Fast coffee partnership

We first entered into a licensing agreement with Starbucks in March 2010 to open an initial 20 drive-thru sites, which was later expanded to 50 following the success of the first stores at Deeside, Beehive and Blackford Bridge.

In December 2011 we announced we had agreed a new five-year deal with Starbucks to open a further 100 Starbucks roadside outlets across the North of England and the Midlands, creating up to 2,000 new jobs and bringing the total number of our Starbucks roadside sites to 150.

Kris Engskov, managing director of Starbucks UK & Ireland said: “Customers told us that they want great coffee when they’re on the go and the success of our first drive-thru stores shows that this is a huge opportunity.

“The North West of England is a region of high strategic importance for us as we believe it offers great potential for growth. We’re enormously excited about expanding our partnership with Euro Garages. We’re looking forward to contributing to the job creation story here and across the UK.”