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Whitbread Gets EU Clearance For Costa Sale

British restaurant and hotel owner Whitbread Plc has announced that it has received clearance from the European Union for the sale of the Costa c...

Britain's Whitbread Open To Selling Either Costa Or Premier Inn

Britain's Whitbread is open to selling its Costa coffee chain or Premier Inn hotels and abandoning its original plan to spin-off the coffee business, accor...

Elliott Adds Voice To Calls For Whitbread Break-Up

Hedge fund Elliott Advisors has become the second activist investor to call for Whitbread to split its hotel and coffee shop businesses after emerging as t...

UK's Love For Coffee Shows No Sign Of Ending As Cafes Grow

The UK led growth in branded coffee shops in Europe for a third straight year amid an expansion of chains from Starbucks to Costa Coffee. The number of...

Whitbread's CEO Spent too Long Lingering Over Her Coffee: Gadfly

An activist investor has finally woken up and smelt the coffee at Whitbread. Sachem Head Capital Management, run by Bill Ackman protege Scott Ferguson, has...

Average Price Of Cup Of Coffee Rises In Ireland

UK-based market researchers Allegra World Coffee Portal have released information indicating that the average price of cappuccinos and lattes in Ireland ha...

Whitbread CEO May Regret Ruling Out a Break-Up so Soon: Gadfly

Good Together is the name Whitbread gives its corporate social responsibility program - but it also applies to CEO Alison Brittain's strategy for the spraw...

Strong Costa Sales Boost Whitbread Profits

Whitbread, the UK's largest hospitality company, has posted half-year profits of £254.9 million (€347.5m), a 5.4 per cent increase on the same p...