Starbucks is releasing the list of the first batch of stores that are getting the axe. These stores will be closing by the end of the month.
Starbucks says:
Much thought and consideration was given to each location, because we know the impact this has on our dedicated partners, customers and the communities where we operate. The determination of each store’s closure date is dependent on several operational and contractual factors and events. We will be as transparent as possible and each month, after closure dates have been communicated to all affected partners, we will post a list of the stores that are scheduled to close during that month.
Read the full list inside.
Alabama
#10797 – dauphin & du rhu
9 du rhu dr
mobile, al
#11322 – old shell & mcgregor
4401 old shell rd
mobile, al
#11429 – airport & foreman
6601 airport blvd
mobile, al
#11774 – university & old shell
5611 old shell rd
mobile, al
Arkansas
#10883 – hwy 59 & rena
2008 fayetteville rd
van buren, ar
#11864 – hwy 264 & dixieland
105 s dixieland
lowell, ar
California
#9583 – national & 36th
3506 national ave
san diego, ca
#10630 – hwy 111 & rancho las palmas
71743 hwy 111
rancho mirage, ca
#10710 – florida & sanderson
2801 w florida ave
hemet, ca
#10813 – canyon springs & corporate
2692 canyon springs pkwy
riverside, ca
#10888 – ramona & mission
4467 e mission blvd
montclair, ca
#11029 – la paz & valley center
14689 la paz dr
victorville, ca
#11896 – san juan & miller
1280 san juan rd
hollister, ca
#13745 – pch & boat canyon
636 n pacific coast hwy
laguna beach, ca
Iowa
#13570 – main & 2nd
201 n harrison st
davenport, ia
Illinois
#13289 – 167th & crawford
4019 w 167th st
country club hills, il
#13469 – north & york
291 n york st
elmhurst, il
Indiana
#11846 – 16th & sharon
3021 w 16th st
indianapolis, in
#13201 – sr 1 & lowes
2133 n main st
bluffton, in
Kentucky
#10779 – hubbards & westport
285 n hubbards ln
louisville, ky
Louisiana
#11263 – i-10 & siegen
6556 siegen ln
baton rouge, la
#11264 – coursey & market
14241 coursey blvd
baton rouge, la
Maryland
#11799 – collington plaza
3524 north crain hwy
bowie, md
Minnesota
#9564 – frontage & prospect
2221 e main frontage rd
albert lea, mn
#10456 – radison rd & 109th
2331 108th ln ne
blaine, mn
#10457 – main st & hwy 10
2740 main st nw
coon rapids, mn
#10642 – tyler rd & mall dr
144 tyler rd n
red wing, mn
#10871 – round lake & hwy 10
13131 riverdale dr
coon rapids, mn
#11186 – w circle dr & 26th
2665 commerce dr nw
rochester, mn
#11635 – 66th & hwy 252
615 66th ave n
brooklyn center, mn
Missouri
#10834 – west florissant @ lucas & hunt
8017 w. florissant ave
jennings, mo
Nebraska
#11527 – hwy 370 & 36th
3811 twin creek dr
bellevue, ne
Nevada
#6633- desert inn & decatur
4810 w desert inn rd
las vegas, nv
#10393 – tropicana & eastern
2510 e tropicana ave
las vegas, nv
#10462 – charleston & brush
5181 w charleston blvd
las vegas, nv
#10872 – lake mead & rancho
3720 lake mead blvd
las vegas, nv
#11647 – sky pointe & buffalo
6515 n buffalo dr
las vegas, nv
New Jersey
#9365 – cherry hill mall kiosk
2000 route 38
cherry hill, nj 08002
New York
#10840 – central islip town centre
101 s research pl
central islip, ny
#11280 – forest promenade
1756 forest ave
staten island, ny
#11976 – southold
53345 route 25
southold, ny
North Dakota
#10459 – 13th & 25th
1310 25th st s
fargo, nd
Ohio
#2525- 1505 5th ave
1505 w 5th ave
columbus, oh
#11883 – maxtown
925 n state st
westerville, oh
Texas
#9675 – hwy 83 & boca chica
100 expressway 83
brownsville, tx
#10877 – illinois & westmoreland
3403 w illinois ave
dallas, tx
#11302 – hwy 59 & hwy 36
27943 sw fwy
rosenberg, tx
#11565 – zapata hwy & chestnut
2201 chestnut
laredo, tx
#13332 – valley mills & waco dr
4300 w waco dr
waco, tx
West Virginia
#11213 – the highlands
36 fort henry rd
tridelphia, wv
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Well, a few more just opened on my commute and I love it. Something about getting the same cup of coffee every time I find enjoyable.
