Costa Coffee
Costa Limited, trading as Costa Coffee, is a British coffeehouse chain with headquarters in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England.
Trade name | Costa Coffee |
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| Formerly | C. B. Costa Bros. Coffee Co. Limited (1976–1997) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Coffee shop |
| Founded |
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| Founder | Sergio Costa |
| Headquarters | Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England |
Number of locations | 3,883 (2018) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Philippe Schaillee (CEO) |
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| Revenue | £1.168 billion (2016) |
Net income | £153 million (2016) |
| Parent | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Website | costa |
Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by Sergio Costa as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. It was acquired by Whitbread in 1995, then sold to The Coca-Cola Company in January 2019 in a deal worth $4.9 billion and has grown to 3,401 stores across 31 countries and 18,412 employees. The business has 2,121 UK restaurants, over 6,000 Costa Express vending facilities and a further 1,280 outlets overseas, including 460 in China.
Costa is the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world, and the largest in the UK.
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