zaci   12 #1 Posted August 31, 2018 British coffee chain Costa sold to Coca Cola! "Won't be going there anymore" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #2 Posted August 31, 2018 Why? How many of the items you think are "British" are actually owned by a British company? Also I don't think they give a flying... whether you buy from them or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lockdoctor   10 #3 Posted August 31, 2018 British coffee chain Costa sold to Coca Cola! "Won't be going there anymore" Costa isn't a traditional British name. Brexit doesn't seem to have put off Coca Cola from investing in the UK. I still haven't been to a Costa coffee shop yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Resident   1,129 #4 Posted August 31, 2018 Why? How many of the items you think are "British" are actually owned by a British company? Also I don't think they give a flying... whether you buy from them or not.  Exactly.  Its like the current LYING adverts by Vauxhall. Claiming to be a "great British brand" and a "true brit"  Formerly German (Opel) then owned by GM (American) and now owned by PSA (French, owns Peugeot/Citroën)  I can only make an educated guess that CC are branching out due to the sales nose-dive that's been caused by the "sugar tax" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B Â Â 1,365 #5 Posted August 31, 2018 Why? How many of the items you think are "British" are actually owned by a British company? Also I don't think they give a flying... whether you buy from them or not. Â Doesn't nearly everything you can buy belong to one of about 6 mega Corporations? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bargepole23 Â Â 337 #6 Posted August 31, 2018 Costa isn't a traditional British name. Brexit doesn't seem to have put off Coca Cola from investing in the UK. I still haven't been to a Costa coffee shop yet. Â Costa isn't a traditional British name? Â What a bizarre thing to say. Do you only use businesses with traditional British names, whatever that might be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lockdoctor   10 #7 Posted August 31, 2018 Costa isn't a traditional British name? What a bizarre thing to say. Do you only use businesses with traditional British names, whatever that might be?  Did you not read the original poster's comment which I was replying to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
truman   10 #8 Posted August 31, 2018 Exactly.  Its like the current LYING adverts by Vauxhall. Claiming to be a "great British brand" and a "true brit"  Formerly German (Opel) then owned by GM (American) and now owned by PSA (French, owns Peugeot/Citroën)  I can only make an educated guess that CC are branching out due to the sales nose-dive that's been caused by the "sugar tax"  Up until about 1925 it was a completely British brand... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ez8004 Â Â 10 #9 Posted August 31, 2018 British coffee chain Costa sold to Coca Cola! "Won't be going there anymore" Â *sigh* Â The fact it still employs thousands and they actually pay their taxes unlike Starbucks should be applauded. Â You have your priorities all wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lockdoctor   10 #10 Posted August 31, 2018 Up until about 1925 it was a completely British brand... And up until 1995 Costa coffee was owned by a completely Italian family.  ---------- Post added 31-08-2018 at 15:22 ----------  *sigh* The fact it still employs thousands and they actually pay their taxes unlike Starbucks should be applauded.  You have your priorities all wrong. Good point and also the jobs will stay in the UK unlike what happened to Terry's chocolate when production was moved abroad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99 Â Â 771 #11 Posted August 31, 2018 Costa isn't a traditional British name. Brexit doesn't seem to have put off Coca Cola from investing in the UK. I still haven't been to a Costa coffee shop yet. Â Think the name 'Costa' is meant to evoke a Mediterranean image when in fact it was owned by Whiteread's, the old UK brewers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Flexo   10 #12 Posted August 31, 2018 "Hello Mega-Corporation lovers." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...