Which Costa Coffee branches are now open?
COSTA Coffee has reopened some of its branches to the public for takeaway, delivery and drive-thru.
Like many cafes, the coffee chain had to shut its doors because of the coronavirus lockdown - but it now has 79 branches available after an initial trial proved successful.
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Which branches are now open?
Costa initially only opened four stores on April 24, including two in Manchester, one in Bristol and the other in Mansfield.
These were split between drive thru venues and delivery orders only. On May 3, another 29 cafes opened to the public - of its 2,700 stores.
To comply with social distancing rules, these are only be available for either delivery via Uber Eats or as drive-thrus.
Then on May 15, a further 46 stores opened for drive-thru and takeaway, bringing the total to 79.
Which Costa stores have reopened?
THE following Costa Coffee branches are open for delivery, takeaway and drive-thru orders:
Central England & North Wales
Takeaway only
- Caversham
- Chester Broughton Park
- Crowthorne
- Tamworth
Drive-thru only
- Bodelwyddan
- Burton Upon Trent
- Leamington Spa
- Mansfield Sutton Road
- Nottingham
- Shirley
- Stafford Beacon Way
- Wednesbury
- Wrexham Plas Coch Reail Park
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Birmingham, Navigation Street
- Leicester, St George's Retail Park
East England
Drive-thru only
- Cambridge Caxton
- St Ives
- Chemlsford
- Colchester
- Harwich
- Norwich
- Stowmarket
- Toddington Moto Services, North & Southbound
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Romford Pavillion
- Peterborough Brotherhood
Collection only (Mobile orders via the Costa Coffee App)
- Chadwell Heath Retail Park
- Ipswich
Home Counties
Drive-thru only
- Basingstoke
- Didcot
- Faringdon
- Sittingbourne
- Swindon
- Watford Arches Retail Park
Takeaway and collection only (mobile orders via the Costa Coffee app)
- Milton Keynes (Kingston)
London & South England
Takeaway only
- Kings Hill
- Woolwich DLR
Drive-thru only
- Alperton
- Beckton
- Croydon
- Farnborough
- Thanet
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Whitechapel
- Tooley Street
- Peckham Rye Lane
- Richmond
Takeaway and collection only (mobile orders via the Costa Coffee app)
- Charlton
- Leyton Mills Retail Park
North England
Takeaway only
- Bishop Auckland Retail Park
- Clifton Moor Retail Park
- Cramlington Retail Park
Takeaway and delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Leeds Crown Point Retail Park
Drive-thru only
- Ashton Under Lyne
- Bolton
- Darlington
- Doncaster Lakeside
- Castleford Thunderhead
- Manchester White City Retail Park
- North Tyneside
- Sheffield Meadowhall
- Sunderland Pallion
- Wakefield Snow Hill Retail Park
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Manchester Oxford Road
- Newcastle Gallowgate Wellbar
Scotland
Drive-thru only
- Edinburgh, Sharpdale
- Elgin Riverside Park
- Port Glasgow
- Glasgow Braehead
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Edinburgh South Bridge
South West England and South Wales
Takeaway only
- Mallard Retail Park
- Waterlooville Retail Park
Drive-thru only
- Bristol
- Gloucester
- Plymouth Road
- Poole Tower Retail Park
- Swansea
- Taunton
Delivery only (via Uber Eats)
- Avonmeads Retail Park
- Plymouth New George
The core hours for these stores will be 8am to 4pm.
If you're ordering from Uber Eats, there is no minimum delivery spend but you'll need to pay a delivery fee of £3.50 per order.
Costa have confirmed measures that have been put in place to keep customers and staff safe.
The coffee chain said all its workers will be provided with protective equipment, including masks, and will have to follow strict social distancing guidelines.
Staff will also be expected to wash their hands and work surfaces every 30 minutes as a minimum. Stores will only be accepting cashless and contactless payments.
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The chain will also be restricting the number of people allowed in at once, and asking people to use social distancing when queuing.
Once you are inside, there will be a hand sanitiser station for customers to use and only one customer will be allowed to the counter at a time, which have been fitted with perspex screens.
It is also only selling a limited menu on offer and won’t accept your reusable cup at the moment.
Costa announced it was temporarily closing the majority of its 2,700 stores on March 23.
All its standalone and drive-thru branches were shut, but the coffee chain has kept some stores inside hospitals open to serve NHS staff.
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