Fresh cement was reportedly still drying on the street as a Starbucks coffee shop reopened for the first time, allowing customers to pick up belongings left behind in the chaos after the bombing.

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To make matters worse for some, more branches of Starbucks and other coffee shop brands are filling the vacuum.

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Starbucks, a coffee-shop chain, is expected to open soon as a similar franchise.

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It emerged on Sunday that coffee shop chain Starbucks is in talks with HMRC about the amount of tax it pays.

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