(FILES) In this file photograph taken on November 15, 2017, a customer enters a branch of a Costa coffee shop in London. - Coca-Cola on August 31, 2018, said it had agreed to buy global coffee chain Costa from its UK owner Whitbread for GBP3.9 billion (USD5.1 billion). "Hot beverages is one of the few remaining segments of the total beverage landscape where Coca-Cola does not have a global brand. Costa gives us access to this market through a strong coffee platform," Coca-Cola chief executive James Quincey said in a joint statement. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)