Saturday,
May 19, 2012
AUSTRALIA-based
Cebuana entrepreneur Nadith Veloso hopes to build three more coffee shop
outlets in Cebu in three years’ time. She also intends to open another outlet
in Sydney.
Veloso
recently opened her first coffee shop outlet, Brewmance Café Bar, in the
Skyrise 1 at Cebu IT Park. This shop offers coffee, burgers, tea, continental
meals at prices that Veloso describes as “competitive”.
Brewmance
was Veloso’s first business in the Philippines. She also manages two other
outlets located in Brisbane and Melbourne. She spent P2 million for the
establishment of Brewmance here.
“What
really prompted me to expand the business here is my family. I have been
staying in Australia for 28 years and what I think is a good payback to my
country and to my family is this business,” Veloso said, adding that she will
have her family manage the business.
Opportunities
around BPO sector
Brewmance
currently has 20 employees.
When
asked how she would position her coffee shop given the presence of other coffee
shop players in Cebu, Veloso said: “This will be exciting considering that we
will be offering something new and fresh for Cebu.”
Apart
from the usual coffee shop ambiance, Veloso also thought of converting the
place into a hangout during the night with its acoustic band.
This
way, she said, the shop would cater to those customers who just want to relax
and unwind after the workday. Veloso also pointed out that the shop’s location
is a big advantage, considering the number of BPO locators at the IT Park.
Retail
businesses, such as food, coffee, and clothing among others, are likely to
remain strong with the growth of the BPO industry in the country.
Real
estate advisor CB Richard Ellis Philippines (CBRE) said that retail firms
should take the BPO boom in Cebu as a “cue to expand their businesses and
partake of the growth opportunity.”
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu
newspaper on May 19, 2012.
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