OREANDA-NEWS  On 13 October was announced, that Brava, the joint venture of Whitbread PLC (LSE FTSE 100, FTSE4 Good) and OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (RTS, MICEX: ROST), the leading casual-dining restaurants operator of Russia and the CIS, opened the third coffee-shop in Pulkovo airport (Saint Petersburg) by re-branding the last coffee shop that operated in Pulkovo under Moka Loka, a proprietary brand of Rosinter.

The three Costa Coffee coffee-shops in Pulkovo have a total area of 325 sq. m, offer 151 seating places, and have an expected monthly capacity of 45,000 guests per month.

As of today, the Costa Coffee chain in Russia already operates 9 coffee stores (6 in Moscow and 3 in Saint Petersburg).

Vladislav Rogov, Managing director of Costa Coffee in Russia: "We are on track with our development plan, focusing our efforts on launching the Costa Coffee stores in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. The new stores in the airport of Pulkovo allow us to acquaint both, the citizens of Saint Petersburg and the guests of the city, with the Costa Coffee brand, which has earned undisputed reputation due to its highest service standards and delicious taste of coffee and coffee-based beverages, as well as wide offering of sandwiches, original desserts and bakery".