Costa Coffee - wikipedia Costa Coffee Costa Coffee Current logo of Costa Coffee, introduced 1994 Type Subsidiary Industry Coffee shop Founded 1971 ; 46 years ago ( 1971 ) London, England Founder Bruno Costa Sergio Costa Headquarters Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England Number of locations 3,401 ( 2016 ) Area served Worldwide Key people Dominic Paul ( CEO ) Products Coffee, tea, sandwiches and iced drinks Revenue £ 1.167 billion ( 2016 ) Net income £ 153 million ( 2016 ) Parent Whitbread PLC Website costa.co.uk Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitbread. It is the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world behind Starbucks and the largest in the UK. Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by the Costa family as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Acquired by Whitbread in 1995, it has since grown to 3,401 stores across 31 countries. The business has 2,121 UK restaurants, over 6,000 Costa Express vending facilities and a further 1,280 outlets overseas ( including 395 in China ). Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2.1 Locations 2.2 Costa Express 2.3 Coffee production 3 Costa Book Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History Italian immigrant brothers Bruno and Sergio Costa founded a coffee roastery in Lambeth, London, in 1971, supplying local caterers. The family had moved to England in the 1960s. Costa branched out to selling coffee in 1978, when its first store opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road, London. In 1985, Sergio bought out Bruno 's share of the company. Bruno went on to found a tableware company. By 1995, the chain had 41 stores in UK. In 1995, the business was acquired by Whitbread, UK 's largest hotel and coffee shop operator, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2009, Costa opened its 1,000 th store in Cardiff. In December 2009, Costa Coffee agreed to acquire Coffee Heaven for £ 36 million, adding 79 stores in central and eastern Europe. Operations Locations A Costa Coffee branch in Forster Square Retail Park, Bradford A standard Costa Coffee branch in Cyprus Costa Coffee operates 2,121 outlets in the United Kingdom as of May 2016. Internationally, it operates 1,280 stores throughout the world in 31 countries. The first Costa store outside the UK opened in Dubai in 1999 and, in September 2017, was the first coffee shop worldwide to start delivering coffee via drones to customers sunbathing on Dubai beaches. Costa Express Following Whitbread 's £ 59.5 m acquisition of Coffee Nation, a chain of coffee machines, the machines were re-branded as Costa Express. The company plans to expand to target hospitals, universities and transport interchanges. Coffee production Coffee served in a Massimo cup. Costa Coffee moved its own roastery from Lambeth to Basildon, Essex, in May 2017 with an investment of 38 millions pounds, increasing the roasting capacity from 11,000 to 45,000 tons of coffee beans per year. Costa Coffee employs Gennaro Pelliccia as a coffee taster, who had his tongue insured for £ 10m with Lloyd 's of London in 2009. Costa Book Awards Main article : Costa Book Awards Costa Coffee has been the sponsor of the Costa Book Awards ( formerly the Whitbread Book Awards ) since 2006. See also List of coffeehouse chains Coffee portal References ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017. Jump up ^ http://miranda.hemscott.com/ir/wtb/pdf/Annual_Report_and_Accounts.pdf Jump up ^ `` Whitbread '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` Costa Coffee founder : My hometown Purley has too many coffee shops ''. Croydon Advertiser. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Costa Experience - The Journey from Bean to Cup - Costa Coffee ''. Costa Coffee. Retrieved 6 April 2014. Jump up ^ Adams, Guy ( 2 May 2013 ). `` The man who founded Costa Coffee - then sold out for a fraction of its value now - insists he 's not bitter. So... WHY does Mr Costa refuse to drink his own coffee ? ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Costa - Our History ''. whitbread.co.uk. Whitbread. Retrieved 15 February 2015. Jump up ^ Nick Fletcher. `` Flat white froths up Costa Coffee 's fortunes ''. the Guardian. Jump up ^ `` Whitbread annual report 2015 / 16 '' ( PDF ). Whitbread. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 14 August 2016. Jump up ^ Emirates, Mall of the. `` Costa Coffee in Dubai Mall of the Emirates ''. Jump up ^ ( ( https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/food/watch-drone-delivers-costa-coffee-on-kite-beach-in-dubai-1.661444 Jump up ^ `` Growing Business Success Stories - Costa Express : Scott Martin 10 June 2011 ''. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Jump up ^ Zoe Wood. `` Coffee Nation -- fast, fresh and £ 2 a cup ''. the Guardian. Jump up ^ http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/projects/costa-coffee-roastery-basildon-essex Jump up ^ `` Costa Coffee : The Perfect Cup ''. Jump up ^ `` Costa Coffee taster : Ten of the weirdest insurance policies ''. Telegraph.co.uk. 9 March 2009. Jump up ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/nov/28/costabookaward2006.costabookaward External links Media related to Costa Coffee at Wikimedia Commons Official website Whitbread plc Subsidiaries and brands Current Beefeater Grill Brewers Fayre Costa Coffee Coffeeheaven Premier Inn Table Table Taybarns Touchbase Former Berni Inn Britvic David Lloyd Leisure Hogshead Pizza Hut Swallow Hotels T.G.I. 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Question: how many costas are there in the uk
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