Caffè Nero
Wandsworth Bridge Road Caffè Nero | |
| Company type | Private company limited by shares |
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| Industry | Coffee shops |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Gerry Ford |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Number of locations | 1,017 (2019) |
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| Products | |
| Revenue | £227.9 million GBP |
Number of employees | 5,000 |
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| Website | caffenero |
Caffè Nero (Italian for 'Black Coffee') is a premium coffee brand under The Nero Group – the largest independent coffeehouse group in Europe – headquartered in London, England. The brand, as it is recognised today, was established in 1997 by Gerry Ford. Caffè Nero runs over 1,000 coffee houses in eleven countries: the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Cyprus, Croatia, Turkey, the UAE, Oman and the United States. In 2009, Caffè Nero bought and opened its own coffee roastery in Battersea, south London, which supplies the coffee to all its coffee houses and coffee brands worldwide.
Caffè Nero Ltd is majority owned through intermediary companies, including UK-based Nero Group Holdings Ltd and Luxembourg-based Rome Intermediate Holdings Sarl, by Founder and CEO Gerry Ford. The company successfully dismissed a hostile takeover attempt by EG Group during the COVID-19 pandemic.