Coca-Cola explores the potential sale of Costa Coffee

Coca-Cola works with Bank Investment Lazard to explore British coffee chain options, Costa Coffee, including a possible sale, as mentioned by by Heaven News.

The soft drink giant started discussions with potential offers providers, including private stock companies.

Costa Coffee, which operates in 50 countries around the world, is expected to be presented by the first autumn 2025, but the sale is not yet certain.

In 2018, Coca-Cola acquired Costa Coffee with more than $ 5 billion, as part of its strategy to strengthen its position in the competitive global coffee market, with the aim of challenging competitors such as Starbucks and Nestlé.

It has been reported that the acquisition aims to help it reduce its dependence on sugary soft drinks.

The possible sale of Costa would correspond to wider trends in the packed food sector, as companies are following strategic deals to achieve size and better dealing with increased inflation pressure and advanced consumer preferences for health options, as mentioned by by Reuters.

During a profit call in July 2025, Coca-Cola CEO, James Quene, hinted that the company’s investment in Costa did not achieve expected returns.

“Our investment in Costa is not the place where we wanted to be from the point of view of the investment hypothesis,” he said.

Watching with changing consumer tastes, Coca-Cola also responds to the increasing directions of health. In July, the company agreed to use the real sugar cane in its American products, after increasing requirements for health alternatives in the food and beverage industry.

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