Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn

Post by chosenbreed » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:39 AM UTC

Steve44 wrote: post #16

cs02rm0 wrote: post #13

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Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.

I don't have sales figures but a lot of people I know who travel a lot say that, in the UK at least, the McDonalds is pretty good. It's certainly their favourite balance with price and quality, these are proper black coffee drinkers too, not the bucket of sugar & cream types.

Post by keiferski » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:42 AM UTC

dazc wrote: post #37

mjal wrote: post #29

I'm concerned with the continual buyout of large established UK companies by US ones. It's happened a lot in the past ~10 years, most notably Cadbury's, and not only are there tax implications, but the standard of product seems to drop to the lowest acceptable while attempting to keep the same prices. There's also the issue with business ethics of the parent company, which tend to be rather different than the UK.

Fair point on Cadbury but to make Costa's coffee any worse is going to be a bit of a challenge.

Post by keiferski » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:43 AM UTC

mikekchar wrote: post #31

AJRF wrote: post #30

Do american coffee chains do things like cappuchino, latte, flat white, etc? Or is it mostly black filter coffee?

Flat white is (or at least was) an Australian thing. Never seen it anywhere else (though I suppose it might be spreading). But, Starbucks has everything else (and then some).

Post by tonyedgecombe » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:46 AM UTC

Post by nailer » Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 11:47 AM UTC

chosenbreed wrote: post #38

nailer wrote: post #23

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Starbucks in Australia (when they were around) was viewed as being a milkshake shop.

How did you get rid of them? :-)