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Darn. No stores in Boston. In Downtown Crossing there are four SBUX within a short walking distance of one another. If you stand on Washington St., across from Borders, you can see two SBUX at the same time.
Darn. No stores in Boston. In Downtown Crossing there are four SBUX within a short walking distance of one another. If you stand on Washington St., across from Borders, you can see two SBUX at the same time.
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@ConsumptionJunkie: The Bux in the Promenade is hardly a year old... Shame. The location does suck though, so I could see closing that one.
I'm glad the new one in Lisle by my office is staying open, its actually making the jerks at the dunkin' donuts across the street a little more friendly now that they have some competition.
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Wow, for the longest time there were no Starbucks near where I live, and just last year they finally opened a store in my town.
And now, about a year later they are going to close it.
........ i guess maybe I would care if I had ever went into the place....
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All the Oregon Starbucks that are closing are in the Portland area... oh, and one in Tillamook.
Honestly though, I don't think most areas in Oregon are overpopulated by Starbucks, at least outside Portland. In Salem there are more other coffee shops, a lot of them independent. There are also chains like Dutch Bros. in town. By the way, Dutch Bros isn't any better than Starbucks. And if you like whipped cream on your drinks, they use the whipped cream in a can rather than the real actually whipped cream that Starbucks uses.
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I can't believe they aren't closing any in my hometown. There are FIVE in a relatively small city. FIVE.
I live in a fairly wealthy area, so it's not surprising that they're not getting rid of many stores here (the ones they are getting rid of I didn't even know existed even though I go through there). Viva la mom & pop coffee shop!
It just goes to show that (most of) the side-by-side SBUX metro locations are not the problem.
Looks like California and Florida are the hardest hit. One of the 2 at the mall that's almost down the street are closing. I don't care I still have 5 yes 5 in less than a 5 mile radius from my house.
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@nfs: The two topics are related. I bet many of these SBs are in new suburban neighborhoods that are full of empty houses and/or people upside-down on their mortgages.
In hotel mgmt school we were warned about opening restaurants in new neighborhoods for this very reason--people spend all their money on their homes & cars, and have nothing left over for restaurants.
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@nfs: I am going to credit you with recognizing the Starbucks bubble. It may have the greatest impact on our economy yet.
Nice amount closing in Florida, especially the Ft. Myers/Bonita/Estero/Naples area. They won't be missed, especially considering there's a SB in every Target store here. Not sure what's worse, the smell of SB's burnt coffee as you walk in or the stale popcorn at the old K-Marts or mildew at the Sears stores that are still barely hanging on.
My barista family is spared, the day is good.
Phew, the one nearest my University is still open, though several around them are closed! Could be worse.
does starbucks not use capitalization?
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Shit .. they're closing the few that I go to in Plano. Boogers.
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Only two out of the oh-so-many locations in L.A., and both are in the 'hood, 2.5 miles apart. Way to go, 'Bux!
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California, New York and Texas seem to be well represented on this hitlist. Correlation to the housing crisis or happy coincidence?
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One of the closing Starbucks is on a main street in Berkeley. Who's the hell thought it would be a good idea to put one there?
I'm glad to see some local ones on the list for me in PA....a shame for employees, but I was tired of seeing Starbucks every 3 miles. One of the stores is in a brand new lifestyle center and has only been open for a year, if that. Hopefully something better is able to replace them.
One they're closing in a town near me is Portage, Indiana. Really, I can see why. Don't know why they opened it the first place. Portage already had two Starbucks all within a mile of each other and the people that live in that town are hardly it's target market (blue collar, poor people, white trash). Good riddance.
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@Imaginary_Friend - Texas housing crisis? Texas has been one of the least affected states in the country (particularly when you take into account the number of large urban centers). There was really never a housing bubble and so the market didn't crash. There has been a reduction in the number of new homes, and certain areas have declined, but its nothing like what's been going on in California and New York
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\"sterling & i-74 4221 n sterling peoria il\"
Aw, man, and we totally just GOT starbucks!
Not that I go to starbucks as I do not like coffee. Still, I feel sort-of existentially abused.
@FightOnTrojans: In all fairness, I went to their website to look up the locations in the area they closed those two in. There are three other locations within 2 miles of those two that closed, so I guess it isn't too bad.
