Cotswold coffee lovers say Starbucks WILL NOT be welcome as global giant sets its sights on Stroud

EXCLUSIVE: The city that says no more! Cotswolds coffee lovers say Starbucks WILL NOT be welcome as global giant sets its sights on StroudResidents and visitors to Stroud, famous for its town center independent shops, have rejected coffee giant StarbucksThe group of climate campaign Extinction Rebellion was founded in local independent Woodruffs cafeIndie cafe manager Jamie Shaw said he was "pretty surprised" that Starbucks was coming to townStarbucks "will come out like a sore thumb," says local cafe assistant manager Anna Capell Little Ginger
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Posted: 8:22 PM BST, 25 Aug 2022 | Update: 20:29 BST, 25 Aug 2022
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Starbucks has gotten a big boost from the locals of Stroud, famous for its downtown independent traders and the birthplace of Extinction Rebellion.
Locals are angry that the global coffee chain is entering a new facility funded by the state containing a health center and a library. The building is the city's former Woolworths.
Stroud, which has a population of 120,000, already has an internationally branded cafe, with a Costa and the residents say "one is enough".
The only local to welcome in the new Starbucks was a busker wearing a jester, greeting customers with Fool on the Hill in the August sun. But locals and day-trippers said they would avoid Starbucks and stick to independent cafes to keep their hard-earned money in the local economy.

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Cotswold coffee lovers say Starbucks WILL NOT be welcome as global giant sets its sights on Stroud

EXCLUSIVE: The city that says no more! Cotswolds coffee lovers say Starbucks WILL NOT be welcome as global giant sets its sights on StroudResidents and visitors to Stroud, famous for its town center independent shops, have rejected coffee giant StarbucksThe group of climate campaign Extinction Rebellion was founded in local independent Woodruffs cafeIndie cafe manager Jamie Shaw said he was "pretty surprised" that Starbucks was coming to townStarbucks "will come out like a sore thumb," says local cafe assistant manager Anna Capell Little Ginger

Posted: 8:22 PM BST, 25 Aug 2022 | Update: 20:29 BST, 25 Aug 2022

Starbucks has gotten a big boost from the locals of Stroud, famous for its downtown independent traders and the birthplace of Extinction Rebellion.

Locals are angry that the global coffee chain is entering a new facility funded by the state containing a health center and a library. The building is the city's former Woolworths.

Stroud, which has a population of 120,000, already has an internationally branded cafe, with a Costa and the residents say "one is enough".

The only local to welcome in the new Starbucks was a busker wearing a jester, greeting customers with Fool on the Hill in the August sun. But locals and day-trippers said they would avoid Starbucks and stick to independent cafes to keep their hard-earned money in the local economy.