Costa Coffee
Coverage focuses on the strategy, innovation, and market activity of the UK’s largest coffee shop chain, including store formats, product development, digital ordering, delivery partnerships, sustainability initiatives, and international expansion. Reporting offers valuable insights for operators tracking branded beverage trends, customer engagement, and high street trading dynamics across the coffee and food-to-go sectors.
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Jul- 2018 -3 JulyApps & Technology
Personal information of job applicants leaked in Costa Coffee data breach
The parent company of Costa Coffee, Whitbread, has been the subject of a data breach which has seen personal information of job candidates exposed. A cyber attack was carried out on Whitbread’s recruitment agency, PageUp, potentially leaving data including home address, email address, telephone number, maiden name, date of birth,…
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Jun- 2018 -27 JuneCafes and Coffee Shops
Costa Coffee sales dip 2% in Q1
Coffee chain Costa has reported a fall in like-for-like sales at the start of the year, blaming a lack of shoppers on the high street. Although total UK sales grew by 5.2% due to new store openings, according to Costa owner Whitbread, the UK’s biggest coffee chain revealed a 2%…
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May- 2018 -25 MayBusiness
Private equity firms flirting with Costa Coffee
A group of private equity firms are attempting to purchase Costa Coffee, despite owner Whitbread’s desire to float it on the stock market. The Press Association said that it understood Whitbread had been approached informally over a buyout of the firm. Despite potential interest from elsewhere Whitbread is continuing plans…
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Apr- 2018 -25 AprilCafes and Coffee Shops
Whitbread to split Costa Coffee off into separate firm
Whitbread has announced that it will spin off the Costa Coffee brand into a separate business of its own as investors pressurised the company to do so. The split is expected to happen within two years and will allow shareholders to invest in “two distinct, focused and market-leading businesses” and…
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18 AprilCafes and Coffee Shops
Costa Coffee promises to recycle half a billion takeaway cups per year
Costa Coffee has promised that it plans to recycle up to 500 million cups by 2020, the same amount that the chain puts on the market, and the equivalent of a fifth of the 2.5 billion takeaway coffee cups consumed by the nation per year. The announcement came in partnership…
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