Starbucks will close at least four Omaha locations by Saturday as the Seattle coffee giant shutters hundreds of stores nationwide.
While Starbucks has not publicly released a list of stores slated for closure, an unofficial list from the r/starbucks subreddit compiled by employees identifies five locations in Nebraska set to close: 90th and Ford, 90th and Maple, 72nd and Dodge, and 72nd and L in Omaha, and 12th and P in Lincoln.
The World-Herald confirmed through calls to each of the stores that their last day will be Saturday. Additionally, the stores’ operating hours are listed as closed after Saturday on the Starbucks website.
Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laying off 900 non-retail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround.
Store closures would start immediately and affected baristas will be offered severance packages and transfers to other locations where possible, Starbucks said.
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In a letter sent to employees Thursday, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said a review of the company’s stores identified locations where the company doesn’t see a path to financial stability or isn’t able to create the physical environment customers expect. Those stores are being closed.
“Each year, we open and close coffeehouses for a variety of reasons, from financial performance to lease expirations,” Niccol wrote. “This is a more significant action that we understand will impact partners and customers. Our coffeehouses are centers of the community, and closing any location is difficult.”
Starbucks Workers United, the labor group organizing workers, said Thursday that the closures were made without input from Starbucks’ baristas. The union said it intends to engage in bargaining at every union-represented store that is closing to ensure workers can be placed at another store they prefer. The 72nd and Dodge Streets location is among those unionized.
“Fixing what’s broken at Starbucks isn’t possible without centering the people who engage with the company’s customers day in and day out,” the union said.
This article includes material from the Associated Press.
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