Whitbread's sale of Costa to Coca-Cola gets Chinese approval

(Reuters) - Britain's Whitbread Plc <WTB.L> said on Thursday that Chinese authorities have approved the sale of its Costa coffee chain to Coca-Cola <KO.N>.

The company said that it still needs approval from European Union regulators for the deal to close.

(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)