According to the newspaper, the number of coffee shops in major cities of Russia will increase in 2023. “Kommersant” (“Kommersant”).
Thus, in cities with a population of over one million, the number of coffeehouses increased by 10 percent last year. Their number reached 15.4 thousand. Especially in Moscow, the number of coffee outlets increased by 11.38% to 5.96 thousand, in St. The smallest in Chelyabinsk and Voronezh. The number of coffeehouses in Kazan remained the same. Nizhny Novgorod was the only major city in Russia where the number of coffeehouses decreased last year.
Experts believe that this growth is due to a delayed cumulative effect. Additionally, the increase was due to the development of domestic tourism after the pandemic and the return of public events to urban spaces. The increase in Russians’ consumption of hot coffee also played a role.
Analysts noted that due to the increasing costs of opening a business and the growing popularity of takeaway coffee, small-format outlets are beginning to develop, which will continue the trend of opening new coffee shops.
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