Damnit… NO closings in FL/NY. As much as I hate chains, I’d love to see a real competitor come in and show Starf*cks what a real coffee house should be. A good start would be drinkable coffee.
@renegadebarista: I do not understand the resentment towards lost jobs other than as a human element, but the end result does nothing create more opportunities for all involved. It makes no sense to waste resources in an unsuccessful endeavor. Freeing resources allows them to be reinvested. Freed resources can open stores in new markets where a greater demand exists, possibly creating more jobs than those lost. Noting that, even with the economy, people are still buying Starbucks, suggests that the store closings are due weak sales at the given location. If your employees are not serving anyone, they are not being as productive as they could be both for you and to the economy as a whole. The unproductive employee, even when at no fault of their own, serves to suppress future job growth and not just for Starbucks. As returns on investments shrink, investors will become less likely to provide the necessary capital to facilitate growth. Losing a job is tough, but it is a great motivator to become more competitive through training and retooling.
um @sean77 what’s wrong with dunkies?!?! obviously you’re no native. dunkies has regular coffee, regular sizes, and regular stuff to eat. yum yum.
From the vitriol targeting Starbucks on this site, I can only presume most posters are under 30, and therefore are too young to remember what finding coffee was like before they arrived. Sure, there’s lots better places now, but what I remember from the eighties was a vast wasteland where “Folger’s crystals” ruled the roost.
@renegadebarista: Hear Hear!!
DAMN! No closures in Santa Barbara county.
oh and Sburnap42, we had much better coffee here in southern Santa Barbara county before Starbucks showed up and lowballed the local mom & pops out of business.
MUCH better.
Here’s a hint at Starbuck’s ridiculous Santa Barbara coverage:
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@ConsumptionJunkie: Was that comment so great the first time round that it bore repeating?
@sean77, drjayphd: : I ran a Google Map search for 6th and Union in Seattle. There are something between ten and twenty (AT LEAST) locations within half a mile of that intersection. And if you’re on foot, all are pretty damn easy to get to…
@TeraGram: Lowballed? Have you seen Starbucks prices!?
“”I know that its popular to hate Starbucks but please try to remember that people are going to be unemployed after all is said and done.”"
Certainly they are closing and I’m delighted. There is something called gross excess and correction of the markets. $4 a day coffee is one of them, it’s gross to pay that much and it shows how much excess there is. I also put timeshare sales, telemarketing, and ‘nail clinics’ in the same basket. These are businesses the scrape far more out of society than they give. The want of $4 coffee and $50 nails is gross and excessive. Let the market corrections begin.
@Barry White Stripes, Office LW: No Starbucks are closing in AZ. Ha.
@TeraGram: I don’t know my way around Santa Barbara county, but I would be extremely surprised if any of your great coffee places was there in 1985. Good coffee used to be a VERY rare commodity in the US.
I’m not a great fan of Starbucks – their products are nothing special compared to good independents – but you simply can’t disregard the fact that the initial success of Starbucks inspired other people to go out and open coffee houses and many of those people did it better than Starbucks, but they never would have done it if Starbucks hadn’t primed the market for better/more diverse coffee offerings.
I dare say, having worked at a bagel shop and know what a breakfast rush feels like, I’d rather have more than one Starbucks on my route to work (esp. if I’m a walker). Nothing’s more annoying than waiting in line when you’re already late, and I think that S’bux offers locations near to each other for the option to not wait in line, presumably.
@sburnap42: Here, here! Nothing like Mountain Grown Folger’s Crystals to take the edge off an eighties-style hangover..
blech…
Over here, instant is still king…and it’s disgusting.
@coren: The difference being that this is in a major city. The Dunkin Donuts saturation was in suburbs or other relatively pissant towns. That six-on-one-road stretch is in my hometown of maybe 60,000 people, not exactly a city.
Haha. NONE in Washington? I guess that says something.
$4 for a cup of coffee? Where do people come up with this total? A cup of BREWED COFFEE is less than $2…that’s it. If you want a caramel macchiato with 8 pumps of vanilla, two extra shots, and extra caramel sauce…yeah, you’re going to pay a lot. If you go to a mom and pop’s and ask for the same thing, you will pay very nearly the same price if not MORE, and it won’t taste the same at another mom and pop’s. (I’ve been to more than my share of M&P’s…they are tasty, but not better enough…more of a treat and less of a habit.)