Wow, there's only four Starbucks in all of Detroit and they're closing three of them.
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I second that. In TX, the high-end neighborhoods sell homes for what the rest of us perceive as reasonable.
With no evidence to back it up, I hypothesize that Texas has so many closing stores because it's damn hot there, and nobody wants to drink coffee when its already 85' at 6:45 in the morning.
What a disappointment. they're only closing one in the entire state of New Hampshire. Granted, you don't trip over them on every street corner here in the state like you do with D&D, but they're still annoyingly prevalent.
Close the one at the Manchester airport already so we can get something decent in their spot! Arhhhhhg!
Im surprised that more are not being shut down in NYC...
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is this list in any kind of order at all, beyond the state level?
can we get a source link for this list please?
None at all in Idaho? Seriously??? We have 5 in my small city alone and one is brand new. I can't believe we drink that much SB coffee.
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Massachusetts: shrewsbury st marketplace 225 shrewsbury st worcester ma
Not even 8 months ago, I worked with closing the loan for that place. Nice.
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Awww....the one down the street from me is closing. Boo.
They're closing the one closest to my house. It just opened.
@Nenne: Ditto. My Starbucks just opened in January. Oh well, I like Seattle Drip better anyway.
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Thanks to Starbucks corporate communications manager e e cummings for the list.
California, New York, Florida, Texas. And only two in my half of Missouri (not the eastern half). So I wonder how much Starbucks will lose in real estate value alone?
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A friend of mine has a buddy that owns a string of Subway stores. He lets McDonalds do the research. If McDonalds has a store there, and there's no subway, then he'll put one there.
That wouldn't work for Starbucks though, because McD's coffee tastes better (according to taste tests).
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No more 21st and L?!?
Now I have to go to 17th and L!
@AbsoluteIrrelevance: One of the other ones is the 20th/Division store in SE Portland, whose sole purpose was to drive the anarchist (Red & Black) coffee shop out of business.
The Green Invader got hit with a Molotov Cocktail at least once, and had security cameras up all around it.
Starbucks and Whole Foods/Wild Oats both failed there, so even though condos are moving in, there isn't enough of a yuppie critical mass to support a lot of those businesses.
@Imaginary_Friend: Minnesota has a lot, especially compared to larger states like New Jersey.
I guess Caribou and Dunn Brothers don't burn their coffee? Or maybe Starbucks didn't succeed in buying and closing their competition, like they did in Portland with Coffee People, Torrefazione, and Seattle's Best...
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Yeah the one that just opened in Lafayette, LA less than a year ago is closing, but they are building a new location, closer to me, with a drive through. Maybe that's why the other one is closing, no drive through. There's only like 8 Starbucks in the whole city. People there generally prefer Community Coffee or Mello Joy.
@jeffjohnvol: The west side of SW 6th between Salmon and Main in Portland has your friend's idea - Starbucks, Subway, and McDonald's next to each other.
Across the street are plucky locals Big Town Hero and Caffe Viale (in a space that used to be Torrefazione - bought and closed by Starbucks).
The two that they are closing in my city,(Corpus Christi) have been open less than a years! That leaves two stand alone stores and a B&N location.
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Who says a bad economy has to be depressing?
Considering some of the locations of the CT ones that're set to wither and die, it's hardly surprising.
Windsor Locks is right near the airport, but nowhere NEAR being along the way (it's near the tail end of all the long-term parking places, etc.), and Coldstone already closed their store there. Only tenant in that strip mall's Quizno's, and I can't imagine they'd be long for it. East Windsor's only other tenant in THAT strip mall's a credit union. Strangely, both of 'em have drive-thru, so there goes that theory.
South Windsor's in one of them \"lifestyle center\" faux-downtown malls. There's not a whole lot of coffee-only competition, but there is an Atlanta Bread Company there (oddly, the only one left in the state). Then again, it's right near Manchester, where they just built a new one (with drive-thru), so take that as you will.
Fairfield's near Fairfield University, but it's also a pain the ass to get in and out; it's right near a light, on the wrong side of the street (if traffic's backed up at a red light, you ain't gettin' in or out), and Kings Highway's pretty busy. Don't know about Hartford, but my friend goes there and says \"everyone there's so nice\".
