Starbucks to Close Two Hundred Fifty Underperforming Cafes in North America

Starbucks is shutting down 250 underperforming North American locations after they missed financial and service benchmarks.

Coffee chain giant Starbucks has announced plans to shutter approximately 250 underperforming stores across North America. The targeted cafes failed to meet the company's financial or customer service expectations. Corporate leadership has not yet specified the exact locations or how many unionized branches will be affected.

• The closures represent about one percent of the company's total footprint.
• Starbucks operates roughly 18000 locations across North America.

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• The New York TimesStarbucks to Close 250 Stores in the US5d ago · open ↗
• UPIStarbucks to shutter 250 locations in North America5d ago · open ↗
• PBS NewsHourStarbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America, a year after big wave of closings5d ago · open ↗

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