Costa Coffee UK sales fall by 2% in Q1 2018
Total sales, meanwhile, grew by 5.2% in the quarter due to new stores and Express machines.
Citing footfall in traditional shopping location, Costa has reported a 2% decline in like-for-like sales in the first three months of the year.
Parent company Whitbread, however, noted that total UK sales growth was up by 5.2% due to new stores and their Costa Express machines.
"The UK like-for-like sales decline resulted principally from footfall weakness in traditional shopping locations, whereas travel locations continued to show good growth," it said.
Previously announced last April, Whitbread also reiterated its plans to demerge Costa from the company to be done "as fast [and] as practical and appropriate to optimise value for shareholders."
The next update for the demerger will be provided in October 2018.
