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Coca-Cola retains Costa Coffee and focuses on UK and China performance

Coca-Cola will keep full ownership of Costa Coffee after bids fell short of its £2bn target. Costa’s UK and Ireland business is performing well, but China remains challenging. The company will continue to review its China strategy through 2026.

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