Starbucks will reopen about 150 stores across the UK from Thursday. The coffee chain said it will open around 15% of its UK stores in the first phase of its reopening plans, which are predominantly focused on drive through stores.
It said it will also reopen a "handful of takeaway-only stores" as it continues with preparations to allow all of its UK stores to be reopened.
Starbucks closed all of its UK sites in March after the Government-mandated lockdown was introduced. The company said it has been "learning, testing and refining our operational standards every day" behind closed doors.
It said the reopening plan - which will start with stores broadly spread across the UK - will focus on ensuring the health and wellbeing of its employees