UK's Costa Coffee opens 6th outlet in Malaysia

By Sharen Kaur

BANDAR SUNWAY : Gapurna Permai Sdn Bhd (GPSB), the appointed Master Franchisee of Costa Coffee Stores for Malaysia opened its sixth outlet here today, bringing the complete Costa Coffee experience and London's favourite coffee to Malaysians.
  The outlet opened in Sunway Pyramid Mall in Bandar Sunway.
  This brings to six outlets opened so far by GPSB, with total investments of RM6 million.

  The first five outlets opened in Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC), NU Sentral Mall, Sunway Pyramid, Menara Allianz, Q Sentral dan MCMC Cyberjaya, over the last three months.
  Costa Coffee sells hot drinks - coffees, teas and hot chocolates; cold drinks; savoury snacks - sandwiches; cakes and pastries; and reusable cups - including limited edition pride cups.
  GPSB director Nor Izzati Tan Sri Mohamad Salim said, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the company will open between 10 and 20 more outlets this year in Klang Valley.

 
"Our focus is to open in Klang Valley first to build the brand, before we spread out to other states. We will go all over Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak," she said in an interview.
  GPSB entered into a heads of terms agreement with United Kingdom (UK)’s coffee brand, Costa Coffee PLC in March 2018 for the appointment of the company as the master franchisee of the coffee chain in Malaysia.
  Under the agreement, GPSB intends to open 65 Costa Coffee outlets in Malaysia over five years.
  Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by the Costa family as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops.
  Brothers Bruno and Sergio Costa founded a coffee roastery in Lambeth, London, supplying local caterers.

  In 1985, Sergio bought out Bruno's share of the company.
  By 1995, the chain had 41 stores in UK, and was acquired by Whitbread, the UK's largest hotel and coffee shop operator, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2009, Costa opened its 1,000th store, in Cardiff.
  On 25 April 2018, Whitbread announced its intention to fully demerge Costa within two years. Subsequently, The Coca-Cola Company announced a deal to acquire the chain.
  On 3 January 2019, Coca-Cola completed the acquisition of Costa Coffee for $4.9 billion from Whitbread.


WATCH THE OPENING OF COSTA COFFEE @ SUNWAY PYRAMID MALL.