Coffee giant with over 1,300 stores across Britain to shut popular branch for good TOMORROW
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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.
![[Edinburgh, Scotland - July 19, 2011: A Starbucks Coffee sign outside a Starbucks Coffee outlet on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/000017235919_Unapprovedjpg-JS964604715.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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.
![[Starbucks is permanently closing its branch at Sixfields Leisure in Northampton]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/msemail_starbucksjpg-JS964606974.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“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".
![[Hands gently holding a freshly brewed cup of coffee with intricate latte art on a marble surface.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/coffee-shop_0794-JS964604740_d91708.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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".
