News of Costa’s sale to Coca-Cola dominated consumer headlines last week, as the fizzy drinks megabrand purchased the UK-based coffee chain for £3.9bn. Whitbread’s shares jumped more than 16
Coca-Cola describes Costa as a scalable coffee platform, saying it has bought the business for its critical know-how and expertise in a fast-growing, on-trend category. It also provides Coca-Cola with knowledge of the coffee supply chain, including sourcing, vending and distribution and the potential for expansion.
Coca-Cola has agreed to buy coffee chain Costa Coffee from UK drinks and hotels group Whitbread for £3.9 billion ($5.1 billion). Costa has nearly 4,000 stores across 32 countries.
The deal still needs to get approval from shareholders and regulators, and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2019, the companies said. Buying Costa puts Coke in direct competition
Costa, which was purchased by Coca-Cola in 2018 for £3.9bn ($5.4bn), has sought to grow its global portfolio of coffee shops and self-serve machines in 2021. In February 2021, Costa partnered with Romanian petrol station operator Auchan to introduce self-serve machines at 400 ‘MyAuchan’ stores across the country over the next five years.
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Coca-Cola has announced a surprise move to buy Costa Coffee, one of Europe's largest café chains, from the British company Whitbread for £3.9 billion, or $5.1 billion, in a move likely to send
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