But as far as I know offhand, South Windsor's the only one that might be considered closing redundant stores. The rest of these probably just aren't pulling their weight, and seeing as they can't legally invade Dunkin Donuts... ;)
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Even 7 of them in their hometown of Seattle. Still fewer than the 9 that are closing in Baton Rouge. I didn't even realize we had that many here. I'll take my quiet neighborhood place with a nice garden any day. Also, no blenders disturbing the peace all the time.
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What!!! The one in my apartment (15th floor West side of the building) is going to close!!?!? Yes, Starbucks opened one in my apartment (my individual apartment unit).
What the hell!!! The barista was just getting settled in and he was just figuring out my routine. There are no other Starbucks on my floor. I would have to go to the lobby of my apartment building now! Blurg!
a lot of the ones in california are near a peet's coffee or are a former dierich's store (from when they bought their retail operations and changed them to bux outlets)
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Yeah if the one in Mississippi on 98 wasn't in such a horrible location (the parking lot is microscopic, they crammed it into a business niche and I do mean CRAMMED and it's not traffic friendly at all.) they might stay in business but I don't doubt that's the reason it's closing.
And the other one, which is right across the street in a Target (Another absolutely retarded location), I'm also glad to see it go, because it too sucked.
YEAH VERMONT! I swear, the Starbucks' up here are just better than they are in the rest of the country. Friendlier, cleaner, run by hot girls.
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They're closing the one right next to me... but that's okay, there's already another one right next to it. Three if you count the ones in grocery stores.
I can honestly see why they're closing this one, even though it's been there 10 years now - the little mall it's part of used to be busy and popular, then Fins moved out and the comic store moved out and and and long story short it's a sad little mall now. That store is never very busy compared to the one across the street which is always packed.
@Kaisum: You wanna see crammed, the one in Southington's on a foot and a half square (may be slightly exaggerated) lot next to an interstate. You have to drive all the way around it just to park, there's maybe 10 spots, and there's only one way in or out (the lot's higher than the entrance road), which is MAYBE two card widths wide.
And yet, it's doing pretty well. Hunh.
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CARP. I really, really wanted them to close one of the way too many stores they have in my small town.
shawnee & 6th 591 w shawnee muskogee ok
Lets see... they opened that store 11 months ago. I know they spent millions on the property devolpment too. Oh and its always busy as its the only starbucks for 50 miles. Fantastic.
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@wattznext: It's not really in order by state level, either unless Massachusetts simply decided it was better than Maine and Maryland and jumped in line...
I know, I know, the original list was PO abbreviations, but still...
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Odd to see the one here in Pearl, Mississippi closing since it's only been open a year. Oh well, good riddance to 'em, support your local coffee shop!
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@Lee Jones: Here's the same thing in Google Maps [maps.google.com]
You can find the Google Earth KML here [bbs.keyhole.com]
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1201 king's hwy 1201 kings hwy fairfield ct
Oh, thank God. This Starbucks star-sucks.
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I'm seeing a lot of them in Washington state are the little starbucks inside grocery stores. That doesn't surprise me, I always consider those \"wanna-be starbucks\" rather than full fledged stores. Let's count them as 3/5 of a store for the \"official count\" of store closings.
13th & main 1 e h&r block way kansas city mo
We shall mourn its passing, and think of it fondly as we sip lattes at the Starbucks at 12th & Main.
upper moreland 2770 eon rd upper moreland pa
warrington route 611 711 eon rd warrington pa
rt 611 willow grove 1107 eon rd willow grove pa
It's Easton road, not eon, and these are all in the same place. The road runs through three tows, so the list listed the store three times.
Also: FUCK! This is the one I care about!
\"emerald square mall 999 s washington st north attleboro ma\"
This is the only starbucks within 4 cities each direction...ummm wtf!
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YES!! The one in SE Portland on Division is closing!!! Score one for the neighborhood....SWEET!
I had to Street Maps the ones closing in Jacksonville, FL to figure out where the hell they were. I can understand the downtown one, it's near like 2 others, but the one on Phillips highway just opened, maybe because there is a Jamba Juice next door? or a Starbucks like 5 miles away?
