Costa opens its first drive thru

27 May 2011

Categories: Costa Coffee

Quality coffee breaks for Nottingham motorists as Costa opens its first UK Drive Thru at Castle Marina

Costa Coffee today (Friday 27th May) opened its first Drive Thru coffee shop in the UK at Nottingham’s Castle Marina Retail Park, promising to deliver great coffee for people ‘on the go’ in and around the city. 

Twenty jobs have been created at the new Drive Thru, which is the first of 6 planned across the UK that are due to open by the end of 2012.  The Drive Thru will offer seating inside and outside for customers, who can relax with a coffee and a delicious snack before continuing on their journey.  There will be seating for approximately 100 people and the store will be open from 5.30am–9.00pm Monday to Saturday and 7.00am-9.00pm on Sundays.

Pritti Patel from Nottingham, a Costa store manager with more than 6 years' experience, will manage the new Nottingham Drive Thru.  She said: “I’m really excited about the Drive Thru opening here in Nottingham. We are extremely proud to be the first Costa Drive Thru in the UK and look forward being able to serve motorists great coffee and food when they are having a break from their journeys.”

Neil Campbell, Regional Operations Director for Costa in the Midlands, said “At Costa we are thrilled to be opening our first Drive Thru store in Nottingham, the ideal place to pilot what we are sure will be a popular way for people to get their favourite coffee.  As well as bringing new employment opportunities to the city, we feel this is a great opportunity to demonstrate the quality and passion that goes into every single cup of Costa, all of which is hand-crafted by expert baristas. The Drive Thru will also offer people the chance to relax and enjoy a great cup of coffee before continuing on their journey.”

 

Notes to editors

For further information contact: Julian Fisher, 01543 258182/07970 715809

ABOUT COSTA:

Costa was founded by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa in 1971.  Just 1% of the world’s production of coffee is good enough for us to choose from. Only the very best coffee available can go into creating the unique taste and aroma of our Mocha Italia blend.

Costa Coffee was the first coffee shop chain to commit to sourcing beans from Rainforest Alliance (RFA) Certified farms. All Costa coffee comes from 100% RFA certified farms*.   Costa was the first coffee chain to control the whole coffee making process from start to finish – we source, store, blend, roast, grind and pour all our own coffee. No one else is involved.

Costa is expanding at pace internationally – at present the company has more than 1,800 stores in 24 countries: Bahrain, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Montenegro, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

The Costa Foundation was set up in 2006 to give something back to the communities within the countries from which Costa sources its coffee beans. The Costa Foundation works with an independent charity partner, Charities Trust, and is operating under the auspices of Charities Trust’s registered charity number 327489.

Costa is part of the Whitbread family of brands.

* Excluding India, who source locally.

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