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Did your favorite local Starbucks just close? These 36 SoCal locations are likely shuttered
Los Angeles Times • • business
Key Points:
- Starbucks plans to close 250 stores across North America, including 36 locations in Southern California, as part of efforts to reduce underperforming outlets and improve overall store performance.
- The closures represent about 1% of Starbucks’ more than 18,000 North American stores and follow previous shutdowns of over 600 stores in North America and Europe alongside layoffs.
- CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround strategy aims to enhance the customer experience amid rising competition and slowing sales, with recent reports showing a 7.9% global increase in comparable-store sales.
- Affected employees will be offered transfer opportunities or severance support, but Starbucks has not officially confirmed the specific Southern California locations slated for closure.
- An independent compilation based on store app data and online research identified 36 Southern California stores as likely to be closed, with these locations no longer appearing in the Starbucks app or being marked as permanently closed.
