Those big shots in Atlanta plan to buy British coffee-shop chain Costa for $5.1 billion, taking it over from Whitbread , a U.K. FTSE 100 component that has been jolted higher by the news.

Coffee shops across Canada followed through, sparking a trend. “We aren’t necessarily aiming to be political,” Elizabeth Watson, owner of BC’s Palisades Cafe, told WaPo.

High business rates could lead to a coffee shop closure, its owner said. Joe Ingleton, who has runs Fueled Coffee in Uttoxeter for four years, said his business rates had more than doubled. "We charge ...

That's the fear among some coffee shop owners, ... Paul Rooke, executive director of the British Coffee Association, says weather-related issues have had an impact on prices, ...

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The British Coffee Association says that 80% of us visit coffee shops weekly and that 98 million cups of coffee are drunk every day in ... A manager of a coffee shop also pointed to the overheads.

That's the fear among some coffee shop owners, who say it won't help their business. An organisation that analyses the sector says it could be a reality within two to three years.