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The Costa Brothers' Coffee Company warehouse in Newport Street, Lambeth. The firm was founded in Lambeth by brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa in 1971 where it established a roastery . The company grew to 39 shops and was purchased in 1995 by Whitbread for £19 million. By 2018 it had become the world's second largest coffee chain (after Starbucks) and was sold to Coca-Cola for £3.9 billion. The roastery in Old Paradise Street was also closed, ending the company's link with Lambeth. Photograph dated October 1980.  

Details
Collection:	Department of Town Planning
Image type:	Photograph
Artist:
Ref:	08555
Identifier:	LBL/DTP/UD2/1/11/340
Date:	1980

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