Costa Coffee
British multinational coffeehouse company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse and retail company headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca Cola. It is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world behind Starbucks and the largest in Britain.[2]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Coffee shop & Retail |
Founded | 1971; 53 years ago (1971) London, England |
Founder | Bruno Costa Sergio Costa |
Headquarters | Dunstable, England, UK |
Number of locations | 3,882 (2018) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Dominic Paul (CEO) |
Products | Coffee (from beans to beverage), tea, sandwiches, sweet snacks and iced drinks |
Revenue | £1.167 billion (2016)[1] |
£153 million (2016)[1] | |
Parent | The Coca-Cola Company |
Website | costa |
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Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by the Costa family as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Acquired by Whitbread in 1995 for £19M, it has since grown to over 3,277 stores across 31 countries. The business has 2,121 UK restaurants, over 6,000 Costa Express vending facilities and a further 1,280 outlets overseas (including 395 in China).[1][3]