Vida e Caffè



Vida e Caffè (, ; stylized in all small caps) is a privately-owned coffee shop franchise and supplier of beverage products in South Africa. The name vida e caffè mixes Portuguese for 'life and' with Italian for 'and coffee'.

History and locations
Vida e Caffè opened their first shop on Kloof Street, Cape Town, in October 2001.

they own 350 stores; 330 throughout South Africa and 20 on the rest of the African continent, including over 100 stores in the Western Cape Province, 100 in Gauteng, 20 in KwaZulu-Natal, 13 in Ghana, four in Mauritius and two in Zambia. A number of the stores are micro-operations located within business office spaces to cater office workers. The presence of the company, its market share, and relatively low franchise costs have been noted as a reason why the American multinational coffee company Starbucks has had limited success in expanding in South Africa. The company has a partnership with the South African branch of Shell to sell coffee at its petrol stations across the country.