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		<managingEditor>benjaminf@franchiseupdatemedia.com (Franchising.com News Wire)</managingEditor>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2004-2009 Franchise Update Media Group. All rights reserved.</copyright>
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  <title>'Roasted Replica' Of Cricket's Most Famous Trophy Rises From The Ashes In Birmingham</title>
    <description><![CDATA[England have 'bean' the best team on the pitch so far in this summer's quest for the Ashes, and today (28 July) in Birmingham former England great Phil Tufnell experienced what a series win might taste like.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Top Of The Froths - 7 Out Of 10 Coffee Lovers Prefer Costa</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief, all coffee is not the same, according to the leading independent research company specialising in taste comparison tests.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/10974/</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Costa Wins Award For Best Quality Cake 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Costa Coffee, the UK's largest and fastest growing coffee shop chain has won the 'cake' category award for its Raspberry &amp;amp; Almond Bake. The prestigious Quality Food Awards took place on Thursday 27 November, the same day that Costa topped an ethical..]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>'Costa Tops Ethical Poll' As Featured In Today's Times </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Costa, the UK's largest and fastest growing coffee shop chain, has topped a survey which asked over 1000 'concerned consumers' which brand they thought did the most to tackle social and environmental issues. Costa was featured number one above...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Latte Is The New Lager! </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Coffee shops have officially overtaken pubs as the UK's favourite social hang outs, according to new research commissioned by Costa Coffee.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Costa Stirs Up Coffee Market By Sourcing Beans From Rainforest Alliance Certified Farms</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Costa cup chalk drawing in Covent Garden 02 October 2008From 2 October 2008, every cup of coffee sold by Costa, the UK's largest and fastest growing coffee shop chain, will be made up of beans sourced from Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM farms across...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Costa Opens First Beijing Store Days Ahead Of Olympics</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Costa Coffee, the UK's largest and fastest-growing coffee shop brand, announces today the opening of its first store in Beijing, days ahead of start of the 2008 Olympic games. ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Costa Coffee Donates 150,000 To Coffee Growing Communities To Improve Education</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Profits raised from Costa Coffee's inaugural National Foundation Day, held over the weekend in its 700 UK stores, are being donated to the Costa Foundation today.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/7435/</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Costa Coffee Hosts National 'Foundation Day' To Encourage Ethical Coffee Consumption</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Recent YouGov research commissioned by Costa Coffee, the UK's largest and fastest growing coffee chain, has revealed that 80 per cent of people in the UK now want the option of purchasing ethical coffee from their regular high street outlets.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/7269/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Costa To Become First Uk Coffee Shop Chain To Source Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Costa Coffee, the UK's largest and fastest growing coffee shop, plans to convert its entire coffee supply to sustainably grown beans sourced from Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM farms by 2010.
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    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/6066/</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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