Costa Coffee is a British coffeehouse chain and a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company. It is headquartered in Dunstable, England. Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by two brothers Bruno and Sergio Costa as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Acquired by Whitbread in 1995, it was sold in 2019 to the Coca-Cola Company in a deal worth £3.9bn, 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.
Coca-Cola announced its intention of acquiring Costa from parent company Whitbread PLC for $5.1 billion. The deal, which closed on 3 January 2019, gives Coca-Cola a strong coffee platform across parts of Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. It is the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world, and the largest in the UK.
There is a nice Costa Coffee at Bowes Road where is a fews steps away from Arnos Grove Station, been there myself, the customer service there has been very good so far, the quality of the coffee itself has been exceptional so far and the workers are very nice and polite. my personal favourite coffee from there is soya cappuccino, and every time I get it, it’s very good.
