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| name = Café de Coral Holdings, Ltd. |
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| logo = Café de Coral.svg |
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| image = HK CafedeCoralCentre.JPG |
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| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Fo Tan]] |
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| type = [[Public company|Public]] |
| type = [[Public company|Public]] |
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| traded_as = {{Sehk|341}} |
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1968}} in [[Causeway Bay]], [[Hong Kong]] |
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1968}} in [[Causeway Bay]], [[Hong Kong]] |
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| location = [[ |
| location = [[Fo Tan]], Hong Kong |
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| key_people = |
| key_people = Sunny Lo (Chairman) |
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| num_employees = 19,000+ (2018) |
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| industry = [[Food service]] |
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| revenue = [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]] |
| revenue = [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]4.19 billion (2018) |
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| homepage = {{URL|cafedecoral.com/}}<br>{{URL|cafedecoralfastfood.com}} |
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.cafedecoral.com/eng/main/index.jsp}}<br />{{URL|cafedecoralfastfood.com}} |
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{{Chinese|title=Café de Coral Holdings Limited|t=大家樂集團有限公司|s=大家乐集团有限公司|j=daai6 gaa1 lok6 zaap6 tyun4 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1|p=Dàjiālè Jítuán Yǒuxiàngōngsī}} |
{{Chinese|title=Café de Coral Holdings Limited|t=大家樂集團有限公司|s=大家乐集团有限公司|j=daai6 gaa1 lok6 zaap6 tyun4 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1|p=Dàjiālè Jítuán Yǒuxiàngōngsī}} |
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'''Café de Coral Holdings, Ltd.''' ({{zh|t=大家樂集團有限公司|s=|c=}}) is a |
'''Café de Coral Holdings, Ltd.''' ({{zh|t=大家樂集團有限公司|s=|c=|cy=Daaihgālohk Jaahptyùhn Yáuhhaahn Gūngsī}}) is a Hong Kong fast-food restaurant group that owns and operates fast-food chains and restaurants, including Café de Coral, Super Super, The Spaghetti House, Oliver's Super Sandwiches, Ah Yee Leng Tong, and others. |
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Founded in 1968, the Café de Coral group opened its first |
Founded in 1968, the Café de Coral group opened its first Café de Coral restaurant in the [[Causeway Bay]] district of Hong Kong in 1969. Since then, the group has grown to operate over 580 separate outlets across its brands all over the world. It is the largest Chinese fast-food restaurant group in Hong Kong and in the world. In Hong Kong alone, it caters to over 300,000 people on a typical day.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/ci/coporate1.htm# |title=Café de Coral corporate site |access-date=12 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114054037/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/ci/coporate1.htm# |archive-date=14 January 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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=== Founding === |
=== Founding === |
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Victor Lo (1915-2016) brother of [[Vitasoy]] |
The founders of Café de Coral are Victor Lo Tang-seong (1915-2016), brother of [[Vitasoy]] founder [[Lo Kwee-seong]] and [[Fairwood (restaurant)|Fairwood]] founder Lo Fong-cheung, and his nephew, Lo Kai-muk.<ref>{{cite web | title = Cafe de Coral founder dies at 101 | url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=171258 |publisher=TheStandard.com.hk |access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref> Victor Lo had the idea of running a restaurant that would feed the working class of Hong Kong at affordable prices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1986687/cheap-and-filling-side-controversy-how-cafe-de|title=Cheap and filling, with a side of controversy: how Café de Coral became Hong Kong's largest fast-food chain|last=Ng|first=Naomi|date=2016-07-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> He incorporated Café de Coral in 1968 and started to operate the first locationinCauseway Bay in September 1969 at the age of 54.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=8# |title=Café de Coral History – 1960's |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227162823/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=8# |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2104962/success-story-made-hong-kong-cafe-de-coral-fast-food-chain-thats-been|title=Homegrown Hong Kong: Cafe de Coral – feeding the working class|last=Cheung|first=Rachel|date=2017-08-02|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> |
