Starbucks unveils plans to serve beer and wine in the evenings
The Starbucks coffee chain has announced plans to serve beer and wine in the evenings.
Its newly renovated Stansted Airport store will be the first UK location to offer the brand’s Starbucks Evenings Programme which will also see a range of hot meals served such as chorizo and prawn skewers with chili ketchup, truffle mac & cheese and braised British beef. There are also plans to extend the programme to other stores.
The chain said the Evenings Programme has been very popular in the US and has been rolled out to 30 locations in Seattle, Portland, Southern California, Chicago and Atlanta.
Depending on the location, Starbucks Evenings in the UK will be available from 4pm each day.
Ian Cranna, VP of marketing and category for Starbucks EMEA, said: “We are delighted to launch the first Evenings Programme in the UK. Providing a welcoming coffeehouse environment has always been our focus and now we can offer something new for the evening too. I think our customers will love the new range of terrific food and carefully selected wines and beers which will provide even more choice and reasons to visit us later in the day.”
There are no plans to offer spirits as part of Starbucks Evenings Programme and all wine and beer will be served for in-store consumption only.
