Costa Coffee to expand by 6-7 coffeehouses this year

Costa Coffee will open six to seven coffeehouses in this financial year (ending February 2016) and in the following five years, it plans to expand by a few coffeehouses per year.  The company doesn't rule out acquisitions and launching a franchise scheme, managing director Andrzej Jackiewicz told ISBNews. Jackiewicz highlighted that the chain is present in 18 Polish cities and "you can tell a huge difference between us and our competitors who are present only in Warsaw or a few major cities." "We will keep on opening new outlets in the biggest cities, but we are also looking for locations in smaller towns," Jackiewicz added. Apart from coffeehouses, Costa will develop its chain of the Costa Express vending machines. The company is a leader on the market with 180 devices of this kind.