@loquaciousmusic: What'd they do? Haven't been there in a couple of years (no reason to go into Fairfield) but it didn't seem to be that offensive.
I didn't realize there were places without Starbucks these days... Until I moved to Oslo. I'm not sure there are any in Norway at all, which is somewhat surprising, and also refreshing.
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Yikes, Florida got hit hard. Several near me are closing, though the one across the street is still open. :-)
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There is no way the one in Columbus, Ohio on 5th Ave is closing, they just had the entire shop renovated inside & out no more than 2 weeks ago!
I was figuring that one of the three in and around Stones River Mall in Murfreesboro, TN was going to close. But two of the three is shocking. The one inside the mall is right around a year old, and the one left is in a converted Dairy Queen.
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@radleyas:
Likewise, one of the Plano stores is one I went to pretty often when I worked out there. I live north of there and I'm surprised that no locations in my town are closing. Not even the one that's in the mall-ette attached to a grocery store that has a kiosk inside it.
Holy smokes! This means that the area I live in will go from having 15 starbucks to only 14 in a 4 mile radius. Oh well!
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mira mesa 9450 mira mesa blvd san diego ca
Thank God there are still two more Starbucks locations on that intersection!
(One on the same corner, one on the opposite corner)
Good grief. Glad I don't drink coffee.
Wow, if this list is correct, Starbucks is leaving multiple close-proximity locations with mediocre traffic (that could be consolidated) in downtown Honolulu ... while closing a brand-new mega-place that it built out and opened less than a year ago that has been absolutely packed every time I've gone by. (The one that's closing down the street from it makes sense.)
Maybe we will see a second Peet's on Oahu?
[/selfishness]
Question -- is one of the LA ones on the chopping block the one at University Village? Thanks.
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Two of the Stores in my town (Murfreesboro, TN) are on the closing list. Only three to go!
@TwoScoopsRice: Nope, that one is safe, its the one on Vermont & MLK (on the other side of Exposition Park, where no USC student dare tread) that is getting closed. I doubt the UV's 'Bux will ever be closed.
@drjayphd: They're just kind of cloying and obnoxious. And anyway, I prefer the Chat 'n' Chew on the Post Road between Fairfield and Southport.
I just looked over the Oregon list (I live in Portland).
-The Tanasbourne Haggens and the Cornell & 188th locations are not too far from each other.
-The Hawthorne and 20th and Division locations are pretty close to each other as well (from the Hawthorne location, all you have to do is go up a block or two, turn onto 20th, and the Division one is at the next signal). Also, the opening of the 20th and Division location was met with a lot of opposition - I even remember hearing in the news that it got vandalized right after it opened.
I'm a little surprised that the location at Burnside and 242nd in Gresham got spared. It's a former Coffee People drive-thru (that also used to be a Hot N Now in their days of mass expansion in the 90's), and it has no indoor seating, just some tables and chairs outside. There's a Starbucks with a drive thru and indoor seating just east on Burnside, a short walk or drive away. There's also a Starbucks in the Safeway near Burnside and Division.
I've occasionally gone to the soon to be closing store at Coral Ridge Mall in Coralville, IA.
That mall is pretty busy, but the Starbucks has a weird little spot sort of tucked away in a corner where it's easy to overlook and it's been pretty empty every time I've been in there. There's also Starbucks in the Barnes & Noble at the other end of the mall and a Caribou Coffee in one of the mall out-parcels, and another Starbucks about a mile from the mall, and at least two dozen local places scattered around the Iowa City/Coralville area. So tbere's no danger of anyone going to sleep in this town. :-)
@radleyas: Haven't you heard? All the cool people are in Frisco now.
fm 423 lebanon 5605 fm 423 frisco tx
Oops, maybe not. Oh well, a little farther south on FM 423 (Main Street), The Colony (yo!) has one.
lbj & montfort 5631 lbj fwy dallas tx
coit & 635 7995 lbj dallas tx
Those two are possibly the busiest intersections in all of Dallas, and even they can't survive? Wow.
preston & hwy 121 8600 preston plano tx
As of at least a year ago, that intersection saw the most traffic in that entire area. I'm baffled how these 'bux at high-traffic intersections are failing.