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The chain gradually expanded over the next decade. In 1977, it started promoting its restaurants through TV commercials. In 1979, it established its first food-processing plant in a move to lower costs and ensure consistency.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=7# |title=Café de Coral History 1970's |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227162818/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=7# |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1986, the Café de Coral Group [[Initial public offering|went public]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1986276/founder-cafe-de-coral-hong-kongs-largest-fast-food-restaurant|title=Founder of Café de Coral, Hong Kong’s largest fast-food restaurant chain, dies at 101|last=Sun|first=Nikki|date=2016-07-06|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> In 1988, it opened its 50th Café de Coral restaurant. The years after this were marked by diversification, when it went on a buying spree.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=1# |title=Café de Coral History – 1980's |access-date=22 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207125718/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=1# |archive-date=7 December 2004 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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=== Acquisitions and expansion === |
=== Acquisitions and expansion === |
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In May 1990, Café de Coral made its first acquisition by buying out the [[Ah Yee Leng Tong]] chain for HK$14 million.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040831082213/http://iface.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/games/integration/e_powerpoint.ppt CEO's Plan on Integration of Firms – Lecture Slides]</ref> A year later |
In May 1990, Café de Coral made its first acquisition by buying out the [[Ah Yee Leng Tong]] chain for HK$14 million.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040831082213/http://iface.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/games/integration/e_powerpoint.ppt CEO's Plan on Integration of Firms – Lecture Slides]</ref> A year later, it acquired [[The Spaghetti House]], a popular chain that served HK-style Italian food. The same year, it opened up its second food-processing plant. In 1992, it opened both its 100th restaurant and its first restaurant outside Hong Kong in the nearby city of [[Shenzhen]].<ref name="a90s">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030303164529/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=2 Café de Coral History – 1990's]</ref> |
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In 1996, Café de Coral opened |
In 1996, Café de Coral opened the first location of its new restaurant brand, Bravo le Café. Also in 1996, it acquired [[Scanfoods]], a ham-processing and food-distribution business. In 1998, it started yet another restaurant chain called [[Super Super Congee & Noodle]].<ref name="a90s"/> |
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In 2000, continuing its trend of acquisitions, Café de Coral acquired [[Denny's Bakery]], a bakery manufacturing and distribution business in Hong Kong. Also in 2000, it acquired [[Manchu Wok]], a North American Chinese fast |
In 2000, continuing its trend of acquisitions, Café de Coral acquired [[Denny's Bakery]], a bakery manufacturing and distribution business in Hong Kong. Also in 2000, it acquired [[Manchu Wok]], a North American Chinese fast-food chain that had a strong presence in Canada and the United States. In the years following, Café de Coral also acquired [[China Inn]] (2002), [[New Asia Dabao]] (2003), and [[Oliver's Super Sandwiches]] (2003).<ref name="a2000">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=9# |title=Café de Coral History – 21st century |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101052533/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?ppid=9# |archive-date=1 November 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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In 2006, Café de Coral began rolling out its "fourth |
