Coffee chain plans new Isle of Wight shop

By Ross Findon

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

 

Coffee chain plans new Isle of Wight shop

The former Millets shop in St James Square, Newport where Costa Coffee is open its latest Isle of Wight branch.

A NATIONAL coffee chain is to open a new Isle of Wight branch.

Plans have been submitted for Costa Coffee to open in the former Millets store in St James Square, Newport.

Millets closed in January after 25 years.

Costa, which is owned by hotel, pub and restaurant chain Whitbread, already has concessions in Spar shops around the Isle of Wight, as well as outlets at Ryde Pier and Tescos.

The coffee chain has almost 1,400 stores across the UK.

The plans are available to view on the Isle of Wight Council website and people have until September 21 to comment.

Reporter: ross.findon@iwcp.co.uk

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by Warren Copland

9th September 2012, at 12:37:21

Excellent, can't wait.

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by b ward

6th September 2012, at 11:35:18

good nice to see a nice sized coffe shop opening in newport, so many of
ours are way too small and antiquated.

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by Peter Lewis

6th September 2012, at 08:47:02

Surely it's better to have a closed shop open and have something people can choose wether to use or not . If you don't like the coffee (or the price) there are other places (book shop/coffee shops ) to go to. I live in Dudley on the mainland and it is now listed as having the most closed shops in the UK, don't let the same happen bo Newport. Once a town gets to look like a ghost town it is doomed .

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by Michael Jackson

6th September 2012, at 07:45:46

This lot should be called Costa Lotta for what laughingly paases as coffee

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by alan naylor

5th September 2012, at 23:21:49

Please d ont drive them away with silly buratic sanctions

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