Costa Coffee customers have reacted furiously to a second steep price rise in just six months, threatening a boycott of the chain in protest.
Fans of the coffee giant used social media to complain that, among other rises, a flat white had increased overnight from £2.95 to £3.30, reports The Mirror. Others said their medium skinny lattes had gone up from £3.10 to £3.35 and small cappuccinos from £3.15 to £3.50. Complaining to Costa on Twitter, one customer said: “Another sneaky price rise of 30p on my large latte. Would be good if you had notified us on social media.”
Another tweeted: “Yesterday I was charged £2.40 for my normal drink, large skinny cappuccino. Today I was charged £2.70, an increase of 30p overnight!! Any reasons for this ridiculous price increase??!” A third said: “Had coffee nearly every day for past two & a half years just jumped up from £2.80 to £2.95. I’m going to use my Waitrose Loyalty card for a FREE coffee.” A fourth commented: "Well I’ll be cutting back on Costa. £3.15 for a flat white now with no pre-warning of increase. Nah. Sorry £2.90 was pushing it."
