Starbucks welcomes autumn with its Pumpkin Spice Latte

Press release

Published September 9th, 2015 - 08:23 GMT

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Starbucks, the world’s premier coffee roaster and retailer, is welcoming the autumn season by re-launching one of its most exciting hot coffee drinks, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, to its customers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The exquisite Pumpkin Spice Latte features a signature Espresso with steamed milk, blended with cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, and topped with deliciously sweetened whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices.

“Last year’s launch of the Pumpkin Spice Latte was a huge success. Customer feedback across the region was so encouraging that we decided to re-launch it this year for autumn,” said Rana Shaheen, Regional Communications and CSR Manager for Starbucks MENA.

Background Information

Starbucks Coffee Company

Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world.

As the premier vendor of the finest coffee, Starbucks is focused on delivering the best experience to every customer at each of its locations around the world, including Kuwait, KSA, UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain & Oman in the Middle East region

Starcbucks work with many communities, and is committed to providing the Starbucks Experience while respecting the local customs and tastes of each country it operates in. It is also committed to hiring locally, currently providing nearly 2700 jobs for more than 30 nationalities including Arab nationals in over 300 operating stores in the region.

Starbucks stores have been operating in the Middle East since 1999 through a licensing agreement with trading partner and licensee MH Alshaya WLL, a private Kuwait family business.