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Huge coffee chain with over 1,300 shops in the UK to close high street shop TOMORROW

A HUGE coffee chain with over 1,300 shops in the UK is closing one of its high street shops tomorrow.

Starbucks is shutting its doors at one of its stores in Dumfries, Scotland.

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The coffee giant already has 1,066 UK branches[/caption]

The coffee shop, which is located on Dumfries High Street, will pull down its shutters on Sunday, January 12.

A Starbucks spokesperson said the company was looking into positions nearby for a new shop.

They added: “We regularly review our portfolio to ensure our stores are relevant for our customers.

“We thank our customers for their loyalty over the years and invite them to find their nearest store on Annan Road, Dumfries, and to see others on the Starbucks Store Locator.”

Coffee enthusiasts took to social media to express their disappointment with one user saying “another good shop gone.”

Another punter said: “Shame for those losing their jobs.”

A third added: “Hope the workers get new jobs always sad for the rapidly declining town.”

This comes as Starbucks announced the closure of one of its Reading cafes in April last year.

Locals were also surprised to hear their Dalton Park store, in Murton, Country Durham, closing down in 2024.

One said: “Wish all the lovely staff good luck. They were always very friendly and made the best coffee around.

“Much better than Costa. Will miss it, was a lovely treat at Dalton Park. No other decent coffee places there now.”

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Elsewhere, Starbucks pulled down the shutters on its coffee house in Witney, Oxford.

The coffee shop was located in Market Square, Woolgate Shopping Centre.

Posting on Facebook one client said: “It’s sad to see such an amazing place in Witney closing down!

“Much better than the one in Sainsbury’s.”

Why are retailers closing shops?

EMPTY shops have become an eyesore on many British high streets and are often symbolic of a town centre’s decline.

The Sun’s business editor Ashley Armstrong explains why so many retailers are shutting their doors.

In many cases, retailers are shutting stores because they are no longer the money-makers they once were because of the rise of online shopping.

Falling store sales and rising staff costs have made it even more expensive for shops to stay open. In some cases, retailers are shutting a store and reopening a new shop at the other end of a high street to reflect how a town has changed.

The problem is that when a big shop closes, footfall falls across the local high street, which puts more shops at risk of closing.

Retail parks are increasingly popular with shoppers, who want to be able to get easy, free parking at a time when local councils have hiked parking charges in towns.

Many retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer have been shutting stores on the high street and taking bigger stores in better-performing retail parks instead.

Boss Stuart Machin recently said that when it relocated a tired store in Chesterfield to a new big store in a retail park half a mile away, its sales in the area rose by 103 per cent.

In some cases, stores have been shut when a retailer goes bust, as in the case of Wilko, Debenhams Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Paperchase to name a few.

What’s increasingly common is when a chain goes bust a rival retailer or private equity firm snaps up the intellectual property rights so they can own the brand and sell it online.

They may go on to open a handful of stores if there is customer demand, but there are rarely ever as many stores or in the same places.

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

Over £30million will be spent on opening 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.

You can find your nearest Starbucks branch by visiting starbucks.co.uk/store-locator.

What is happening in the hospitality industry?

Food and drink chains in general have been suffering as the cost of living has led to fewer people spending on eating out.

Businesses had been struggling to bounce back after the pandemic, only to be hit with soaring energy bills and inflation.

Multiple chains have been affected, resulting in big-name brands like Wetherspoons and Frankie & Benny’s closing branches.

Other coffee chains such as Costa and Caffe Nero have closed branches over the past few months.

Most recently, Revolution Bars Group has revealed to The Sun it will shutter 11 locations on August 11 as part of a major overhaul.

It added a further undisclosed site will close, or has already closed.

The chain currently operates 38 Revolution-branded sites across the UK.

Bars will welcome in guests for the final time in Blackpool, Chester and Norwich next month.

Plus, Premier Inn owner Whitbread is set to axe 1,500 jobs and close over 200 restaurants and pubs in the coming months.

Whitbread plans to slash its chain of branded restaurants across the UK in favour of building more hotel rooms.

Elsewhere, some chains have not survived, Byron Burger fell into administration last year, with owners saying it would result in the loss of over 200 jobs.

Pizza giant, Papa Johns announced plans in recent months to shut down 43 of its stores.

Tasty, the owner of Wildwood, said it will shutter the sites as part of major restructuring plans.

The brand also announced plans to close 20 loss-making restaurants after a “challenging” start to the year.

Britain’s biggest pub company, Stonegate, has raised fears about its survival as it races to plug its debts.

Stonegate owns 4,432 sites across the UK under the Slug & Lettuce, Be at One, Sports Bar & Grill brands and 350 traditional style pubs under its “Proper Pubs” banner.

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Over £30million will be spent on opening new cafes in the next few months[/caption]
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