Star Pubs and Bars to invest £14.2m in its ‘Just Add Talent’ pubs

Star Pubs and Bars has announced it is to invest £14.2m on its ‘Just Add Talent’ manager operated pubs in 2019, and will increase the number of pubs to 150 by the end of 2019.
Over £12m is to be spent converting pubs to meet the quality and criteria needed for a managed operated style of business which includes an average of £30,000 on kitchen equipment and epos systems. As much as £1.2m is earmarked for upgrading existing ‘Just Add Talent’ sites and £1m for pub gardens.