Coca-Cola ‘jettisons Costa Coffee sale plan’

The Coca-Cola Co. has reportedly ended plans to try to sell UK chain Costa Coffee. The US giant is said to have held talks in recent months to offload Costa Coffee and is now reported to have abandoned the idea. According to The Financial Times, offers tabled by private-equity suitors have failed to meet Coca-Cola’s expectations. Talks ended last month, unnamed sources told the publication. Just Drinks has approached Coca-Cola for comment. Coca-Cola has yet to comment directly on the reports it has bee ...