
SHOCKWAVE: Starbucks Slashes 900 Jobs, Closes Stores—Is Your Local Coffee Shop Safe?
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, in a bold and painful move to reboot the coffee giant’s performance, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced Thursday a sweeping corporate restructuring that includes shutting down a number of underperforming U.S. stores, eliminating approximately 900 non-retail positions, and implementing a hiring freeze.