the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Starbucks will close 16 U.S. stores , two in the East Coast but mostly on the West Coast, by the end of July because of safety concerns, according to the company. Most of the stores set to close are in the Los Angeles and Seattle metro areas. In the East Cost one in Washington DC and one in Philadelphia .
Concern about store safety were central to a letter to employees published on Monday from Debbie Stroud and Denise Nelson, two senior vice presidents of U.S. operations at the coffee chain. The letter cites several societal safety concerns, including increased violence and drug use in the area of the stores.
Crime data from Seattle and Los Angeles seems to the back up those concerns. In Seattle, property crimes, which include car theft, larceny theft and burglary, and violent robberies are up nearly 20% for the first five months 2022 from the year-earlier period, according to the Seattle Police Department.
In Los Angeles, those types of crimes are up citywide more than 14% for the first six months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
In West Hollywood, however, those figures are much higher: Property crimes and violent robberies have more than doubled in 2022 from 2021, according to the LA County Sheriff.
All the stores in democrat controlled liberal shitholes.
Rampant out of control crime in every location and absolutely nothing is being done about it.
Didn’t SB support all of this?
And now they don’t want to enjoy the fruits of their labor?
^ 100 percent agree. Ever since BLM rioters were excused in 2020 and police told to stand down in Democrat run cities the country is going into the toilet.
Vote ALL Democrats out of office.
But CNN said the protesters were mostly peaceful.
Love it.
Whatever happened to Belly Button Boy ?
If they wanted to stop the crimes, they should just make the criminals drink their swill…………..
Soooo… Starbucks is hypocritical?
Once they adopted the anyone-can-use-the-bathrooms policy, Starbucks became very popular with homeless.
Sure, closing because of crime. Not unionization. Totally crime. I believe them.
The one in ridgewood is dirty. The back is filthy.
These jobs in coffee shops like Starbucks some include bathroom clean up during the working day are
Filthy and undesirable with many options open for coffee industry employees
And those hands that clean the bathrooms serve you your custom “coffee” a few minutes later.
That’s why they want to hire folks with a PASSION for coffee.
The entire country is riddled with violent crimes as police no longer enforce the law because it is racist to do so. The liberal media continues to deceive the public by not showing us what is really happening and protecting the groups committing the vast majority of violent crimes . 3rd worlder infestation plus no law enforcement, what could go wrong? The US is the most diverse 3rd world on the planet. Yipee!