New Delhi, March 11 (PTI): Italy’s largest coffee company Lavazza Group, the new owner of coffee chain Barista and Fresh and Honest Café, will invest 100 million euros (about Rs 600 crore) in the next three years to expand business in India.

“Lavazza will invest 100 million euros in the next three years to increase the presence of Barista and Fresh and Honest Café,” Barista coffee company CEO Partha Duttagupta said.

He said as part of the expansion, Barista would have about 400 outlets across the country, up from 156, in three years.

“Most of them will be company-owned. We own 150 outlets and only six are franchisees,” he added.

Fresh and Honest Café will also be looking at increasing its footprint in the automatic coffee vending and retail coffee powder segments, he said.