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Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56.3 - Beverage serving activities 56.3 - Beverage serving activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
26 November 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
The global cafeteria chain Starbucks is has announced an investment plan to open 26 new Starbucks stores by the end of 2023. The plan will create up to 300 new jobs over two years.
Developed in collaboration with the Percassi group, Starbuck's partner and sole licensee for the country, the plan foresees the opening of three new stores by the end of 2021, two in Lombardy and a one in Turin. Another 11 openings are planned in 2022, and then another 12 in 2023, all located throughout central and northern Italy.
Currently, the brand operates 11 cafeterias in Italy - most of which located in Milan. The plan will increase their number to 37 by the and of 2023.
Eurofound (2021), Starbucks, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 105730, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/105730.