No more Starbucks? Coffee company closes 600 stores in the US

I'm a coffee whore and Starbucks is my guilty pleasure - despite being a major chain, Starbucks is unique in providing that homie atmosphere...HOWEVER, the company definetely expanded too quickly and oversaturated much of their own marketplace while completely neglecting pockets of the country (Where I live you might be in for a 15 minute drive to get a decent cup of joe!)...

This was inevitable to happen, is really stupid the way they opened stores everywhere, sometimes with less than 100 meters distance between each other, in Leicester Square in London you can find 4 Starbucks in the same block, and this is without the competition.

Starbucks is of course not going away. It is just relocating the stores.

Maybe if one of the effin' baristas could figure out how to make Awake Tazo Tea ICED.. then I would be a little sad. good thing I can make a pot by myself...
as can ANYONE with coffee.
It's called a coffeepot

Directions:
1.) Pour water into designated area....
2.) Place 1 filter in holder
3.) Drop 2-3 (depending on desired strength) spoon fulls of coffee into filter...
4.) Hit the on button and watch Starbucks come alive in your kitchen!

Quit wasting your money people. .. for all of you "omg, starbuckkkkks! I'm so addicted..blah blah blah... I look orange...blah blah coffee is so cool.. "
Guess what.. you're not addicted to Starbucks, you're addicted to CAFFEINE!

Make your own shit... and buy less.. sooner than later..we'll all be in the poor house

I love the fact that Starbucks is closing. Most people think it is a fun place to be and work, and Let me be the first to say it is not. Starbucks has become the new McDonald's. Plus, all the additives they put inside the coffee can be the same as crack.

Hooray! Die Starbucks, die!

Oh, but that won't bring back the little independent coffee companies that closed down when you took over their towns, will it?

Too late.

Er, yeah, the UK doesn't want them thanks...we've sent you Tesco in return though

having also worked in Starbucks, and having not been allowed to make customers' coffees the way they actually wanted them, I can speak from experience as bitter as their over-heated coffee.

Whilst I commiserate with the employees who've lost their jobs, and the shareholders who've lost their dividends (ha), all for the opportunity for more community spirited independents to open up...and hopefully not get 'proximity targeted' when they prove successful.

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Of course it's not the end of Starbuck's, they just expanded way too fast. It's called downsizing, and every manufacturer in the US has been doing it for the past 7 years.

Good. The 3 times I was ever persuaded to go to one I felt like an idiot trying to figure out their menu. All I wanted was a simple cup of coffee. Not some designer frothy thing that cost as much as lunch. Personally, I've been making my own coffee at home for the past several years because of the ridiculous markup & have definitely saved quite a bit of money & gas.

Somewhere Britany Spears is pitching a fit.

parisians were shitting themselves when starbucks had plans of putting stores in the city center - now , in the outskirts of paris , you can walk out of one , and there'll be another directly across the street , and 2 more down the same block . closing 600 stores here in the US is nothing , it just frees up capital for further expansion abroad .

who cares I dont drink that crap anyway its cheaper to buy gas

There will probably still be at least 5 starbucks within a 7 mile radius!

Only 600 closing, that's just a drop in the huge warming pot know as SBUX on wallstreet.

Peet's Coffee is far better! The first SBUX in Seattle's Pike Place Market sold Peet's Coffee, before they carried their own brand.

If you truly love coffee, just take the extra 5 minutes to brew a fresh cup at home... the lines at most SBUX is longer than that anyways...

It's definitely a streamlining. Especially now that they're installed in supermarkets.

I am a business major and Starbucks was one of our biggest examples! 4 years ago... I have come to the conclusion that Starbucks was going to be forced into closing some of their stores/locations. Why? You cannot run a company that has more fixed assets than it can liquidate. Seriously... dumbasses.

the only bummer will be the fact that these employees are loosing HEALTH INSURANCE!

starbucks is the #1 company in the states for treating its employees well AND
the worlds largest importer of fair trade goods.

it would be great if all mom and pop shops could give you health insurance, serve out of paper cups, and only have fair trade coffee...

They do have a lot of stores, like the infamous Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks. maybe it became too expensive to maintain all of the store. An Starbucks Better not go out of business, we'd have a full scale riot across the country, with me as its fearless leader!!!! VIVA LA STARBUCKS!!!!!!

oh dear, what ever will we do without a starbucks around the corner?!

we'll have to walk one more block to get our coffie.

Away with this corporate giant drug chain, if you need energy, go exercise and eat healthy. Don't fall into the quick fix habits.

Yeah, death to the evil empire!

