Costa Coffee reopens a further 46 stores for drive-thru and takeaway - full list
COSTA COFFEE has been slowly reopening its stores as the UK lockdown continues. The coffee chain has opened a further 46 stores after a successful trial period - and customers are now allowed to pick up their order in person.
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Takeaways have become the only way locked down Britons can enjoy food from their favourite restaurants, but many chains were forced to close amid safety fears for staff and customers due to the coronavirus. However, with the government encouraging those operating drive-thru services to get back to business, Costa Coffee is slowly reopening its doors. The company has announced that even more stores have opened this weekend, allowing customers to go in person as well as order for delivery.
Costa was forced to close its cafes temporarily on Monday March 23, keeping only its branches inside hospitals open to provide free coffee to key workers.
However, in recent weeks the coffee chain has taken baby steps to getting back up and running.
At the end of April it opened just two of its drive-thru locations and two stores for takeaway only, as a trial.
Following positive feedback, Costa increased the number of drive-thru lanes and stores open for delivery on May 2.
In this first phase of reopening, no customers were permitted to go into the stores, but the chain was operating a delivery-only service with partner Uber Eats.
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However, this has all changed following a successful trial as Costa announced from Friday a further 46 stores were opening.
The chain reopened 31 drive-thrus and another 15 locations for takeaway - and customers are now allowed in store.
“We have received some great feedback from our store team members and customers have responded well to our new ways of working. This has given us the confidence to re-open some more stores tomorrow (15 May),” wrote CEO Jill McDonald on the company website.
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The CEO warned that customers will find the stores look and feel different, with hand sanitising stations, floor signage to enforce social distancing, and contactless only payments.
The menu is also limited and perspex screens have been fitted at the counter, where only one customer is permitted at a time.
Here’s a full list of the stores that have reopened:
Central England & North Wales
Takeaway only
Caversham, RG4 8BA
Chester Broughton Park, CH4 0DE
Crowthorne, RG45 7AX
Tamworth, B78 3JD
Drive-Thru only
Bodelwyddan, LL18 5WS
Burton Upon Trent, DE13 0BB
Leamington Spa, CV31 3NT
Mansfield Sutton Road, NG18 5HR
Nottingham, NG7 1GX
Shirley, B90 4BN
Stafford Beacon Way, ST18 0DG
Wednesbury, WS10 9QY
Wrexham Plas Coch Reail Park, LL11 2BA
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Birmingham, Navigation Street, B2 4BS
Leicester, St George's Retail Park, LE1 1SG
East England
Drive-Thru only
Cambridge Caxton, CB23 3AS
St Ives, PE27 4WJ
Chemlsford, CM3 3FY
Colchester, CO3 8RH
Harwich, CO12 4FE
Norwich, NR7 0WG
Stowmarket, IP14 5XF
Toddington Moto Services, North & Southbound, LU5 6HR
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Romford Pavillion, RM1 1AU
Peterborough Brotherhood, PE4 6ZR
Collection only (Mobile orders via the Costa Coffee App)
Chadwell Heath Retail Park, RM6 4HX
Ipswich, IP3 9SN
Home Counties
Drive-Thru only
Basingstoke, RG22 6PG
Didcot, OX14 4FP
Faringdon, SN7 7GQ
Sittingbourne, Me10 3HH
Swindon, SN5 8UY
Watford Arches Retail Park, WD17 2SD
Takeaway and Collection only (Mobile orders via the Costa Coffee App)
Milton Keynes Kingst, MK10 0BA
London & South England
Takeaway only
Kings Hill, ME19 4AU
Woolwich DLR, SE18 6EU
Drive-Thru only
Alperton, UB6 8AA
Beckton, E6 6LH
Croydon, CR0 4RQ
Farnborough, GU14 6FG
Thanet, CT10 2RQ
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Whitechapel, E1 7PU
Tooley Street, SE1 2RS
Peckham Rye Lane, SE15 5EW
Richmond, TW9 1DN
Takeaway and Collection only (Mobile orders via the Costa Coffee App)
Charlton, SE7 7AJ
Leyton Mills Retail Park, E10 5NH
North England
Takeaway only
Bishop Auckland Retail Park, DL14 9SX
Clifton Moor Retail Park, YO30 4XZ
Cramlington Retail Park, NE23 6UY
Takeaway and Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Leeds Crown Point Retail Park, LS10 1EW
Drive-Thru only
Ashton Under Lyne, OL7 0PG
Bolton, BL2 1DG
Darlington, DL1 4PU
Doncaster Lakeside, DN4 5PH
Castleford Thunderhead, WF10 4UA
Manchester White City Retail Park, M16 0RP
North Tyneside, NE27 0FG
Sheffield Meadowhall, S9 1EW
Sunderland Pallion, SR4 6TY
Wakefield Snow Hill Retail Park, WF1 2UZ
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Manchester Oxford Road, M13 9BL
Newcastle Gallowgate Wellbar, NE1 4TD
Scotland
Drive-Thru only
Edinburgh, Sharpdale, EH16 5GS
Elgin Riverside Park, IV30 6LS
Port Glasgow, PA14 5BP
Glasgow Braehead, G52 4UB
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Edinburgh South Bridge, EH1 1HN
South West England & South Wales
Takeaway only
Mallard Retail Park, BH8 9PE
Waterlooville Retail Park, PO7 7FG
Drive-Thru only
Bristol, BS34 5GN
Gloucester, GL1 1AH
Plymouth Road, PL6 8ET
Poole Tower Retail Park, BH12 4QY
Swansea, SA6 8PS
Taunton, TA1 2LR
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
Avonmeads Retail Park, BS2 0SP
Plymouth New George, PL1 1RJ