OWNERSHIP EXPLAINED
Questions about Costa Coffee
Primary sources checked 2026-10-08. Historical event dates are stated separately below.
Does Coca-Cola own Costa Coffee?
Yes. Coca-Cola’s current Costa brand page identifies Costa as part of its business. The completed-acquisition announcement names Whitbread as the seller.
Coca-Cola — about Costa ↗Was Costa bought in 2018 or 2019?
The deal was announced in August 2018 and completed on 3 January 2019. These are different milestones in the same transaction, rather than competing accounts of who owns Costa.
Coca-Cola acquisition completion filing ↗ DATED EVIDENCE LOG
What was observed, and when
Newest evidence first. These are source dates or stated “as of” dates—not a reconstructed ownership history. Two entries can describe different relationship types, and a later observation does not by itself prove a transfer.
2026-08-22Owned byThe Coca-Cola CompanyCosta Coffee brand profile · Corroborated
Source-stated relationship · Current official brand profile corroborated by the completed-acquisition releaseNOW PUBLIC MONEY
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY in US federal contracting
The company named against this brand also appears in US federal award notices. This is contract value awarded to that company, not revenue from this brand, and not a claim that the brand itself was supplied to government.
OBLIGATED FY2025US$3,897,267Total federal action obligation across all awards.
AWARD NOTICES4,997Separate contract actions in the fiscal year.
LARGEST BUYERDepartment of DefenseThe agency with the most award actions.
ENTITY IDLKTZWE6LNEB6US government unique entity identifier for the recipient.
USAspending.gov — FY2025 federal contract awards · Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105)
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Additional matched evidence
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