Food Chain - Issue 213 - August 2026 | Page 108

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continue serving local communities through takeaway operations. Then, in 2021, we bought 17 Costa Coffee equity stores across the Lancashire cluster, which also gave us our first four drive-thrus.
“ Like many businesses, we navigated numerous challenges during that period, but we remained focused on serving our customers and supporting our teams. By staying true to our long-term strategy, we were able to continue investing in the business and seize opportunities to expand our estate when they arose. We were able to expand further through the acquisition of 21 additional stores from another Costa Coffee franchisee, taking our total estate to 80 stores.”
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Today, Simon and Tracy remain very much involved in Sim Trava’ s day-to-day operations
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