''Coffeeheaven'' (stylized as ''coffeeheaven'') is a Central European

coffee house A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, Caffè americano, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually ...

business based in

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, Poland. It operated specialty branded coffee/sandwich bars in Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, with stores in Latvia trading under the brand name Coffee Nation.

History

The company was formed in 1999 in Poland by Michael Ovadenko, with the first store opened in

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the following year. In December 2001 the company listed on the

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of the London Stock Exchange, the first Polish-based business to do so. This enabled expansion across Central Europe, with the first store opening in

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, Czech Republic in 2004, and Latvia in the same year. The company then acquired the seven existing stores of Coffee Nation, expanding to

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. As of January 2008, the group has 81 stores trading in six countries. Coffeeheaven was one of the first of over 70 leading companies in Poland that are supporters of Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility. In December 2009, Whitbread plc subsidiary

Costa Coffee Costa Limited, trading as Costa Coffee, is a coffeehouse chain with headquarters in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England, that operates in the United Kingdom and 37 other countries. Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by Sergio Costa (co ...

agreed to acquire Coffeeheaven group for £36 million. In 2011 all coffeeheaven cafés in the Czech Republic were rebranded to ''Costa Coffee''.

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History

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