprises
| traded_as = {{BSE|539436}} {{NSE|COFFEEDAY}} (parent company)
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|INE335K01011}}
| industry = [[Coffeehouse]]
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1996}}
| hq_location = Coffee Day Square, Vittal Mallya Road
| hq_location_city = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]
| hq_location_country = [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coffeeday.com/contact.html|title=Coffeeday Group – Contact|website=www.coffeeday.com|access-date=30 March 2020|archive-date=23 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523231247/http://www.coffeeday.com/contact.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| num_locations = 550<ref name="Q1 2022 report">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachHis/673b3133-e419-4c31-95fd-379430d913ee.pdf |title=Coffee Day Quarterly Report Q1 2022 |access-date=18 August 2021 }}</ref>
| num_locations_year = 2021
| area_served = Worldwide
| founder = [[V. G. Siddhartha]]
| key_people = {{ubl|S. V. Ranganath {{small|(Interim Chairman)}}|[[Malavika Hegde]] {{small|(CEO)}}}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/a-year-after-vg-siddharthas-death-wife-malavika-hegde-takes-charge-of-coffee-day-as-new-ceo/articleshow/79621120.cms?from=mdr | title=A year after VG Siddhartha's death, wife Malavika Hegde takes charge of Coffee Day as new CEO | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=8 December 2020 | access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref>
| products = {{flatlist|
* [[Coffee]]
* [[Tea]]
* [[Pastries]]
* [[Cappuccino]]
* [[Smoothies]]
}}
| revenue = {{down}} {{INRConvert|1024.79|c}} (2021)<ref name="Annual report">{{Cite web |url=http://www.coffeeday.com/PDF/CoffeeDayAR2018-19Final_compressed.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006203121/https://coffeeday.com/PDF/CoffeeDayAR2018-19Final_compressed.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2021 |title=Coffee Day Annual Report 2019 |access-date=30 March 2020 }}</ref>
| operating_income = {{down}} {{INRConvert|-559.02|c}} (2021)
| net_income = {{down}} {{INRConvert|-583.92|c}} (2021)
| assets = {{down}} {{INRConvert|6601.80|c}} (2021)
| equity = {{down}} {{INRConvert|3896.40|c}} (2021)
| num_employees = 20,135<ref name="Annual report" />
| parent = '''Coffee Day Enterprises'''
| subsid = {{flatlist|
* Café Emporio
* Coffee Day Fresh ‘n Ground
* Coffee Day Xpress
* Coffee Day Take Away
* Coffee Day Exports
* Coffee Day Perfect
* Coffee Day Beverages
}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.cafecoffeeday.com/|cafecoffeeday.com}}
}}
'''Café Coffee Day''' ('''CCD''') is an Indian multinational [[List of coffeehouse chains|chain]] of [[coffeehouse]]s headquartered in [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]]. It is a subsidiary of Coffee Day Enterprises Limited. Internationally, CCD is present in Austria, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, Nepal, and Egypt.

==History==
Café Coffee Day Global Limited Company is a [[Chikkamagaluru]]-based business that grows coffee in its own estates of 20,000 acres.<ref name="business.in.com">{{cite web|url=http://business.in.com/article/big-bet/vg-siddhartha-is-branching-out/26282/0|title=Forbes India Magazine – V.G. Siddhartha is Branching Out|access-date=9 July 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008092739/http://business.in.com/article/big-bet/vg-siddhartha-is-branching-out/26282/0|archive-date=8 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the largest producer of [[Arabica coffee|arabica]] beans in Asia, exporting to various countries including U.S., Europe, and Japan.<ref name="fullbeans">{{cite news |title=Full of beans |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140403/jsp/you/18146793.jsp |date=3 April 2014 |agency=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta |access-date=Jul 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729173913/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140403/jsp/you/18146793.jsp |archive-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[V. G. Siddhartha]] started the café chain in 1996 when he incorporated Coffee Day Global, which is the parent of the Coffee Day chain.<ref name="ccdvstsb">{{cite news |title=VG Siddhartha: The man who tasted success through coffee |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/vg-siddhartha-the-man-who-tasted-success-through-coffee/articleshow/70443514.cms |date=30 July 2019 |publisher=Economic Times |access-date=Jul 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730054853/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/vg-siddhartha-the-man-who-tasted-success-through-coffee/articleshow/70443514.cms |archive-date=30 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first CCD outlet was set up on July 11, 1996, at [[Brigade Road]], [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]. It rapidly expanded to other cities in India, with more than 1,000 cafés open across the nation by 2011.

