AN ICONIC coffee chain with 1,000 branches has unveiled a plan to open 100 new UK stores – check out the full list of first 19 locations.

Coffee lovers will be delighted to know the popular retailer has revealed it is opening the doors for more branches in the next months.

The iconic coffee chain is popular for its wide variety of drinks

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The iconic coffee chain is popular for its wide variety of drinksCredit: Getty Images – Getty
The coffee giant is opening new stores across the UK

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The coffee giant is opening new stores across the UKCredit: Getty

Starbucks is set to fuel Britain’s love for caffeine with a bold expansion strategy.

It has announced the opening of 100 new stores across the UK – which will include a mixture of company-operated and franchised stores.

The brand it is splashing over £30million in order to open the new cafes in the next few months.

The coffee giant already has 1,066 UK branches – 318 of which are company-owned and 748 are run by licensees.

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You can find your nearest Starbucks branch using the store locator on its website.

Duncan Moir, president Starbucks Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “Innovation remains key to Starbucks 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.”

Overall, the company is planning to open up 300 stores across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as a whole.

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It’s also hoping to renovate 30 company-operated stores over the course of the year.

It comes as Starbucks fans were saddened to hear their Dalton Park store, in Murton, Country Durham, would be closing down in hours.

It comes as the international coffee giant pulled down the shutters on other branches recently.

At the end of last year Starbucks shuttered their coffee house in Botanic Avenue, Belfast, for good.

The chain also closed its branch in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on July 21, according to local news reports.

Meanwhile, Caffe Nero will open its first-ever 24-hour drive-thru at Stanstead Airport in the Spring.

The popular cafe chain which many coffee lovers think is “better than Costa and Starbucks” already has more than 600 locations.

The new store will be situated just 500 yards from the main terminal building on the main road into and out of the airport.

Caffe Nero is the fourth-largest coffee chain in the UK behind other big names such as Costa and Starbucks.

Where are the new Starbucks stores opening?

STARBUCKS is planning to open new stores in dozens of towns across the UK over the course of the next few months.

  • 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

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk

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