Cafe Barbera

Café Barbera is an Italian coffeehouse and fast casual dining franchise registered with the International Franchise Association (IFA) since 2015. It operates franchises in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America. The franchise began in Dubai in 2004 and is named after the first Café Barbera founded by Domenico Barbera in 1870 in Southern Italy. It is considered one of the oldest companies in Europe and is still managed by the Barbera family.
Business concept.
Domenico Barbera established his coffee roasting business, named Caffé Barbera, in 1870 in Messina, Sicily. Being one of the five oldest coffee companies in Europe, the franchise company Café Barbera opened its first corporate coffeehouse in Dubai in 2004. The first franchisee location opened in Dubai in 2008.
Franchise operations.
Café Barbera became a member of the International Franchise Association in 2015. It has locations in Europe, South America, USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Morocco, Jordan, Ukraine, UK, Philippines, Pakistan, Sudan and Somalia. The company opened its first UAE coffee house location in Dubai in 2004 and had eight stores by 2015. In 2013, the first Brazilian franchised Café Barbera opened. There were multiple locations in Brazil by the end of 2015. The company also opened its first coffee shops in Sudan in 2013. The first Iraqi Café Barbera opened in 2014 and by the end of 2015 there were four coffee houses in Iraq. Café Barbera entered Pakistan in 2018 with four locations in the country. Between 2016 and 2018 stores were opened in Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Somalia, Jordan, UAE and the United Kingdom. In 2019, Forbes Middle East featured the Cafe Barbera concept in the March issue. Café Barbera has extensive growth plans in 2020 onward, with new stores opening in Canada, UK, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, UAE, KSA, Iraq, Bahrain and Oman.