In 2010, it was announced that a consortium led by [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] would invest {{INRConvert|1000|c|lk=|year=2010}} in Coffee Day Resorts, owned by the company.<ref name="kkrmillion">{{cite news |title=KKR-led consortium to invest Rs 1k-cr in Coffee Day Resorts |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-03-15/news/27618290_1_kkr-cafe-coffee-day-coffee-bars |date=15 March 2010 |agency=Economic Times |access-date=Jul 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708203153/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-03-15/news/27618290_1_kkr-cafe-coffee-day-coffee-bars |archive-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The same year, the logo was changed to the current logo, which the company stated was to showcase the chain as a place to talk.<ref name="newlogo">{{cite news|title=Cafe Coffee Day unveils new logo|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29049/cafe-coffee-day-unveils-logo.html|date=6 October 2010|agency=[[Deccan Herald]]|location=Bangalore|access-date=Jul 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728144351/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29049/cafe-coffee-day-unveils-logo.html|archive-date=28 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> This was done with major changes in the layout of the stores, including the addition of lounges and a total revamp of the interiors.<ref name="makeover">{{cite news |title=Cafe Coffee Day to go for makeover, to open 180 outlets this fiscal |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-cafe-coffee-day-to-go-for-makeover-to-open-180-outlets-this-fiscal-1402432 |date=28 June 2010 |agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=Barcelona |access-date=Jul 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729032157/http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-cafe-coffee-day-to-go-for-makeover-to-open-180-outlets-this-fiscal-1402432 |archive-date=29 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery width="120" heights="90">
Happy Valentine's Day...!.jpg|A cup of coffee at Café Coffee Day
Cafecoffeday.JPG|Sandwich, coffee and tea served at CCD
</gallery>

The company is vertically integrated as per the strategy to cut costs: from owning the plantations<ref name="business.in.com"/> to growing the coffee,<ref name="business.in.com"/> making the coffee machines<ref name="businesstoday.intoday.in">{{cite web|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/competition-in-coffee-retailing-grows/1/17520.html|title=Competition in the coffee retailing sector steps up|date=18 August 2011 |access-date=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115121954/http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/competition-in-coffee-retailing-grows/1/17520.html|archive-date=15 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and making the furniture for the outlets.<ref name="business.in.com"/>

