Does Costa Coffee support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Costa Coffee. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

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Background

Costa Coffee has no recorded donations or support for Israel, and no presence in Israel at all: the British coffee chain's own published operating footprint of countries does not include Israel, and research dossiers found no evidence of Costa-branded cafés, Costa Express machines or Costa product distribution there. Costa appears on boycott lists solely because of its parent: The Coca-Cola Company acquired Costa from Whitbread in January 2019 for about $4.9 billion (announced August 2018). Coca-Cola's own Israel record belongs on the parent's page — and even there, 'Coca-Cola Israel' is the Central Bottling Company, an independent Israeli franchisee whose brand portfolio does not include Costa products, and whose Atarot facility is the franchisee's, not Costa's or Coca-Cola's. A circulating claim that some 130 Costa cafés have operated in Israel since 1999 is unsupported and contradicted by Costa's own country list. No Costa Coffee donation, investment, statement or operation concerning Israel was found.

OpenIntel — Costa Coffee dossier Costa Coffee Careers — global locations Wikipedia — Costa Coffee (Coca-Cola acquisition) The Witness — Costa Coffee boycott-guide entry (parent-based) Al Jazeera Net — how the anti-Israel boycott hurt major businesses (Costa Coffee listed as Coca-Cola’s subsidiary) Palestinian Refugees Portal — UK “Don’t Buy Into Apartheid” campaign lists Costa Coffee among Coca-Cola brands, citing the Israeli franchisee’s settlement distribution centre

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-29
  Searched UK, Israeli and international press for Costa Coffee donations, statements or Israel operations: none found. Costa's published country footprint excludes Israel; boycott calls against Costa cite only its ownership by Coca-Cola, whose Israel record is documented on the parent's page.
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-29
• SEC filings — 2026-07-29
  Costa Coffee is not an SEC filer: it is a private UK subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO). Coca-Cola's SEC filings mentioning the 2018–19 Costa acquisition describe the purchase from Whitbread and contain no Israel-related Costa content.
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-29
  No Costa Coffee political committees exist in FEC records; the brand has no US PAC of its own (any Coca-Cola PAC activity belongs to the parent's page).
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-29
• usaspending — 2026-09-25
  Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
• lobbying — 2026-09-25
  Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
• ohchr — 2026-09-25
  Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
• whoprofits — 2026-09-25
  Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
• hebrew-arabic-press — 2026-09-26
  Read all 6 scored Hebrew/Arabic leads (2023-2026). Every one is boycott-list coverage naming Costa only as a Coca-Cola brand; Al Jazeera and Al-Quds both relay one Sunday Times report, not two witnesses. No Costa donation, statement or Israel operation reported.

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Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-26

• OpenIntel — Costa Coffee dossier openintel.uk
• Costa Coffee Careers — global locations costacareers.co.uk
• Wikipedia — Costa Coffee (Coca-Cola acquisition) en.wikipedia.org
• The Witness — Costa Coffee boycott-guide entry (parent-based) boycott.thewitness.news
• Al Jazeera Net — how the anti-Israel boycott hurt major businesses (Costa Coffee listed as Coca-Cola’s subsidiary) aljazeera.net
• Palestinian Refugees Portal — UK “Don’t Buy Into Apartheid” campaign lists Costa Coffee among Coca-Cola brands, citing the Israeli franchisee’s settlement distribution centre refugeesps.net