CHARLOTTE — Starbucks has closed an Uptown Charlotte location and others in the Carolinas amid the coffee giant’s move to shutter stores across North America.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol on Sept. 25 announced the company would be closing 1% of its stores in the U.S. and Canada this month as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan. Niccol also said around 900 nonretail employees will be laid off and many open positions will be eliminated.
Seattle-based Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) closed scores of locations across the country over the weekend. In Charlotte, a mobile pickup location at 601 S. Tryon St. in Ally Charlotte Center has closed permanently.
“We’ve made the incredibly difficult decision to close this Starbucks location,” reads a note posted at the uptown location.
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