STARBUCKS is closing one of its 1,300 branches in the UK tomorrow in a bitter blow to customers.
County locals will have to venture miles to reach the next nearest site in Northampton.
Starbucks, along with its host Cineworld at Sixfields Leisure in Upton will pull the shutters down for good on January 19.
Despite two petitions with hundreds of signatures from desperate film fans trying to save the cinema, its closure will still go ahead – while Starbucks follows suit.
A Starbucks spokesperson said: “Following Cineworld‘s announcement that they are closing, our store inside Cineworld Sixfields will also close alongside it on January 19, and we are in the process of working with our partners (employees) to offer them positions at nearby stores.
“We thank our customers for their loyalty over the years and invite them to find their nearest stores in Northampton Market Square and St James RP Drive, as well as to see others on the Starbucks Store Locator.”
The first petition to save Cineworld received over 800 signatures with locals calling its closure “another important staple of our town being taken away”.
The second petition, started on December 11 2024, claimed the cinema and its staff “provide a lot of love for a lot of people”.
Cineworld is one of six nationwide where the landlords decided to reclaim their properties after the “completion of our restructuring plan”.
It has also been revealed that an Odeon will soon replace Cineworld but a potential Starbucks replacement is yet to be announced.
Locals have taken to social media to air their thoughts and fond memories of Starbucks and Cineworld.
One person wrote: “That is my fave Starbucks. It’s cosy and welcoming. I’ll be sorry to see it go.”
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And then a third person wrote: “Good luck to the staff, including the Cineworld staff. You have all done an amazing job.”
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“Loads of great times here though. Shame it’s closing even if it’s being taken over.”
And then a fifth person shared their hunch: “They will be opening a Costa as Odeon do with all there cinemas.
“Surely Odeon and Costa could take on all the staff working there at present?”
