This is the second year in a row Starbucks has committed to opening 100 new stores in the UK having done so in March 2023 and it now has 1,168 stores across the UK
Starbucks has announced plans to open a further 100 new stores in the UK over the next year.
The coffee chain said it would be spending £30million on the project and the new branches would be a mixture of company-operated and franchised stores. Following a significant investment in its drive-thru network last year, Starbucks currently has 1,168 UK stores of these, 354 were company-operated and 814 were run by licensees. Starbucks currently operates 340 UK drive-thru sites.
This is the second year in a row the coffee chain has committed to opening 100 new stores in the UK having done so in March 2023. Starbucks confirmed that it had achieved this goal in its October 2023 financial updates. Starbucks did note that footfall in the UK continues to be negatively impacted by the cost of living crisis and said its outlet growth over the next year will focus on key drive-thru and high-footfall city centre locations.
In its release, Starbucks said: “Strong, resilient revenue growth continued, even with challenging economic headwinds in the UK. Investment in drive thru stores and digital channels such as mobile order and pay systems, delivery services, and improvements to the loyalty program which saw a 100% increase in 90-day active membership going from 600,000 to 1.2million, has continued to go from strength to strength.”
Overall, the company is planning to open up 300 stores across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as a whole. Duncan Moir, president of Starbucks Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “Innovation remains key to Starbuck’s ability to meet our customers’ changing needs and we’re investing in our digital channels and developing new store formats such as digitally-forward smaller stores and Drive Thrus. Whilst we are cautious about the macro-economic environment, we will continue to invest to grow the region this year.”
Starbucks has confirmed to the first 19 places where it wants to open stores over the coming months. However, has not confirmed the dates at which these stores will be opening. The Mirror will update this article when we know more.
Full list of new Starbucks stores opening
- Lytham
- Greenock
- Clacton on Sea
- Chapel-en-le-frith
- Hyde
- Stockton on Tees
- Altrincham
- Harrogate
- Fleet
- Norwich
- Preston
- Chester
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Greenwich
- South Bank
- Pimlico
- Acton
- Islington
