Whitbread's Costa Coffee brand overtook Starbucks as the UK's largest coffee shop group with more than 600 outlets.

Costa Coffee has added nearly 200 new outlets since last year while Starbucks expanded its estate by 43 new venues to end with 549. 

Motorway service area operator Welcome Break made its debut in the table this year with the new Coffee Primo brand, which has grown to 64 venues.

These facts and figures are reported in British Hospitality: Trends and Statistics 2007, published by the British Hospitality Association.

The full report (which is free to BHA members) can be bought for £195 (for the printed version) or £146.25 (for a PDF file). For enquiries or orders, phone 0207 404 7744 or contact bob.bacon@bha.org.uk.


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THE TOP COFFEE SHOP GROUPS 2006-2007

	Owner	2007 outlets	2006 outlets	Selected brands
1	Whitbread	600+	405	Costa Coffee
2	Starbucks	549	506	Starbucks
3	Caffè Nero	292	261	Caffè Nero
4	Marks & Spencer	213	202	Café Revive
5	SSP	179	135	Caffè Ritazza
6	BB's	140	110	BB's
7	Segafredo Zanetti	91	94	Puccino's
8	Nestlé	75	103	Café Nescafé
9	Tchibo	74	38	Tchibo
10	Welcome Break	64	-	Coffee Primo
11	Druckers	44	33	Druckers
12	Coffee Republic	40	36	Coffee Republic
13	AMT Coffee	34	34	AMT Coffee
14	Morelli's	27	23	Morelli's
15	Esquires	20	14	Esquire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Horizons