City's fourth Costa will open in St Martin's Quarter this month

11:36am Friday 1st February 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Elizabeth Sweetman, @lizsweetmanWN #worcsnews

Costa to open its doors once again in Worcester Costa to open its doors once again in Worcester

COSTA coffee is currently fitting out a new purpose built store in St Martin's Quarter with plans to open during February.

The new store, which will be Worcester's fourth Costa, is in the main thoroughfare between the town centre and the heart of St Martin’s Quarter and will be a welcome stop off point for shoppers and travellers going to and from the city centre.

Colin Greensmith, Regional Development Manager for Costa, said: “Our coffee and service is already popular in Worcester and we are pleased to be part of the £75m St Martin’s Quarter development that has created an exciting new retail and leisure destination steeped in the City’s industrial history.”

Selwyn Rowley of Carillion Richardson said: “It is great news that the UK’s most popular coffee chain will be part of the St Martin’s Quarter offer and is joining other thriving retail brands in this choice of location.

“As the UKs favourite coffee shop with stores in 25 other countries internationally Costa is becoming a global success story and has an offer that will be popular with locals and the many national and international travellers who visit the city each year."

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Zyban says...
12:12pm Fri 1 Feb 13

If you count the Costa's in supermarkets and petrol stations the number far exceeds 4!! Somebody is doing well out of Costa in Worcester and I'm not sure it's the public. We must be one of the few Cities in England not to have a Starbucks! Costa are taking over the world....you have been warned!

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lotusfaery says...
12:25pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Another Costa? Do we really need a 4th? Shame it couldn't have been an independent retailer/coffee house/tea rooms; suport local in my opinion. But, saying that, with this double dip recession I understand that independent retailers can't always survive/flourish. If I do buy 'corporate' then I would favour a Starbucks instead. I do enjoy the coffee bar culture, and do wish we could go back to a time where coffee bars were also open on an evening, like in the 1950s and 1960s, which were frequented by teenagers and young adults. Anyone remember any of the coffee bars? The Rio, The L'Aroma, The Jubilee, The Hop Pole, The Miramar, and what was the one of the corner of New St/Friar St called? My Mom and other members of my family speak so fondly of this day in age, where you could put your favourite Buddy Holly tune on the juke box, sip at coffee while soberly enjoying your friends company.

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lotusfaery says...
12:26pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Another Costa? Do we really need a 4th? Shame it couldn't have been an independent retailer/coffee house/tea rooms, suport local in my opinion. But, saying that, with this double dip recession I understand that independent retailers can't always survive/flourish. If I do buy 'corporate' then I would favour a Starbucks instead. I do enjoy the coffee bar culture, and do wish we could go back to a time where coffee bars were also open on an evening, like in the 1950s and 1960s, which were frequented by teenagers and young adults. Anyone remember any of the coffee bars? The Rio, The L'Aroma, The Jubilee, The Hop Pole, The Miramar, and what was the one of the corner of New St/Friar St called? My Mom and other members of my family speak so fondly of this day in age, where you could put your favourite Buddy Holly tune on the juke box, sip at coffee while soberly enjoying your friends company.

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lotusfaery says...
12:41pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Ah ha! In relation to my previous post (2nd and 3rd one down apologies for the repetition). The other Coffee Bar, on New St, was The Flamingo. Apparently the Miramar cooked their own burgers too, and you could go upstairs and watch Tom and Jerry on the telly. What a lovely sounding time.

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ellnino9 says...
12:43pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Great,another coffee shop in this already falling apart city,

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New Kid on the Block says...
12:53pm Fri 1 Feb 13

"Mrs T" used to make the best coffee in Worcester.
Favourite haunt of many a Grammar School boy in my youth.

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MJI says...
1:03pm Fri 1 Feb 13

I can think of at least 6 Costas - Asda, Tesco, Hospital, there are some in schools, and a few in town, they must be up to double figures now.
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BTW I don't like coffee.
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I like St Peters garden centre cafe.

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140354 says...
1:17pm Fri 1 Feb 13

I don't like big chains or monopolies so variety would have been better than yet another Costa... they must be laughing all the way to the bank... 2 coffees and 2 of the cheapest biscuits about 7 quid! ...What???

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Sue Russell says...
1:27pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Good, it will give Asda's cafe a run for it's money.

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ellnino9 says...
2:27pm Fri 1 Feb 13

SUE,i believe its costa in asda cafe,or costa coffee they serve,,,

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CJH says...
2:49pm Fri 1 Feb 13

lotusfaery wrote:
Another Costa? Do we really need a 4th? Shame it couldn't have been an independent retailer/coffee house/tea rooms, suport local in my opinion. But, saying that, with this double dip recession I understand that independent retailers can't always survive/flourish. If I do buy 'corporate' then I would favour a Starbucks instead. I do enjoy the coffee bar culture, and do wish we could go back to a time where coffee bars were also open on an evening, like in the 1950s and 1960s, which were frequented by teenagers and young adults. Anyone remember any of the coffee bars? The Rio, The L'Aroma, The Jubilee, The Hop Pole, The Miramar, and what was the one of the corner of New St/Friar St called? My Mom and other members of my family speak so fondly of this day in age, where you could put your favourite Buddy Holly tune on the juke box, sip at coffee while soberly enjoying your friends company.
Ahhh...The Miramar. Did the best burgers in the world. I miss the 1960s.
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On a separate point, getting coffee at Costa/Starbucks etc is not compulsory. I do a very good Nescafe (other coffees are available) in my own kitchen...

