Coffee culture boosts Costa profits
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Britain's burgeoning coffee shop culture has helped Costa grow annual profits by more than a fifth as sales and store numbers surged.
The chain sold 400 million drinks in the year to February 27 as revenues rose by 21.9% to £807.7 million, during a period when 177 new outlets were opened to take the total number in the UK to 1,755.