You snobby morons that don’t take any time to even read the article really chap my ass. “Awww, they aren’t closing any in [wherever].” What the hell? Why do you even care? Obviously, if you have this much vitriol for the company, what do you care if they close or stay open? Do you even realize what you are talking about? Do you have this much hatred towards the 31,000+ McDonald’s? The 10,000 Dunkin’ Donuts? The 5000+ Taco Bell’s?
Grow up already! The average that someone put up earlier of (at the least) 5 employees per store is maybe half the lowest average. Try 500+ employees suddenly having to either try to find a job at another store or go work some crappier job. Now, multiply that by 12…that’s a minimum (est) of 6000 people that will be searching for new jobs in a really crappy economy. Hope you never have to be in that situation…but I’m sure everyone here will laugh at your misfortune and applaud the business decision.
So, remember that this move reduces the total number of US stores by more than 10%. All that money that was going into the local economies via taxes, leases, utilities, etc is now gone. Plus, (although not every employee participates) Starbucks encouraged community support and involvement, including book drives, toy drives, actual money for parks and recreations, donations to charity organizations (day old pastries to shelters, brewed coffee and whole bean coffee to school events), if available the stores participate in recycling, etc, etc, etc.
They may be an evil corporation, but hate the corporation, not the people trying to get a paycheck, good benefits, help with college tuition, stock options, and what used to be a stable and secure future with the company if they decided to stay the course.
Just because it’s hip and cool with your friends to hate Starbucks doesn’t mean that it makes sense. If you don’t like the place, don’t go. But don’t applaud like some sort of Roman emperor at a gladiator match as people’s lives get thrown into disarray.
I’m done…and, yes, I have worked for Starbucks.
@evslin: Try having two within 500 yards of each other. Where I live, there is a starbucks store, and then a starbucks in the Giant that is only about 500 yards away. I can count, at least 6 within a 10-15 minute drive. I’m sorry, but this is just insane.
Wal-Mart will sell us stuff, Starbucks will keep us caffeinated, and McDonalds will keep us fed. The time that multi-national conglomerates will rule us all is here!
What, no more $5 coffee? That’s a shame. Nope, wait…I don’t care. The whole chain could die and I wouldn’t even notice.
@FatalisticDread: One word. Xanax. Talk to your Dr. about it. Everything will be ok
That’s pretty sad for the employees. Starbucks paid more than the minimum wage compared to other coffee shops. I know it’s popular and easy to crap all over the nameless faceless corporate giants when we have to go shopping, but when it comes to employment they can be better than the small independent stores.
I’ve worked for both kinds of retail, and I preferred the corporate mall stores to the shops run by an individual. If I had a problem with a boss it usually came down to personality: was the boss a jerk and inconsiderate. Yeah, that’ll happen big or small stores. But, at least with a giant store you can transfer to a different department (I’ve done that) or even a different location (done that too). In a small store you have no choice, the boss is there and you are stuck there too (until you quit, like I’ve done).
Retail pay always hovered around minimum, but in a large department store or chain store they had a policy to increase your wages within the first 3 – 6 months. Small store, a lot of promises but I never received a pay raise (had to quit and find another job for that).
The main complaint I’ve heard of Starbux is the coffee is generic and expensive. I’ve gone to local independent competitors and I have to say the same in general for their products too. When it comes to taste it’s tough to find what you like and expect to get all the time. Starbucks comes pretty close to it all the time. Independents, not so much.
I also hate the snarky, rude attention I get from the staff in the independent coffee places around here. It’s as if I need to kiss the cashier’s ass because she’s a cousin of the owner. I never get that attitude in Starbucks.
So there are a Starbucks clusters. It seems whenever one is filled to capacity, there is another one down the street that has a bit of a lull after there own busy 20 minutes. Good, I really don’t want to wait 15 minutes for a mocha when my break is only 30 minutes.
Live long, Starbucks. I love the mochas!
This is a good start, they just need to close the rest of them.
the store i go to most is closing within the next year. meh, whatever. it’s overpriced but compared to the shop down the way it’s cheaper, and tastes less like garbage.
Do we really need a list of every store that is closing ?
Good riddance to burnt overpriced coffee.
The one slated to close in Indy was part of their expansion into poor urban areas. It was a former Wendy’s, which also did not make it. It’s very presumptive of Starbucks to believe that their “if-we-build-it-they-will-come” attitude would somehow revitalize an economically-depressed area. As if people who live in that area will say, “Damn.. I need me some Venti soy hazelnut white mocha, but I gots no cash. I best get me a higher paying gig so I can cater to my Starbucks booty calls”.