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CJH says...
3:00pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Does anyone know where the Restaurant Review page has gone on this website? It seemed to disappear a couple of weeks ago. Or is it just me?

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iamthebinman says...
3:28pm Fri 1 Feb 13

CJH wrote:
Does anyone know where the Restaurant Review page has gone on this website? It seemed to disappear a couple of weeks ago. Or is it just me?
I guess the person who did the reviews got sacked for giving 3/5 for every section of every restaurant! Did take all my staff to The Olive Branch on Saturday from a WN review (3/5!) and it was fantastic. I recommend the lamb.

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Budweis-her says...
5:27pm Fri 1 Feb 13

Costa Coffee is the new Tesco Express - cropping up everywhere. Not to mention the Costa Express machines in a lot of petrol stations.

A lot of pubs and restaurants are selling Costa coffe now and have a sign up saying "proud to serve Costa". If a pub or restaurant can't make a decent coffee without it being branded then there's a problem really!

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Doogie 46 says...
5:35pm Fri 1 Feb 13

The restaurant reviews are still in the newspaper (today it`s Frankie & Benny`s in Kidderminster - mostly 3/5 again). But yes, they`ve gone missing from the on-line edition for some reason.
Since there was massive on-line criticism about a review of The Bell in Eckington (I think) a different person does a review each week.
Personally, I like Costas best, closely followed by M&S - Starbucks is great in the USA but horrible over here.

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chapski75 says...
10:23pm Fri 1 Feb 13

I'd have thought Costa were doing well enough financially to do their own advertising about a new coffee shop opening!!

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catcostume says...
11:17am Sat 2 Feb 13

Interesting how some of the first comments are suggesting a Starbucks would be better than another Costa, whilst also complaining the public is not doing well out of Costa. Starbucks is not proving popular at all right now due to their mass UK tax evasion, in the mean time popularity for Costa has soared due to being a British coffee company who pays all their required tax in the UK.

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gemma6 says...
1:58pm Sat 2 Feb 13

In my opinion, the best coffees in town are to be had at The Little Ginger Pig, Copenhagen Street and Deli, next door to Music 47.
I find Costa coffee bland and boring and can't believe they are opening yet another one. Worcester always seems to be dominated by the same chains. It wasn't long ago that the only home store we had for years were 3 Homebases. Come on Worcester, variety is the spice of life.

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mayall8808 says...
2:51pm Sat 2 Feb 13

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CJH says...
2:49pm Fri 1 Feb 13

lotusfaery wrote:
Another Costa? Do we really need a 4th? Shame it couldn't have been an independent retailer/coffee house/tea rooms, suport local in my opinion. But, saying that, with this double dip recession I understand that independent retailers can't always survive/flourish. If I do buy 'corporate' then I would favour a Starbucks instead. I do enjoy the coffee bar culture, and do wish we could go back to a time where coffee bars were also open on an evening, like in the 1950s and 1960s, which were frequented by teenagers and young adults. Anyone remember any of the coffee bars? The Rio, The L'Aroma, The Jubilee, The Hop Pole, The Miramar, and what was the one of the corner of New St/Friar St called? My Mom and other members of my family speak so fondly of this day in age, where you could put your favourite Buddy Holly tune on the juke box, sip at coffee while soberly enjoying your friends company.

Ahhh...The Miramar. Did the best burgers in the world. I miss the 1960s
I do remember all those cafes from the 60s?
AHH the Flamingo where i used to sit with, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason and many others, burnt down as i recall? and didnt someone die aswell?

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The Finn says...
5:20pm Sat 2 Feb 13

Costa is boring, id rather go to Boleros where the service and coffee is so much better than Costa and Starbucks put together.

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laidback says...
7:45am Sun 3 Feb 13

I find chain-branded coffee in the UK to be generally expensive, insipid and often bitter in taste. The Jamaican Blue Mountain ground coffee stocked by Waitrose is excellent and is retailed at half the price charged at the specialist coffee shop within the Crowngate arcade.

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MJI says...
10:27am Mon 4 Feb 13

Budweis-her wrote:
Costa Coffee is the new Tesco Express - cropping up everywhere. Not to mention the Costa Express machines in a lot of petrol stations.

A lot of pubs and restaurants are selling Costa coffe now and have a sign up saying "proud to serve Costa". If a pub or restaurant can't make a decent coffee without it being branded then there's a problem really!
Personally I don't care what coffee a pub serves, it is unimportant, what their proper drinks is important

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getalifewillyou says...
10:36am Mon 4 Feb 13

oh well if we keep selling coffee like we do we will all be selling our beds as there will be no need to sleep

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More Tea Vicar says...
6:39pm Thu 7 Feb 13

chapski75 wrote:
I'd have thought Costa were doing well enough financially to do their own advertising about a new coffee shop opening!!
Very good point.

I've nothing against Costa's, but as others are saying, it's just too much.
Surely the Council has powers to stop organisations getting too dominant in the area.

We have a good few independents, but still way too many Costa's. And how about other chains? Starbucks and Pret, for example.

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More Tea Vicar says...
6:40pm Thu 7 Feb 13

Hang on....I seem to recall when the 'Quarter' was announced, there was going to be space for 'international cuisine' etc.

I thought at the time that would probably mean another Pizza Express/Hut and a chain caff.

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laidback says...
6:24am Fri 8 Feb 13

Or perhaps supper at Romano's following a first night opera performance?

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