Costa is investing £36m in a new roastery in Basildon, Essex, to support its international and national growth.
The new roastery will operate in conjunction with Costa’s existing roastery in Lambeth, SE11.
Planning permission for the new site was decided at the end of June by Basildon district council’s planning committee.
The site is on Christopher Martin Road, in a former Visteon automotive plant.
The purpose-designed roastery is being developed for Costa by Prologis, and is scheduled to open in early 2017.
Costa is projected to grow significantly over the next five years, increasing demand for its coffee. For its full-year results, Costa announced a 17.9% lift in sales and a new growth target – boosting its system sales from £1.4bn in 2014-15 to £2.5bn in 2020.
Christopher Rogers, managing director, Costa, said: “Our existing Lambeth site does not have the long-term roasting capacity to cater for our increasing UK and international demand. The solution is to build a second roastery in the London area, which will continue to produce the high-quality coffee our customers love.”
