PASSING through The Triangle at the weekend I was less than thrilled to discover that a Starbucks coffee shop is to open next door to Tesco (a good example of birds of a feather flocking together?).

There are already three coffee shops, Costa, Nero and Cafe Flirt – all within less than a 100-yard radius of the new Starbucks.

The last thing the area needs is yet another – least of all one that is part of a huge American corporation that makes a lot of money in this country, yet pays little or no tax on its profits.

I would strongly urge everyone to boycott the transatlantic interloper.

ROBERT READMAN, Norwich Avenue West, Bournemouth