In 2006, Café de Coral began rolling out its "fourth-generation concept" across all of its locations, effectively renovating many restaurants to bring them up to modern standards.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?pid=3&type1=1&cnid1=2808&rhtID1=3&gf1=1 | title=Café de Coral's Introduction of 4G Design Concept Creates a New Era in Hong Kong's Fast Food Industry | accessdate=14 April 2007 | date=5 February 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404082645/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/show/show.jsp?pid=3&type1=1&cnid1=2808&rhtID1=3&gf1=1# | archive-date=4 April 2007 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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In 2007, Café de Coral made an investment in the [[Tao Heung Group]], a smaller restaurant group that operates 11 brands all over China and Hong Kong.<ref name="a2000"/> |
In 2007, Café de Coral made an investment in the [[Tao Heung Group]], a smaller restaurant group that operates 11 brands all over China and Hong Kong.<ref name="a2000"/> |
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In 2012, Café de Coral started another restaurant chain called MiXian Sense, aiming to become the leader in the Hong Kong ''mixian'' (rice noodle) market. |
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In 2016, founder Victor Lo Tang-seong died at the age of 101.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Brands == |
== Brands == |
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[[Image:Café de Coral.JPG|right|thumb|A Café de Coral fast food restaurant]] |
[[Image:Café de Coral.JPG|right|thumb|A Café de Coral fast food restaurant]] |
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Café de Coral is a fast |
Café de Coral is a fast-food restaurant chain that serves both Chinese and Western food at a budget price. Established in 1968 in Causeway Bay, Café de Coral operates over 100 locations in the Hong Kong and 24 locations in [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/sbu/sbu1_2.htm# |title=Café de Coral Information Page |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221824/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/sbu/sbu1_2.htm# |archive-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As of September 2019, the group had 165 Café de Coral restaurants.<ref name="warns">{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=Martin |title=Café de Coral warns of 90 per cent profit slump in warning shot to Hong Kong’s restaurant industry |url=https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3081737/cafe-de-coral-warns-90-cent-profit-slump-warning-shot-hong-kongs |work=South China Morning Post |date=27 April 2020}}</ref> |
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=== The Spaghetti House === |
=== The Spaghetti House === |
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The Spaghetti House is a |
The Spaghetti House is a specialty restaurant chain that serves Hong Kong-style Italian cuisine and is positioned as a mid-market chain that is family- and tourist-friendly. Established in 1979, The Spaghetti House operates more than 30 locations in Hong Kong, [[Macau]], and Southern China.<ref>[http://www.spaghettihouse.com/html/eng/aboutus/companyprofile.jsp The Spaghetti House – Company Profile]</ref> |
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=== Ah Yee Leng Tong === |
=== Ah Yee Leng Tong === |
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Ah Yee Leng Tong is a |
Ah Yee Leng Tong is a specialty restaurant chain that serves home-style Chinese soup and a variety of Cantonese dishes. It is also known for its [[XO sauce]]. Its restaurants, which average 250 m<sup>2</sup>, fuse both traditional and modern furnishings and appeal to both locals and tourists. As of 2007, the only locationis at [[Hong Kong International Airport]].<ref>[http://www.ahyeelengtong.com/main.html Ah Yee Leng Tong – Locations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013045110/http://www.ahyeelengtong.com/main.html |date=13 October 2007 }}</ref> |
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=== Bravo le Café === |
=== Bravo le Café === |
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Bravo le Café is a quick-service restaurant chain that offers a mix of Western, Chinese, and Japanese food in a bistro setting designed to appeal to "young and upwardly mobile executives."<ref> |
Bravo le Café is a quick-service restaurant chain that offers a mix of Western, Chinese, and Japanese food in a bistro setting designed to appeal to "young and upwardly mobile executives."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/sbu/sbu3_4.htm# |title=Bravo le Cafe – Information Page |access-date=18 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807172001/http://www.cafedecoral.com/web/sbu/sbu3_4.htm# |archive-date=7 August 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Currently, the three locations of Bravo le Café are in Hong Kong: the [[International Finance Centre (Hong Kong)|International Finance Centre]], [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], and Hong Kong International Airport. |
