{{Short description|Coffee shop chain in China and Taiwan}} thumb|right|Logo '''SPR Coffee''' is a coffee chain operating in China and Taiwan.<ref>Michael Backman ''Inside knowledge: streetwise in Asia'' p172 2005 "Taiwan has two large coffee chains: SPR Coffee and Dante Coffee. Both had established outlets in mainland China by 2004. SPR Coffee owned by Taiwan-based businessman Lee Chien-li, had opened 87 outlets in China."</ref> It entered mainland China in 2001 and in 2010 claimed 545 franchises worldwide.<ref>[http://www.sprcoffee.com/History.html Company website history page]</ref> In March 2011 Asia Times Online counted SPR Coffee, with another originally Taiwanese competitor UBC Coffee, as one of the major competitors with Starbucks and Costa Coffee "competing for a slice of China's coffee pie."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313083059/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/MC11Cb02.html Asia Times]</ref>
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