International coffee shop chain Starbucks will open its first cafe in the Black Sea city of Constanta, expanding its Romanian network to ten locations, the company has announced. The new coffee shop is located in the Maritimo Shopping Center, according to Mediafax.

Starbucks currently operates six restaurants in Bucharest, most of them located in shopping centers, one in Timisoara and one in Cluj-Napoca. The chain also announced it will open a new unit in Novo Park office compound in Bucharest, its first such location in Romania. This will be opened in September.

Starbucks recently restarted its expansion in Romania after the franchise changed owners. The chain plans to reach 18 coffee shops by the end of this year.

Worldwide, Starbucks operates more than 20,000 coffee shops in 65 countries.

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