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=== Super Super Congee & Noodles === |
=== Super Super Congee & Noodles === |
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Super Super Congee & Noodles is a fast |
Super Super Congee & Noodles is a fast-food chain serving [[congee]] and various noodle dishes. As of March 2006, 50 locations were in Hong Kong, including two in [[Tsing Yi]] and one in [[Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong|Wong Tai Sin]]. |
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=== MiXian Sense === |
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MiXian Sense is a specialty restaurant chain that serves its own special Sichuan spiced tomato soup rice noodles, with other choices of sweet tomato soup rice noodles and the classic pork bone broth soups and Sichuan spice soup rice noodles. First established in Ching Yi in 2012, it has now expanded all over Hong Kong in 16 locations<!-- and is planning to increase in branches across the city -->. |
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When Hong Kong's [[Minimum wage in Hong Kong|minimum wage]] law was passed in July 2010, Café de Coral raised its average salary from HK$22.4/hr to $33/hr to satisfy the law's requirements. |
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=== Oliver's Super Sandwich === |
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Oliver's Super Sandwich was introduced to Hong Kong in 1987 and was rebranded in 2012 by Cafe de Coral. This brand mainly serves freshly made sandwiches, light pasta, and steamed potatoes topped with mixes of eggs and salmon. |
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The group uses a system based on [[scientific management]] ("Taylorism"), devised by [[Frederick Winslow Taylor]] in the 1880s and 1890s. The theory mainly concerns improving economic efficiency, especially labour productivity.{{Cn|date=July 2018}} |
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===Other brands=== |
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Other brands include Little Onion, The Cup, 360 Series, ZAKKA, Shanghai Lao Lao, and Dong Dong Tei. |
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==Wage controversy== |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.cafedecoral.com/ Official website] |
*[http://www.cafedecoral.com/ Official website] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070925211228/http://www.cafedecoralfastfood.com/ Restaurant Corporate website] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070925211228/http://www.cafedecoralfastfood.com/ Restaurant Corporate website] |
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*[http://www.cafedecoralcn.com/ Mainland China Official website] |
*[http://www.cafedecoralcn.com/ Mainland China Official website] |
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[[Category:Fast-food chains of China]] |
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| Company type | Public |
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| SEHK: 341 | |
| Industry | Food service |
| Founded | 1968; 56 years ago (1968)inCauseway Bay, Hong Kong |
| Headquarters | Fo Tan, Hong Kong |
Key people | Sunny Lo (Chairman) |
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| Revenue | HK$4.19 billion (2018) |
Number of employees | 19,000+ (2018) |
| Website | www cafedecoralfastfood |
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| Traditional Chinese | 大家樂集團有限公司 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大家乐集团有限公司 | ||||||||||
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Café de Coral Holdings, Ltd. (Chinese: 大家樂集團有限公司; Cantonese Yale: Daaihgālohk Jaahptyùhn Yáuhhaahn Gūngsī) is a Hong Kong fast-food restaurant group that owns and operates fast-food chains and restaurants, including Café de Coral, Super Super, The Spaghetti House, Oliver's Super Sandwiches, Ah Yee Leng Tong, and others.
Founded in 1968, the Café de Coral group opened its first Café de Coral restaurant in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong in 1969. Since then, the group has grown to operate over 580 separate outlets across its brands all over the world. It is the largest Chinese fast-food restaurant group in Hong Kong and in the world. In Hong Kong alone, it caters to over 300,000 people on a typical day.[1]
The founders of Café de Coral are Victor Lo Tang-seong (1915-2016), brother of Vitasoy founder Lo Kwee-seong and Fairwood founder Lo Fong-cheung, and his nephew, Lo Kai-muk.[2] Victor Lo had the idea of running a restaurant that would feed the working class of Hong Kong at affordable prices.[3] He incorporated Café de Coral in 1968 and started to operate the first location in Causeway Bay in September 1969 at the age of 54.[4][5]