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@DamThatRiver: I'm really surprised the Haggen's & the 188th one are the only ones that are closing in that area. There's a Starbucks in the Barnes & Noble across the street, there's one next to the Panda Express in the same shopping center area, a new one that just opened on Cornell & 185th before you enter the shopping center, and God knows how many others in a two block radius. I actually, I'm ashamed to admit, kind of like Starbucks, but there's some serious freaking overload in this area. I was really hoping they'd close more.
DOn't be surprised if more Starbucks are closed in the future.
The one on Wilkinson Blvd in Charlotte is owned by Magic Johnson as part of his plan to revitalize \"troubled economic\" areas. It's too bad it didn't work out.
I noticed that to that the real estate states seem to be enduring the bulk of the closings.If Texas isn't a real estate bubble state perhaps it's a business bubble state of somekind.Alot of corporate offices closing?
No matter what it still shows that Starbucks needs a really good economy to survive or do business on the scale they've been doing.They had their fun and made their niche.
And this is probably only the first wave of closings.
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I am absolutely *floored*.
OK, so I get why the stand-alone Starbucks in Carpinteria hasn't closed:
- It's the only one in Carpinteria and it has managed to put two other coffee shops out of business
- The Govornator has stopped to have coffee there.
I am dismayed that the kiosk S*bux at the Von's in Carpinteria is remaining open.
And... c'MON! Not one S'bux to close in all of Santa Barbara county? Who the frell is running that company? There's no freaking way every one of those shops deserves to be open.
No
Effing
Way
Burnt overpriced crap. *dayum*
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I am amazed at the lack of sensitivity people have when it comes to so many losing their jobs.
@BabyGorilla: I think people are not being 'sensitive' to these closings because it was highly predictable.Anything from the price of their coffee to the over expansion by Starbucks.
Many should look at it this way-they actually got a job because management over built and over charged for their product.Chalk it up to experience.Collect unemployement and use the Starbucks experience for your resume.
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I'm shocked they're only closing one in all of Arizona. Although, I just came across that location a few weeks ago and thought to myself that I had no friggin' clue why in the world there was a Starbucks THERE, and that surely it would make the list when it came out.
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Gosh! There's gonna be none left in my hometown of Baton Rouge, LA and it seemed like they were getting so many. I'm traveling out there tomorrow from Houston. Its gonna be hard to find a decent cappuccino now.
@u1itn0w2day: There's not being sympathetic, and then there's cheering for your neighbors to lose their jobs, as per ConsumptionJunkie, MBZ321, especially Yurei, and (to a lesser extent) ideagirl. Thankfully, it seems to be getting a little less \"YEAH FIRE PEOPLE BECAUSE I HATE THEIR COFFEE WHOOO\" in Starbucks-related posts.
Although I vote they can one of the ones in Stamford just so one guy loses his job, but that's neither here nor there... ;)
@loquaciousmusic: Ahhhh. Next time I find an excuse to cover something in Fairfield, I'll have to check it out.
@FightOnTrojans: Thanks, that's a relief. I was pretty jealous of the UV location (love the desks) until our Ward location opened, which is now *pfft* going.
I'm sorry for the people whose jobs are being lost, but maybe consumers will benefit from a better line of coffee ... win/win for coffee-drinkers and some of those employees.
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I'm not surprised the one in Del City, OK is closing. There a three on that same street a couple of miles apart.
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Closing:
16th & wynkoop 1750 16th st denver co
That leaves only about 9 other Starbucks on the 16th Street Mall.
What will people do with only 9 to choose from?
i got laid off because the economy is in the toilet and no one is buying go-fast accessories for their cars and trucks. Is anyone crying for me?
Shit happens, we move on.
a lot of sbuxs in Hawaii are \"licensed concepts\" (fancy word for franchise). They are run by someone else that's why they aren't closing. Even the Peet's is a franchise.
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Hmmm... these two locations --crenshaw & vernon 4371 crenshaw blvd los angeles ca & vermont & mlk 1005 w martin luther king blvd los angeles ca-- are owned by Magic Johnson. It's surprising that his franchises are not exempt from the Starbucks Corp. mandates.
\"All the Oregon Starbucks that are closing are in the Portland area... oh, and one in Tillamook.\"
That's the only freestanding Starbucks in Tillamook. The other two are inside other stores. How will Tillamook, a town of 4500 people, make do with only two Starbucks? Oh, the humanity!
