COFFEE-LOVERS can get their fix when the Costa Coffee drive thru and store opens in the Waterfront Retail Park, Heol Ceiniog, in Barry, on Wednesday, August 19.

A nine-strong team will open the doors and vehicle serving hatch to passing vehicles at 7am.

Customers can pay by card and cash and the staff are promising some surprises for customers, who strike lucky, throughout the first day.

The store is the second Costa Coffee in Barry – the other being the walk-in premises in Holton Road.

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Costa Coffee store manager, Dave Lewis said: “The team and I are very excited and enthusiastic about opening up the first drive-thru store for our franchise.

“It’s a completely new challenge for us and I think there’s a lot of excitement in the local area, shared with ourselves, around having a Costa drive-thru in Barry.

“I’m looking forward to welcoming all our customers through the door and drive-thru lane, both new and old customers.

“I want to change the perception of some local customers that we aren’t some big corporate company that doesn’t care for the community.

“The majority of our team are local to the area and each Costa store I’ve managed the community has been at the heart of the stores and I want that to be a part of Barry too.

“We as a team will be looking to be a small part of this great community, linking up with local schools, for children to create displays and pictures in store for days such as Armistice Day and Easter.

“As a store team we’ve discussed about supporting local charities with fundraising events all throughout the year and we will be pushing heavily with supporting the environment as best we can, such as local litter picks of the retail park and local area and recycling all single use cups along with many other things that Costa have put in place over the recent years.

“I simply want to create a community within our store for everyone to come visit.”

The store is looking into click and collect via the Costa app and all new information will be posted on its social pages as soon as we get it.

The store will currently open from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday, and 8am to 6pm on Sunday.