I have not been to Starbucks for a long time, Aberdeen has some good independent coffee places.

Union Street has really suffered over the last decade or so. Despise all the pedestrianisation, which really only blocks private cars, since opening up the huge Union Square mall there has been a steady decline on Aberdeen's main street.

Starbucks closing can only be profit related, so either footfall on the Street or that and general backlash against Starbucks.

by Financial-Sugar4102

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  2. Good, hope some small business settles there and gives out proper coffee instead of that Starbeck rubbish

  3. Well Starbucks have always been aggressively anti union

  4. It’ll be the sad, huge decline in Union Street. When I was a student in the 1990s the street and the lanes leading off it had everything you’d need, supermarket (Presto, then Sainsbury’s), a few decent cafes at either end and clothes, shoes and all the other shops HMV, Virgin etc.

    It’s all bookies and vapes.

  5. The one in Dumfries town center closed when an Indie coffee shop opened next to it, just need to get rid of the one on the Bypass now.

  6. There’s another Starbucks quarter mile down Union St

    This end of Union St isn’t pedestrianised

  7. You despise pedestrianisation?

    Cars should rule our roads?!?

  8. starbucks strategy 101. oversaturate an area with their shops, corner the market and then close a couple of locations, funnelling customers to whichever shop is cheapest to run.

  9. Despising pedestrianisation is wild. There’s no need to be able to drive along every inch of the one Main Street in the city. Busses can still get through, and you can drive along streets parallel to Union street.

    The city centre would be much nicer if it was pedestrianised – more space to walk, have outdoor seating, planters, etc.

    Aberdonians (and I am one) have such an attachment to cars and such a hatred of walking any distance at all. The same with bus gates – they’re so easily avoidable by driving like 2/3 extra streets adding a minute or two to your journey.

  11. no reason for these chains in cities where there are 3rd wave coffee places that offer a better product. chains should only have room in commuter towns and and along motorways

  12. Good, these massive US fast food places can all fuck off. I’d much rather support local firms, tastes way better too!!

  13. One towards the bottom of the Mile in Edinburgh closed early summer. Been replaced by what I think is an independent in the same unit, but it’s always noticeably quieter than it was. Power of the brand is bonkers.

  14. Good, Starbucks is pish. Sad for those who will lose their job, but not sad for the massive corporation getting off the high st.

    They’re not providing anything special, support local coffee shops. Consumables are going to be the only thing worth going in to town for.

  15. Good, although a shame for the staff.

    You’ll get a better coffee at a local cafe.

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