Vietnamese Immigrants Bring Bubble Tea Franchise To Moncton
Ashley Do chose to stay in Moncton after school even though her family moved to Ottawa last year. The Vietnamese native and her business partner Anh Nguyen are opening Chatime, a Taiwanese bubble tea franchise with locations in more than 30 countries, including Canada.
The 22-year-old says she sees an opportunity for her business.
“I stayed because I have school and also Chatime. I think Moncton has a good potential for this business,” she said. [Besides,] someone already purchased the franchise for Ottawa. And also the cost there is much higher than here.”
Bubble tea is a Taiwanese tea-based drink that usually contains fruit or milk and chewy tapioca balls. Do says most of Chatime’s 102 beverages would taste more similar to Tim Hortons Ice Cappucino or Starbucks Frappucino rather than a regular hot tea. She will offer toppings like tapioca starch, red beans, coconut jelly, grass jelly and coffee jelly. The price of the drinks will range from $4.50 to $7. Like every other Chatime store, all of the inventory will be imported from Taiwan.
“I want to bring a new experience to people here in New Brunswick, not just Moncton, because Chatime is everywhere [in Canada], but not in New Brunswick. I see that many of my friends are travelling to Halifax once a month just to buy six or 10 cups of Chatime and store them in the fridge,” she said. Read more…