Acquisition closed
Coca-Cola acquires Costa Coffee
Coca-Cola bought Costa Coffee from Whitbread, its first move into a large hot drinks platform and its entry into physical coffee retail.
Whitbread: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Whitbread (LSE: WTB) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dunstable, United Kingdom that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]
Whitbread is a British hospitality company that owned Costa Coffee until selling it to Coca-Cola in 2019, and now focuses on the Premier Inn hotel chain.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Whitbread PLC
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 Dunstable, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1742
- Tickers
- LSE: WTB
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Divestitures and spin-offs by Whitbread
Brands Whitbread no longer owns
Whitbread controlled this brand in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Whitbread owned it still shows why it no longer does.
| Brand | Owned until | Owner today |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Coffee | Jan 2019 | Coca-Cola |
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Whitbread own?
Whitbread is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.
Is Whitbread a British company?
Yes. Whitbread is headquartered in Dunstable, United Kingdom and was founded in 1742.
Who owns Whitbread?
Whitbread is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as WTB on the LSE.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Coca-Cola Company Annual Report on Form 10-K — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 8 September 2026.
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