The chain gradually expanded over the next decade. In 1977, it started promoting its restaurants through TV commercials. In 1979, it established its first food-processing plant in a move to lower costs and ensure consistency.[6] In 1986, the Café de Coral Group went public.[7] In 1988, it opened its 50th Café de Coral restaurant. The years after this were marked by diversification, when it went on a buying spree.[8]
In May 1990, Café de Coral made its first acquisition by buying out the Ah Yee Leng Tong chain for HK$14 million.[9] A year later, it acquired The Spaghetti House, a popular chain that served HK-style Italian food. The same year, it opened up its second food-processing plant. In 1992, it opened both its 100th restaurant and its first restaurant outside Hong Kong in the nearby city of Shenzhen.[10]
In 1996, Café de Coral opened the first location of its new restaurant brand, Bravo le Café. Also in 1996, it acquired Scanfoods, a ham-processing and food-distribution business. In 1998, it started yet another restaurant chain called Super Super Congee & Noodle.[10]
In 2000, continuing its trend of acquisitions, Café de Coral acquired Denny's Bakery, a bakery manufacturing and distribution business in Hong Kong. Also in 2000, it acquired Manchu Wok, a North American Chinese fast-food chain that had a strong presence in Canada and the United States. In the years following, Café de Coral also acquired China Inn (2002), New Asia Dabao (2003), and Oliver's Super Sandwiches (2003).[11]
In 2006, Café de Coral began rolling out its "fourth-generation concept" across all of its locations, effectively renovating many restaurants to bring them up to modern standards.[12]
In 2007, Café de Coral made an investment in the Tao Heung Group, a smaller restaurant group that operates 11 brands all over China and Hong Kong.[11]
In 2012, Café de Coral started another restaurant chain called MiXian Sense, aiming to become the leader in the Hong Kong mixian (rice noodle) market.
In 2016, founder Victor Lo Tang-seong died at the age of 101.[7]
Café de Coral is a fast-food restaurant chain that serves both Chinese and Western food at a budget price. Established in 1968 in Causeway Bay, Café de Coral operates over 100 locations in the Hong Kong and 24 locations in China.[13] As of September 2019, the group had 165 Café de Coral restaurants.[14]
The Spaghetti House is a specialty restaurant chain that serves Hong Kong-style Italian cuisine and is positioned as a mid-market chain that is family- and tourist-friendly. Established in 1979, The Spaghetti House operates more than 30 locations in Hong Kong, Macau, and Southern China.[15]
Ah Yee Leng Tong is a specialty restaurant chain that serves home-style Chinese soup and a variety of Cantonese dishes. It is also known for its XO sauce. Its restaurants, which average 250 m2, fuse both traditional and modern furnishings and appeal to both locals and tourists. As of 2007, the only location is at Hong Kong International Airport.[16]
Bravo le Café is a quick-service restaurant chain that offers a mix of Western, Chinese, and Japanese food in a bistro setting designed to appeal to "young and upwardly mobile executives."[17] Currently, the three locations of Bravo le Café are in Hong Kong: the International Finance Centre, Central, and Hong Kong International Airport.
Super Super Congee & Noodles is a fast-food chain serving congee and various noodle dishes. As of March 2006, 50 locations were in Hong Kong, including two in Tsing Yi and one in Wong Tai Sin.
MiXian Sense is a specialty restaurant chain that serves its own special Sichuan spiced tomato soup rice noodles, with other choices of sweet tomato soup rice noodles and the classic pork bone broth soups and Sichuan spice soup rice noodles. First established in Ching Yi in 2012, it has now expanded all over Hong Kong in 16 locations.
Oliver's Super Sandwich was introduced to Hong Kong in 1987 and was rebranded in 2012 by Cafe de Coral. This brand mainly serves freshly made sandwiches, light pasta, and steamed potatoes topped with mixes of eggs and salmon.
Other brands include Little Onion, The Cup, 360 Series, ZAKKA, Shanghai Lao Lao, and Dong Dong Tei.
When Hong Kong's minimum wage law was passed in July 2010, Café de Coral raised its average salary from HK$22.4/hr to $33/hr to satisfy the law's requirements. During the process, though, it stopped paying its employees for lunch breaks. Their decision led to public backlash and the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions threatened to start a public boycott. Three days before the boycott was to begin, Café de Coral reversed its decision and resumed paying its employee for lunch breaks while still giving them the pay raise.[18]