On 29 July 2019, Siddhartha went missing, and his body was found in the [[Netravati River|Nethravathi river]] backwaters two days later. A letter, assumed to be written by Siddhartha addressing the board of directors and staff, was made public in which he takes responsibility for not creating a profitable business model.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pixr8.com/news/indias-leading-coffee-chain-cafe-coffee-day-founder-dead-body-found/ |title=India's leading Coffee Chain Cafe Coffee Day founder dead body found |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731060932/https://pixr8.com/news/indias-leading-coffee-chain-cafe-coffee-day-founder-dead-body-found/ |archive-date=31 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2019, the company appointed auditing firm [[Ernst & Young|Ernst and Young]] to scrutinize their books of accounts. They also indicated the auditor will also look into circumstances of the last letter written by the founder and the points he made in it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/business/coffee-day-enterprise-appoints-global-accounting-firm-ey-to-scrutnize-book-of-accounts-2263585.html|title=Coffee Day Enterprise Appoints Global Accounting Firm EY to Scrutnise Book of Accounts|website=News18|date=8 August 2019 |access-date=2019-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903140818/https://www.news18.com/news/business/coffee-day-enterprise-appoints-global-accounting-firm-ey-to-scrutnize-book-of-accounts-2263585.html|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2020, Coffee Day Enterprises Limited announced that it has reached an agreement to sell Global Village Technology Park, a 90-acre tech park on the outskirts of [[Bengaluru]], for a total consideration of ₹2,700 crore for repaying the debt of Cafe Coffee Day's associate firms and their promoters.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Laskar|first=Anirudh|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/coffee-day-gets-rs-1800-crore-from-blackstone-for-it-park-deal-11585319349415.html|title=Coffee Day gets Rs. 1800 crore from Blackstone for IT park deal|date=27 March 2020|work=Live Mint|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> In 2023, [[IndusInd Bank]] filed a bankruptcy petition against Cafe Coffee Day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prasad B |first=keshava |date=24 July 2023 |title=ದಿವಾಳಿ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಗೆ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಕಾಫಿ ಡೇ ಗ್ಲೋಬಲ್ |url=https://vistaranews.com/commerce/coffee-day-global-coffee-day-global-filed-for-liquidation/408833.html |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Vistara News}}</ref>

==Outlets==
Prior to Siddhartha's death in 2018, Coffee Day had nearly 1,700 cafes, 500-plus kiosks, more than 400 Fresh & Ground outlets, and over 47,500 vending machines placed in offices of different companies. <ref>{{Cite web |title=V G Siddhartha: Life, Legacy and Lessons of CCD Founder |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/v-g-siddhartha-the-man-behind-cafe-coffee-day-and-the-business-he-left-behind-3837276 |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

As of September 2024, the company had 450 café outlets in 141 cities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kannan |first=Uma |date=2024-09-04 |title=Cafe Coffee Day’s presence falls to 141 cities, outlets drop to 450 in FY24 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2024/Sep/04/cafe-coffee-days-presence-falls-to-141-cities-outlets-drop-to-450-in-fy24 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> As of September 30, 2025, the cafe count stood at 423 while the vending machine business has survived with 55,733 machines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=V G Siddhartha: Life, Legacy and Lessons of CCD Founder |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/v-g-siddhartha-the-man-behind-cafe-coffee-day-and-the-business-he-left-behind-3837276 |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
<gallery width="120" heights="90">
Café Coffee Day in Kempegowda Airport, Aug 2008.jpg|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore Airport]]
Cafe coffee day cyber hub phase 3.jpg|[[Gurgaon]]
Cafe Coffee Day Barkatpura Hyderabad.jpg|[[Hyderabad]]
Cafe Coffee Day, Novy Smichov, Prague.jpg|[[Prague]]
</gallery>

==Subsidiaries==
In June 2010, CCD acquired Café Emporio, a café chain from the [[Czech Republic]]. At that time, Café Emporio had 11 cafés in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/72821/cafe-coffee-day-acquires-cafe.html |title=CCD acquires Czech Republic's Cafe Emporio |access-date=30 March 2020 |date=1 June 2010 }}</ref>

Café Coffee Day's divisions include:
* Coffee Day Fresh 'n' Ground, which owns 375 [[coffee bean]] and powder retail outlets<ref name="Annual report" />
* Coffee Day Square, a high-level coffee bar in [[Bangalore]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]], [[Mumbai]] and [[New Delhi]]
* Coffee Day Xpress, which runs 537 Coffee Day kiosks<ref name="Annual report" />
* Coffee Day Beverages, which runs over 56,799 vending machines<ref name="Annual report" />
* Coffee Day Exports, its exporting wing
* Coffee Day Perfect, its [[fast-moving consumer goods]] packaged coffee division
* Coffee Day B2C Plant, [[coffee vending machine]] manufacturing division

==See also==
* [[List of coffeehouse chains]]
* [[Tata Starbucks]]
{{portal|Coffee}}

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}{{commons category|Café Coffee Day}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cafecoffeeday.com/ Official website]

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Mohit8811 at 12:03, 19 February 2026