Tata Starbucks purchase the beverage based on January 2016 prices. The index published by US-based consumer research firm ValuePenguin found that a tall hot latte cost US$7.99 in India, far higher than the $2.75 it costs in the cheapest country, the United States, but much lower than the $12.32 in the most expensive country, Russia. As of October 2018, Starbucks operates 126 outlets in 10 cities of India. The 100th store came up at Kamala Mills in Mumbai. The Tata Group and Starbucks Corporation also collaborate on some ventures outside India. Starbucks Reserve Tata Nullore Estates, the first-ever Starbucks Reserve coffee sourced
Wahaha Joint Venture Company had personally authorised the setting up of the units outside the scope of the joint ventures. Danone concedes that in around 2003, it allowed Zong to become a minority partner in businesses that made "Wahaha" products outside their joint-venture structure, apparently because local governments often preferred to have Zong personally as a partner. By 2005, Danone realized Zong controlled as many as 20 external businesses making drinks, and claims these represented approximately 25% of Wahaha products. Danone estimates that Zong had established in excess of 80 unauthorised companies using the WHH brandname between 2001 and 2006. Zong set up externally