Tom N Toms

Tom N Toms Coffee (Korean: 탐앤탐스) is a coffeehouse chain based in South Korea. It first opened in the Apgujeong-dong District of Seoul and now has over 400 branches in 9 different countries worldwide.^[1] It is also among the top 3 coffee brands in South Korea.^[2]

Tom N Toms

Tom N Toms Coffee in Koreatown, Los Angeles
Industry	Coffee shop
Founded	South Korea (2001; 24 years ago (2001))
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Number of locations	410+ stores (2014)
Website	Official website

History[3]

• In 2001 Founded Tom N Toms
• In 2005, Released Pretzel and Honey butter bread
• In 2009, 100th shop in Korea and 1st shop in Australia opens
• In 2016, Launched on-demand delivery in partnership with RushOrder; LA served as the first test market^[4]

International Expansion

In 2009, the South Korean coffee chain established its first franchises abroad- opening two stores in Australia and one in Singapore.^[5] From then on, the company have established branches and franchises across the world, including in the United States, Thailand, Philippines, Macau, China, Mongolia, Malaysia and Hong Kong.^[6] The South China Morning Post estimated that the company had 200 international stores.^[7] However, this is not stated on the company's official website- which references only 70 global stores on their 'Global List'.^[8]

The first store to be located in Macau was opened in September 2015.^[9]

In February 2015, Tom N Toms opened its first branch in the Philippines, located in Bacolod City.^[10]

As of February 2016, there are 6 to 7 retail stores opened and operating in the Los Angeles, CA (Korea town) not including 1 store in the Little Tokyo and few additional stores in other parts of the United States.^[11]

On June 23, 2016, Tom N Toms and RushOrder, a mobile-first food ordering technology company, jointly announced the launch of their partnership to offer on-demand delivery and mobile ordering in the US, with Los Angeles being their first test market.^[12]

In June 2016, Tom N Tom's opened their first branch in Hong Kong, located in Sha Tin.^[13] In September 2016, Tom N Toms opened its second branch in Philippines at The Greenery in Mabolo, Cebu City.^[14] Now (December 2016), there are stores across Hong Kong, including Kwun Tong and The ONE, Tsim Sha Tsui.^[15][16]