Costa Coffee is a coffee house company based in the United Kingdom founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa, as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops.
In 1995, the company was acquired by, and is now a subsidiary of, the Whitbread company..
Bruno and Sergio Costa set up their coffee roastery in Lambeth, London in 1971, supplying local caterers and coffee shops with their s...
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Costa Coffee is a coffee house company based in the United Kingdom founded in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa, as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops.
In 1995, the company was acquired by, and is now a subsidiary of, the Whitbread company..
Bruno and Sergio Costa set up their coffee roastery in Lambeth, London in 1971, supplying local caterers and coffee shops with their slow-roasted blend mocha Italia. Costa branched out to retailing coffee in 1978, when their first store opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, England. Later, they sold the business to Whitbread.
As of 2006 Costa Coffee is the sponsor of Whitbread Book Awards, which are now called the Costa Book Awards.
Costa Coffee operates 893 outlets in the United Kingdom as of May 2009, making it the largest British chain in terms of stores, almost 200 ahead of its nearest challenger, Starbucks. Its outlets can be found in airports and within Waterstone's...
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