new delhi italys lavazza spa on tuesday said its decision to sell struggling coffee chain barista coffee to delhibased carnation hospitality stems from its global position to not directly operate coffee outlets anywhere in the world in an effort to realign and restructure its businesses globally lavazza has decided to lay greater focus on its core business which is coffee the company said in a statement its first confirming the sale of barista the decision to move out of barista has been taken accordingly with the global business guidelines of the group to no longer manage directly the coffee shop business antonio baravalle ceo at lavazza said his company will continue to provide lavazza coffee to barista global financial advisory group rothschild advised lavazza on the deal the company said adding that it will focus on the coffee vending business which is operated under fresh honest as well as lavazza brands india continues to remain an extremely important market to lavazzas international operations and it is strategic to the brands overall growth initiatives across the world baravalle said furthermore we will continue to develop our presence in the country through the afh away from home business and through the investments in the sri city plant near chennai our first and only production facility outside of italy published on aug 12 2014 at 0534 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app acquisition barista lavazza carnation hospitality business sell antonio baravalle homenewsbarista sell off in line with global stance lavazza