23.5 Degrees opens 60th Starbucks store just six months after its 50th
Starbucks’ first UK franchised business partner, 23.5 Degrees, will open its 60th store on 14 December in Sheffield. That’s the tenth new store in just six months.
Starbucks and Alibaba Group form strategic partnership to transform customer experience in coffee industry in China
Starbucks and Alibaba today announced a deep, strategic new retail partnership that will enable a seamless Starbucks experience and transform the coffee industry in China. Collaborating across key businesses within the Alibaba ecosystem, including Ele.me, Hema, Tmall, Taobao and Alipay,
23.5 Degrees opens 50th Starbucks store with plans for further expansion
Starbucks first UK franchised business partner, 23.5 Degrees, will open its 50th store on 20 June in Hull. The business opened its first Starbucks store in Liphook, Hampshire just five years ago in February 2013.
Starbucks reopens with new store design at intu Lakeside
Starbucks at intu Lakeside has reopened its doors after a refurbishment, with the new store’s design taking inspiration from intu’s multi-million pound leisure development.
Microsoft and Starbucks announce new partnership
At Microsoft’s Build conference in Seattle, Starbucks took the stage to share how they’re innovating with Microsoft to help them create exceptional experiences – in the cloud and in the store – and enable partners (employees) to spend more time
Queensberry Real Estate confirms five new brands at The Kingsway Centre, Newport
Queensberry Real Estate has confirmed that five brands have agreed to take space at The Kingsway Centre in Newport. The announcement will see brands Bonmarché, Starbucks, Shoe Zone, Newport Barbers and Bodycare, join an existing line up of high street
Starbucks opens an ‘Espresso Shot’ of a new store experience in Canary Wharf
Today, the first Starbucks express store in Europe opens in London’s major business hub, Canary Wharf. Featuring an open layout, the new store offers a walk-through experience and a streamlined menu served at speed via an early order point,
Starbucks showcases Teavana at London Coffee Festival
From today until 10 April, Starbucks will be offering visitors nine Teavana beverages at the London Coffee Festival – a first in Europe. Teavana brings the highest-quality pure teas and botanicals in the world, chosen with great care and blended
Starbucks launches new packaging design for its chilled cup range
Starbucks has launched a new packaging design for its chilled cup range found in grocery and convenience outlets, using a new portfolio of artistic and unique designs to appeal to consumers and to more closely align with the Starbucks master
Starbucks removes queues at tills and offers customer ordering from handheld devices in new flagship London store
Starbucks’ flagship store in Covent Garden is now open. Acting on behalf of the Landlord Welput, boutique commercial letting agency Bruce Gillingham Pollard leased the ground floor unit of Orion House to the American coffee baristas for its new concept, where
Starbucks launches home deposit loan scheme and extends National Living Wage to all staff
Starbucks today announced two new initiatives as part of its on-going commitment to help its employees, particularly those aged under-25 to tackle the cost of living. The Home Sweet Loan scheme, developed by Shelter as the Tenancy Deposit Loan Scheme, means that Starbucks
KFC UK and Ireland to license APT software to test business initiatives across restaurant chain
Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) has announced that KFC UK and Ireland has signed an agreement to license APT’s Test & Learn for Sites software to test business initiatives across its restaurants. KFC UKI also uses APT’s Test & Learn for
Starbucks’ newly branded packaged coffee range achieves record results
Starbucks reports its newly branded packaged coffee range has achieved record results with a value growth of 31% vs prior year. This success outperforms the Ground Coffee (excl. Single Serve) market which is currently declining -1%. The launch represents a
Starbucks and POD extend partnership to offer freshly made food in-store
Starbucks and POD are extending their partnership to bring POD’s seasonal, nutritious food to more Starbucks stores following the success of an initial trial. Now, for the first time customers will be able to enjoy fresh food made in-store at
Starbucks celebrates five years of 100% Fairtrade-certified Espresso Roast
Starbucks and Fairtrade are celebrating the fifth anniversary of 100% Fairtrade-certified Starbucks Espresso Roast at the London Coffee Festival. Starbucks serves Espresso Roast as standard in core beverages as well as seasonal favourites such as Pumpkin Spiced Latte in Europe, the
Starbucks reaches 100th UK franchised store
Starbucks has opened its 100th franchise store in the UK with a new store opening on London’s Mile End Road. Starbucks launched its franchise programme two years ago. The first store in Liphook, Hampshire opened in February 2013 and Starbucks now partners
Starbucks promises “Willy Wonka coffee experience” with launch of Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room
Starbucks has announced the opening of its first Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle, nine blocks away from its original store in Pike Place Market. This interactive Roastery and Tasting Room is claimed to be
Starbucks launches competition to win a lifetime of free coffee
Throughout December Starbucks is inviting customers to use their Starbucks card or mobile app to pay in store for the chance to win a lifetime of free Starbucks coffee. The ‘It’s a Wonderful Card’ giveaway is claimed to be the ultimate
Healthy fast food-to-go retailer, Pod, to expand outside of City of London heartland
Following the recent announcement of a trial partnership with Starbucks – pod, the 23-strong healthy fast food-to-go chain, has revealed further expansion plans into 2015 to extend its footprint outside of its City of London heartland. Plans will see further investment deliver a
Starbucks launches trial of Pod food range in three central London stores
Starbucks is teaming up with Pod, known for its seasonal and nutritious fresh food served from 23 stores across London, to offer selected food from its breakfast and lunch ranges at three Starbucks stores in central London for a trial
Cafés, retailers and brands join two-week, educational Fairtrade coffee campaign
Coffee brands, retailers, out-of-home outlets and contract caterers are signing up to take part in the Fairtrade Foundation’s two-week consumer coffee campaign this autumn called Finding Hannah – and there’s still time to get involved. Confirmed campaign partners so far include Cafedirect, Starbucks, Greggs
Adoption of mobile will secure the future of UK retail, says Forrester’s Martin Gill
Mobile will evolve as the main platform for retailers over the next three years, according to Martin Gill, principal analyst in e-commerce and channel strategy at Forrester Research. Forrester reports 39% of UK mobile users now use their smart phone for
Starbucks opens first franchise store in UK and plans nationwide roll out in 2013
Starbucks is opening its first franchise store in the UK, in Liphook, Hampshire. The store is part of an eight-store deal with local entrepreneurs, 23.5 Degrees, expected to create over 100 new jobs in the Dorset and Hampshire area. 23.5
Starbucks takes on in-home coffee market with pod-style, one cup machine
Verismo 580 from Starbucks: tapping in-home coffee market Starbucks is taking on the in-home coffee market with the launch of a pod-style, single cup coffee machine in the UK plus a shopping site to allow customers to order the system
Costa beats Starbucks on Facebook engagement, social media data reveals
Social media analytics company, Socialbakers, has revealed despite Starbucks having eight times the number of central London outlets, the chain secures less Facebook check-ins on average than rival coffee group Costa. However, when it came to capitalising on Olympics footfall
