ARAMARK to consider bringing Avoca to US market

Avoca set for major Irish and UK expansion

Aramark, which has agreed to buy the luxury cafe and retail chain for €60m, will consider bringing it to US.

Avoca’s new owner Aramark is to finance an aggressive expansion of the brand in Ireland before taking it to the UK. The multinational caterer, which bought the cafe chain from the Pratt family for about €60 million, may also open outlets in the US.

Over the next two years, Avoca is to add five or six new cafe and retail stores to its existing network of 11 in Ireland, according to Aramark Ireland’s chief executive, Donal O’Brien.

Mr O’Brien mentioned Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford as potential locations. Avoca outlets are mostly clustered around Dublin and Wicklow. It also operates from Kerry, Belfast and has a retail-only store in Connemara.