Starbucks Franchise Opportunities on Horizon

Starbucks is set to open a raft of new stores, opening up the possibility of other retail businesses selling the coffee franchise's products.

The company, which, with considerably success, has recently launched an instant coffee in its stores to win custom during the recession, is likely to licence more supermarkets, bookstores and other retail businesses to sell its coffee.

UK managing director Darcy Willson-Rymer says that, despite the company owning almost 750 shops in the UK and Ireland, he doesn't believe the coffee market is saturated.