Starbucks in Wales


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Bridgend Factory Outlet Centre, Bridgend, United Kingdom

OPENED: 12/18/2006, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

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Cardiff - Dunleavy Drive Thru, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

This store achieved rapid recognition for being the first and (as of now) only drive-thru location in Europe. It is also the only one I saw with the large convection ovens that are common in America.

Cardiff - Queen Street (18), Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: Jan 2009, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

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Cardiff - Queen Street, 125/13, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

The first store in Wales! Actual visit June 19.
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Cardiff - Queen Street, 46-48, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/19/2009

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Cardiff - The Brewery, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/19/2009


Cardiff - Ty Glas Retail Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: Jul 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

Well outside the city center, this, and the drive through, is one of the most American-looking stores in Wales.
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Cardiff Mermaid Quay, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

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Cardiff St Davids Ctr - Lower, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: ???, PHOTO: 5/2/2011

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St. Davids Centre, Bridgelink Cafe, Cardiff, United Kingdom

OPENED: Oct 2009, PHOTO: 5/2/2011

Make sure and look UP when you visit this store, because its ceiling is AWESOME!
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Llanelli Parc Trostre Retail Unit14, Llanelli, United Kingdom

OPENED: 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009


Newport - Westgate Buildings, Newport, United Kingdom

OPENED: Dec 2002, PHOTO: 6/19/2009

The store is built inside an old hotel.
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Penarth - Windsor Road (18), Penarth, United Kingdom

OPENED: 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009


Llantrisant New Look Talbot, Pontyclun, United Kingdom

OPENED: 2005, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

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Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom

OPENED: 3/8/2004, PHOTO: 6/20/2009


Swansea - Morfa Shopping Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

OPENED: 2007, PHOTO: 6/20/2009

The store, upstairs, offers a view of the stadium and the river.
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Cwmbran - Gwent Square (28), Torfaen, United Kingdom

OPENED: Jul 2007, PHOTO: 6/19/2009

The first store I visited in Wales!

Wrexham Eagles Meadow (Unit C7, Wrexham, United Kingdom

OPENED: Nov 2008, PHOTO: 6/22/2009

The first (and as of now, only) store in North Wales. Click 'More' to see the view of the cathedral, a requirement to have Wrexham designated as a "city".
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Stores Not Visited
Bangor - Caernarfon Road DT
Bangor
Cardiff - Capital Shopping Par
Cardiff
Cardiff- Brooklands RP_DT
Cardiff
Cardiff- Queen St/St.John St
Cardiff
Coryton - Longwood Drive DT
Cardiff


Closed Stores
Note that if the name of a store listed as closed has a link, that indicates that the store was converted to a licensed store (or possibly franchised, if in the UK or France).
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??? ??? Cardiff - Wellfield Road
Cardiff
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??? ??? Cardiff Borders David (Closed)
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Mar 2003 ??? Swansea - Borders (Closed)
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Licensed Stores
My Starbucking rule regarding store ownership are complicated and will be explained fully in my as-yet-unpublishe book, but here are the basics. If Starbucks has a proper company in a country, such as Starbucks United States or Starbucks United Kingdom, then I only count stores operated, in whole or in part (sometimes there are partnerships) by Starbucks. In these countries, stores operated under license by other companies do not count. In most countries, however, Starbucks operates stores in a joint venture with another company (such as Tata in India) or licenses the brand to a primary (exclusive or semi-exclusive) partner, such as Alsea in Latin America and western Europe or Al-Shaya in the Middle East). In such cases I visit stores operated by those primary licensees, but not stores licensed to secondary licensees such as SSP or HMSHost. Additionally, in the U.K. and France, Starbucks franchises to a small set of companies, and I do not count those stores.
Belfast Airport - Landside
Cardiff Coryton - Village Hotel
Cardiff Gate - Welcome Break
Swansea - Village Hotel
Village Hotels Cardiff
Welcome Break Cardiff Gate