I go by there a few times a month and have NEVER seen a customer there. Sometimes you will see people loitering at their outdoor seating area, but you will not see a Starbucks product in their hands.
@FatalisticDread: Exactly. My local store listed here has about 60 employees. They are wonderful people who are good at their jobs and I feel very badly for them.
Anyone who thinks that Starbucks builds stores too densely in some areas should visit New England.
There is a spot in Lowell, MA where you can stand on the corner and see 4 operating Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts are located at nearly every highway exit between southern Maine and southern Connecticut. They are often across the street from one another.
Say what you want about Starbucks but at Dunkin’s you will likely wait in line for twenty minutes for the diluted milky dishwater they call coffee because the 15 fatties in front of you are ordering four bacon, egg and steak bagels each.
To top it off, Dunkin employees are often surly assholes who speak no english.
@sporks: Chinatown and the surronding area have a ridiculous number of Starbucks. There are four in the six block stretch of 7th street from Pennsylvania to H street…and that’s not counting the four others on ninth, tenth and eleventh, also in the same span.
@FatalisticDread: Thank you for presenting a relevant, salient argument to all those who are jumping on the Starbucks hating bandwagon.
Let’s not forget that there is a human component to all of this. If you don’t like Starbucks, fine, don’t drink it…no one is twisting your arm. But for heaven’s sake, think about the people who are losing their jobs. People who were getting full benefits for working 20 hours/week. Family members who relied on these people for the benefits.
Do you realize that Starbucks pays more for insurance for their employees than they do for coffee beans?
So, yeah, down with Starbucks. Let those 20,000 workers who are getting laid off deal with a shitty economy and lousy job prospects. So long as it’s still cool to hate Starbucks, then what does it matter? God forbid we actually think about other people.
First it was Alternative Rock, then Windows, and now Starbucks…
I just realized I hate Seattle.
Damn! None in Houston. Even the Starbucks across the street from the Starbucks.
@Pro-Pain: Smart, treat the person that points out everyone else’s lack of compassion and general jerkyness like they are the one with the problem. Excellent strategy. Well played.
Is Starbucks going to gut these closing locations of their equipment and fixtures? If not, then there’s an opportunity for someone to come in to some of these vacated stores and set up a competing coffee bar of their own.
@ConsumptionJunkie: Try to have some compassion. I’m losing my job. Rude.
@Cyclokitty: THANK YOU! I love you! I know Starbucks gets a lot of crap from the masses, but it is still my employer and we have kick-ass benefits. I don’t always agree with them, but again…who works for someone they love all the time?
QQ moar plz.
I’ve been to Hemet. If they’ve been opening shops in places like Hemet, they should have known they’d be closing them eventually.
Good ostrich burgers in Hemet, though.
I can’t imagine who pulled the trigger to open the Indianapolis location listed. Check it out on Street View. It couldn’t be more out of place if it were part of the altar at the church down the street from it.
OK. Let me get this straight…everyone on the Consumerist hates Walmart because of their labour policies. But then they hate this coffee place that treats their employees rather well with benefits…because you have to pay more for coffee. Hmmm. Something tells me that the reason you pay half the price elsewhere is that the person behind the counter is making minimum wage with no benefits…much like Walmart.
Also, in the midst of a recession, I am stunned that so many here cheer for the future unemployed. So now, instead of just not getting your coffee there, you get to pay their benefits anyways, just with the government as the middleman.
I would have thought that during trying economic times, we would not take such pleasure in others losing their jobs. You make me sad.
@Javert: Yeah, the astounding thing here isn’t the people mocking a company that provides for their employees, it’s commenters actively cheering for people losing their jobs. Then again, this is Consumerist post-code, so the scary thing is it’s an improvement.
There’s a Starbucks in the parking lot of a Target with a Starbucks inside. Chapel Hill Mall area Cuyahoga Falls, OH
@mikel1981: The one in the parking lot is company-owned. The one in Target is run by Target as a “licensed store”.
@trogam:
They do that here too – one in Safeway, one near the Safeway gas station, 500 yards or so away. Ditto having one near a Fred Meyer’s and in a Fred Meyers, less than a mile from the first one in question.
In part it’s to take advantage of people who buy as they shop, which they don’t get at the outside branch (but they do pull in business from people who just want a quick coffee)