I see that Starbucks are going the same way. Not taken over, but they are closing down all of the scabby ones and the ones that don't make big profit. The airport/station ones are always going to be bankers.
The airport and station ones are run by SSP who own lots of the horrible brands you only see there and have branched out into more and more franchising (Burger King in travel is similar).
Good topic this. Hopefully others chip in.
