Major coffee chain with 2,000 branches to serve drinks 24 hours a day for first time EVER

A MAJOR java concatenation with implicit 2,000 branches has announced it is trialling a 24-hour work for customers.

Costa Coffee is extending its trading hours for the archetypal clip ever arsenic portion of a trial.

Costa has announced it volition beryllium serving drinks astir the clock, from today, successful its Leicester Meridian East drive-through store.

This means radical who enactment precocious hours oregon are connected the spell tin bid a pick-me-up astatine immoderate clip of time oregon night.

While Costa already has a fistful of 24-hour stores successful large locations similar airports, the Leicester subdivision is the archetypal drive-through to spot the change.

A Costa Coffee spokesperson said: "Although Costa Coffee has antecedently operated 24-hour stores successful work stations and hospitals, we are thrilled to denote the proceedings of 24-hour operations astatine selected Drive-Thru locations, opening with our Leicester Meridian Drive Thru store.

"This inaugural enables america to amended service our customers, providing convenience whenever and wherever they request us."

The caller operating hours volition agelong from 10pm to 5am, wherever the drive-through would usually unfastened astatine 5am and adjacent astatine 10pm.

The concatenation confirmed that the caller 24-hour strategy could beryllium introduced crossed further locations successful future if each goes well.

The result of the proceedings volition beryllium connected lawsuit feedback.

Matt Harman, Regional Operations Director for North and Central England, said: "Costa Coffee has ever been successful the bosom of the community, and this proceedings is different mode for america to prevention our customers erstwhile they request it most.

"We're arrogant that our Leicester Meridien East Drive-Thru is the archetypal store to proceedings this breathtaking initiative."

Costa Coffee has astir 2,800 branches and implicit 12,000 explicit java machines successful the UK.

There are 316 Costa Drive-Thru stores, an inaugural which began successful 2011.

By present readying to rotation retired its 24-hour service, the concatenation is looking to drawback up with different drive-through brands which person already introduced the initiative.

For example, galore emblematic fast food companies person agelong introduced round-the-clock trading hours, specified arsenic McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and adjacent Greggs.

And Costa isn't the archetypal java concatenation to marque the modulation - Starbucks has aggregate 24-hour drive-throughs crossed the UK, and Cafe Nero opened its archetypal successful Stansted Airport successful August.

The Stansted Cafe Nero is besides serving arsenic a prototype, arsenic the concatenation announced its ain plans for a further rollout earlier this year.

To find retired which 24-hour services are disposable adjacent you, you tin hunt for drive-throughs connected Google Maps.

The representation volition past amusement you the opening times of branches adjacent you.

You tin besides spell to the company's website if you're looking to drawback a wound from an nonstop store.

Costa has a Store Locator instrumentality which tin find the closest subdivision based connected wherever you live, on with its opening and closing hours.

You tin usage this to support an oculus connected whether a 24-hour work is coming to your section drive-through.

What other is caller astatine Costa?

At the opening of this month, Costa launched its 2024 Christmas paper with brand-new items and immoderate returning favourites.

New additions see the Caramel Nutcracker syrup which tin beryllium enjoyed successful a latte oregon cappuccino for £5.15, oregon successful a blistery cocoa for £5.30.

For bare vegetarian customers, you tin present bask a Brie and Cranberry toastie for £5.95.

And if you're visiting a Shell Garage with an Express machine, you tin besides get the marque caller Festive Spice flavour - though terms volition alteration betwixt locations.

Costa is besides bringing the festive tone with marque caller takeaway cups, which person been redesigned for 2024 and diagnostic blue, pink and purple waves.

And if you're looking to prevention immoderate cash, the concatenation has brought retired a constricted variation Gingerbread Latte Flavour sachet truthful you tin sip from home.

A container is conscionable £1.75 with a Club Card successful Tesco - meaning conscionable 29p a cup.

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