The coffee shop chain Costa has been bought by Coca Cola " I will never drink Costa coffee again! Oh boycot them, its a disgrace. I will never set foor in there again! Yes you will. After all it will be like everything else in this country. You know, five minutes of frothing at the mouth, righteous indignation and bluster. Then its back to our normal apathetic, lie down and be used as a doormat status quo ante. Nothing changes, sad but true." — a comment on the bbc article The previous owner of Costa, Whitbread, reported the bbc in 2015 , "no longer recognises trade unions. Whitbread has always paid above the national minimum wage, but otherwise pay in the company is set by supply and demand ." Why do you need trade unions in the land of milk and honey and where workers rights are guranteed by the free market? Over to you, Coca Cola! Google "Coca Cola human rights" and you'll get an idea.