- Coca-Cola is buying Costa Coffee for $5.1 billion, a huge move into the coffee market.
- Costa is based in the UK, but has stores worldwide – here’s where they all are.
Coca-Cola is buying the biggest coffee company in Europe, Costa Coffee, for $5.1 billion, it announced on Friday, making its first move into the coffee market.
Though most Costas are in Britain, part of the attraction will inevitably have been the chain’s global reach, including 459 stores in China, almost 60 in India, and a solitary outlet in Vietnam.
This map shows you the breadth of Costa’s reach, labelling each country with how many stores are there.
Here's the data in full:
Here's the full list as of May 2018.
UK 2,467
China 459
UAE 150
Poland 147
Ireland 114
India 57
Saudi Arabia 56
Kuwait 51
Czech Republic 45
Egypt 44
Russia 35
Qatar 30
Hungary 28
Spain 25
Cyprus 24
Bahrain 23
Oman 22
Bulgaria 21
Philippines 16
Kazakhstan 12
Latvia 11
Malta 11
France 8
Singapore 6
Portugal 5
Jordan 4
Cambodia 4
Morocco 3
Vietnam 1
Lebanon 1
Germany 1
Indonesia 1
Despite its global reach, Costa has a distinctive style that repeats itself all over the world. Business Insider published an in-depth store review based on a visit in London earlier today.
But there are, inevitably, some differences, and Costas can be seen next to some major landmarks.
There's a Costa right opposite the famous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
Foto: The Costa (L) facing the famous Sagrada familia church.sourceGoogle Maps
Here's what a store looks like in Jordan.
Foto: A Costa Coffee sign in Arabic in Jordan.sourceGoogle Maps
In Beijing, the capital of China...
...in Poznan, Poland...
Foto: A Costa branch in the Polish town of Poznan.sourceGoogle Maps
And one by the coast in Qatar too...
Foto: Here's a Costa branch lit-up in QatarsourceGoogle Maps
The news broke on Friday that one of Europe's largest coffee chains was selling for $5.1 billion - more than 16 times Costa's expected full-year earnings in 2018, Business Insider reported.
"Hot beverages is one of the few remaining segments of the total beverage landscape where Coca-Cola does not have a global brand," Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey said in a statement, Business Insider reported. "Costa gives us access to this market through a strong coffee platform."
The deal comes with the 3,882 worldwide stores.
Read the full details of the acquisition here.
Apart from in the United Kingdom, China has the most stores with nearly 460.