Starbucks closing 600 stores

The coffee bubble has burst. Starbucks is cutting 5 percent of its U.S. locations – about 12,000 will lose their jobs. About 200 of those are company operations, with the rest managed by other companies like bookstores and airport concession firms.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”