Cibo Espresso, commonly Cibo (pronounced: ˈtʃibo), is a café and coffee shop franchise based in Adelaide, South Australia. Formerly owned by parent company Retail Zoo, it was sold to Gloria Jean's Coffees in 2024.[1]
Founding
It was founded in 2000 by Roberto Cardone, Angelo Inglese, Salvatore Pepe and Claudio Ferraro, and grew to 20 locations before being sold to Retail Zoo in 2012.[2] It subsequently grew to 28 locations in South Australia along with one each in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. The café aimed to deliver traditional Italian food made from local ingredients in an Italian atmosphere.[3]
The chain had significant brand loyalty in Adelaide when compared to the local outlets of larger chains such as Starbucks, Gloria Jean's and Hudsons Coffee.[4][5]
The company sponsored an Adelaide cycling team, Team Cibo.[6]
At the time of the chain's 2024 sale it comprised 22 shops, which the purchasers intended to transition to branches of Gloria Jean's by mid-2025.[7]
See also
- List of coffeehouse chains
- List of Italian restaurants
- South Australian food and drink
References
- David Simmons. CIBO to become Gloria Jean’s in multi-million-dollar deal InDaily SA, 5 November 2024, retrieved 13 March 2025^
- Julian Swallow. Cibo Espresso stores to double after Retail Zoo buys out SA cafe chain and looks to expand interstate The Advertiser (Adelaide), 16 December 2012^
- YourRestaurants.com (This link requires a signup)^
- Christine Esau, "Business Success Coffee Kings", The Adelaide Magazine, 26 April 2007^
- Anthony Keane, "Fight for the cup as giant joins the fray", The Advertiser, 10 March 2006^
- - Accessed 12 June 2007 Cycling South Australia | Sponsored Clothing retrieved 2007-06-12^
- April Hawksworth. Australian café chain to be converted into Gloria Jean’s stores Bean Scene Magazine, November 8, 2024, retrieved 2025-03-13^