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Somehow, the Starbucks in my Dominick's stayed open, despite the fact that I am the only person I've ever seen buy anything there. But since the same holds true for that entire Dominick's store, I'm sure it will close soon enough.
Also, altgeld & lincoln 2475 n lincoln chicago il and ashland & atgeld 2454 n ashland ave chicago il tells me that the Lincoln Parkers just aren't as into coffee as someone once thought. Or maybe it's those darn college kids and their love of the NRG drinks....
For those wondering why California, Texas, New York, and Florida are losing the most - might I humbly point out that those are the 4 most populous states?
California - 88 out of 2,447 stores closing - 3.6%
Texas - 29 out of 826 stores closing - 3.5%
New York - 39 out of 521 stores closing - 7.5%
Florida - 59 out of 630 stores closing - 9.4%
Compare:
North Dakota - 4 out of 15 closing - 26.7%
Alabama - 12 out of 74 closing - 16.2%
i 55 & main 1903 main st madison ms
The word around here is that the mayor of Madison, Mississippi (aka the rich, snooty suburb of Jackson) personally called Starbucks and asked them to reconsider. The rich folk just can't bare to go without their $4 cup of coffee. This is a city where businesses are not allowed unless they meet the mayor's demands for what the building will look like and they all end up looking like mini expensive cathedrals. She holds a tight reign. You ever seen a Wal-Mart that looks like a church? Come to Madison. I remember Wal-Mart finally giving up and walking away from Madison but then they finally bowed down to her demands and built their building like she wanted it. No cookie cutter Wal-Mart here, that's for sure. And the Subway sandwhich shop.. stained glass, wood from Brazil, it's an amazing building.. for cheap cold cuts. Gas stations with huge pillar columns on the front. That's Madison.
Not surprised by Citrus Park ii in Tampa. There is a *$$ kiosk just a few hundred feet from a regular store (which used to be a Barney's that was bought out). Not sure which of the two will be closing, though.
@BII:
Yep, the franchise locations here are easy to spot, they tend to be small and to cohabit with Jamba Juice. Weird, when you think about it, we also have another \"odd couple\" in the Pizza Hut/Taco Bell pairing, but I digress.
I am not surprised that the SB in a luxury condo is closing, but I am surprised greatly that a big \"concept\" location that's less than a year old ... and theoretically SB's \"flagship\" in Hawaii and a much-touted improvement/quasi-anchor in its locale is.
Yep about Peet's ... same for Seattle's Best. Either of which is better than SB or that \"Coffee Bean\" thing that's been running rampant. I keep hoping whoever bought the Peet's rights in Hawaii will expand, then again, maybe they're just helping me economize. ;)
@Tallanvor: I'd never SEEN a Starbucks until one opened in our town in MD a few years ago. So I guess we cancel each other out.
Had no idea Boise was in Iowa, not Idaho. No wonder they're closing.
Pizza Hut and KFC plus Taco Bell, Long John Silvers, and A&W are owned by one company which is why you see the combo stores.
Looking at the closings in Charlotte, NC... well, I could have told star bucks.
wilkinson blvd: Mainly a lower income neighborhood that may very well become gentrified in the next decade or so... but it hasn't happened yet. The street the Starbucks is on is full of mainly empty big boxes and the nicest location on the street actually is the strip mall the Starbucks is in. Too bad the strip mall doesn't even face the street.
northlake commons: In a open-air mall full of second tier retailers & restaurants near the brand new Northlake Mall. Very nice location... except there's already a Starbucks in the main mall complex nestled right between Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle
piedmont town center: in a new complex, but far too close to the locations near Southpark mall (The mall and the Harris Teeter at Morrocroft Village)
worthington: Great Location. It's in a large professional business community (Street names like IBM Dr, Digital Drive, and Network Ln should tell you what kind of companies are there.) Too bad there's three other locations in driving distance that don't require you to drive off the main road.
providence rd & sharon amity rd: Surprised me a little until I remembered there's another one right up Sharon Amity.
