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Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn

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Re: Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

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.

I'm concerned with the continual buyout of large established companies by other large companies.

Re: Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn

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Post by anewone »

dagw wrote: post #34
AJRF wrote: post #30

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

US coffee chains have a bewildering range of coffee based drinks, almost to the point where ordering a plain black filter coffee will get you weird looks.

It amazes me how difficult it is (relative to the drink complexity) to order a regular black coffee at a Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

Re: Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn

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Post by nf05papsjfVbc »

anewone wrote: post #62
dagw wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US coffee chains have a bewildering range of coffee based drinks, almost to the point where ordering a plain black filter coffee will get you weird looks.

It amazes me how difficult it is (relative to the drink complexity) to order a regular black coffee at a Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts.

Depending on where you are, a "regular" black coffee could also be an espresso. A drink which was made by adding water to it and removing the crema (the horror!) from it is the standard in some places. So, it's best to disambiguate it and I suppose that's why they force you to do that. To be honest, I never go to starbucks. So, I don't know if that is the case - I'm speculating from no real data.

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Post by keiferski »

jameskegel wrote: post #48
keiferski wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Costa is still dramatically better than Dunkin Donuts, for example.

I’d be curious to see the data upon which you base this false assertion.

Of course it’s ultimately my opinion, but Dunkin Donuts has awful coffee and always has. Anyone with an appreciation for coffee would likely agree.

Re: Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn

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Post by snarf21 »

keiferski wrote: post #43
dazc wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Costa is still dramatically better than Dunkin Donuts, for example.

DD is coffee for people who don't like coffee. Almost everyone gets some kind of heavy sugar and dairy mixed drink. Basically candy coffee.

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Post by lghh »

keiferski wrote: post #66
jameskegel wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’d be curious to see the data upon which you base this false assertion.

Of course it’s ultimately my opinion, but Dunkin Donuts has awful coffee and always has. Anyone with an appreciation for coffee would likely agree.

I think that anyone with appreciate for coffee would understand certain coffee has a time and a place, even coffee from big chain coffee places or restaurants.
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