Of note is the fact that these all seem to be locations that were opened in the last year. None of the older locations seem to have been hurt. Now, if only someone will explain to me why the Target in Kannapolis (pretty rural area near Concord, NC that's best known for not making Cannon towels anymore) has a starbucks inside and a starbucks in the parkinglot, but somehow neither of those got closed.
You have the Idaho locations mixed in with the Iowa locations. Trust me, people from both states are rather tired of being grouped in with the other.. :P
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I wish the two in my town were closing. Especially the one built into the campus cafeteria. I have to fight tooth and nail to get through the line of people lining up for something I can't stand.
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hehe i know its evil but does anyone remember in Shrek 2 when the giant cookie monster was attacking and a crowd of people ran from one \"Starbucks\" into another one across the street, hilarious, absolutely hilarious :)
Whoops, I stand corrected: the Fairfield, CT location that's closing is new (NOT the one near Old Navy), and allegedly isn't pulling its weight. So that pretty much confirms the usual theories, as well as leaves at least two standalone stores in city limits.
For what it's worth, the list is not alphabetical by state-- but by state postal abbreviation. Hence NC before NY.
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@AngrySicilian: Is that one in Bolingbrook the one in the mall itself or the one by Jared and Potbelly just north of the mall?
What will people do? They'll only have THREE STARBUCKS to choose from in the mall area now! (The one in Macy's, the one in Barnes & Noble and the standalone one in the mall or the one by Jared - whichever one is not closing.)
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high st 530 n high st worthington oh
I may be mistaken but I believe this location was torched by an arsonist a few years ago and was rebuilt.
hwy 271 & white street 901 s jefferson ave mt pleasant tx
This store opened in my small town of 15,000 just four months ago, way to go starbucks. Maybe they should have done better research and they would have found that three locally owned coffee shops closed in the last two years. $4 a gallon gas = no more $4 a cup coffee.
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haha, i went to a few of them before to get free ice water large
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Unfortunately that still leaves quite a few, but it's a good start.
Seattle parasite stores closing FTW!
The 15th Ave E location was one of those places where you could look down the street and see TWO of them, half a block apart. (The other one was/is? located in the hospital at the end of the block.)
Bleed Starbucks bleed! Can we reopen some decent coffee shops now?
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Haha. Supposedly there's a starbucks by my house thats closing, but there isnt a starbucks at that address:
Posted too quickly, there's nothing but an empty lot at that address! (see link above)
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@Preppy6917: 7 in Seattle is nothing. There are 3 in the US Bank City Centre alone... and probably 20 more within a 5 mile radius, easy.
@crankymediaguy: Tillamook gets a heap of tourist traffic-- nothing washes down a nice afternoon of quality cheese and ice cream tasting at the Tillamook Cheese factory like a coffee!
So why didn't TCBY Yogurts get this kind of death watch attention a decade ago?
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@CcAgan:
Same deal with Malvern,Arkansas. I knew Starbucks was about done when they put a store there. It hasn't been open for even close to a year,and it got the axe. I go by there about once a week,and it seemed nobody was ever in there. I live in the next town down the interstate,and everyone was SO upset that Malvern got a Starbucks even though there's one in the student union of one of the colleges here.
I like Starbucks,but this part of the world isn't ready for high-priced coffee yet.
The Trexlertown, PA location was a new store, in an interior location of a new strip mall, the same strip has a Panera Bread at the end, a Chik-Fil-A standalone store, and now across the street, the bane of new expansion, another Dunkin Donuts. We now have 3 DDs on the same road equally 1 mile apart. The staff and quality of that store even though it was stuck in the middle was much better than the bigger Macungie, PA store which is further away from businesses, but the only competition is a Wawa convenience store and McDonalds (right next door).
You know if a Starbucks closest to a USA Cycling training center is closing, you have issues.
As for stores, I was in San Fran a few weeks ago, and was totally surprised that these 3 SBs in 2 blocks is somehow profitable and safe from store closure. Looks like their store placement / marketing department is still bungling things up even in their downturn.
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What is this, a Starbucks bust?
First, housing, then oil (possibly), and now starbucks. Build too many starbucks quickly, and close them because you can't financially sustain them. what a plan! They are closing 2 stores in my hometown, that are less than a mile apart. Trying to get us hooked to starbucks, and now, we cant em no more.