They run locals out of business and only put up a mild "social responsibility" front, which really pisses me off.

They are the mascot for the faux yuppie/hippie movement which is green-washing our nation into a false sense of complacency. I swear they drug that effing coffee!

DIE STARBUCKS DIE

As long as they keep that 24hr SBux open in Chi.

Wooo down with starbucks, support your independent coffee shops!

Starbuck coffee is toxic and many of their drinks are fattening.

So less is more

I do like their idea of a "third place" where you can meet.
It is brilliant marketing

I don't drink coffee...

Everyone loved Starbucks when it was small. Everyone hates it now because it has become successful.

I hope Starbucks takes McDonalds with them.

besides gas, america runs on starbucks. but i guess between a 4 dollar cup of coffee and 4 dollar gas. i can survive without the coffee,...

as much as i like starbucks i think this will help small privately owened coffee shops..... EVERYBODY WINS!!!

This definitely shows a BIG problem in the United State's economy if one of its biggest corporations is packing up and moving out. This tells the United States consumer that their money is not that important to big multi-billion dollar corporations; thus, the big corporations will be moving to more economic prosperous nations-- for example, European nations. The Euro is well above the dollar, and if big corporations such as Starbuck's want to stay filthy (yes filthy) rich, then they need currency that means something. Seeing that they can be billionaires in Europe, imagine what that would make them in the states considering the price of the Euro is nearly twice as much as the Dollar. Now there is some coffee for thoughts!

What are full-time college students going to do for jobs!!

Here's what to come....a fast food Hot Pocket Shop!

Starbucks Water! 4 dollars a cup with 200 different flavors.

I was pleased and amused to find Starbucks
at Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok Thailand
two Christmas' ago. Though I don't normally
drink coffee in the US, it was irresitable 5000
miles from home.
Supply and Demand....the marketplace
determines what lasts. Levi's are still around!
Thank God.
Now THAT would be a loss!

Thank god! Starbucks and their disgusting, overpriced coffee need to get out of here!

Nothing againts Starbucks but I'd rather support my local Mom and Pop coffee shop. I have no problem with the store closing. I just hope the laid off employees will find jobs as soon as possible. It's not easy being jobless in this unstable economy.

i guess mcDonalds new iced coffee for a buck fifty outsold starbucks huh...oh and gas prices of course

There are three on the same corner here. I'm sure they are not closing. There are four within the a mile of one another at another location and I bet they don't close.

I don't think the major cities are going to lose any.....I have never been to a slow Starbucks here and I've been to many.

i hope they close more. i only go to independent coffee shops.

My friend, the starbucks addict, is probably crying about the fact that he'll have to walk an extra few blocks to get his caffeinated slop.

Mickey D's coffee is kicking Starbucks' Ass.

Is that all?? In SF, there are 32 within a 3 mile radius!! Excessive indeed.

There are three Starbucks withtin a 2 1/2 mile radius of where I live. It's honestly a bit much. I think they will survive.

But what if I get a Cafe Mocha, and then suddenly have the urge to get another one across the street?

It's about time, lol

you wanna know what's next? FROZEN YOGURT!! that's what's next. coffee is out, yogurt is in! those places are popping up like craaazy now...

I think Starbucks is too much of a corporate giant to be thwarted by just shutting 600 stores. Their customers are loyal to the point of addiction; I'm sure the Starbucks following will still be strong.

As a native Seattleite, it's always cool to say that Starbucks is from my hometown haha hooray!

Their just making room for more Subways.

Who really cares, what kind of era is based on a drink, coffee is just coffee. I'm not going to miss paying $4 for coffee with style.

Just another obstacle in the business world, they'll be fine.

no. I dont think Starbucks is going anywhere anytime soon Americans need it to much. maybe there just making a different business approach. There are Starkbucks on every street conner in every major city in the U.S maybe they just need to cut back a little.

"They're just beans you know."

Too much supply compared to demand.

Finally Freedom...real coffee... next comes mind control.

They would win my business back if they were greener and sold only fair trade organic coffee.

Now that will lower it to about a measly 5 per square mile!

oh no... now where will I get my Medium iced white chocolate mocha with whipped cream??

With the founder/ceo coming back into power, i think that this company is in good hands

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

HIP HIP HURRRRRRRRRRAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU GOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDD!

I HOPE THEY CLOSE ALL LOCATIONS AND VACATE TO THE U.K.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

600 Starbucks closing? Damn now there will only be 9,999,400 to choose from. I going to have to walk a whole block now. If this means the end of Starbucks I might just have to go back to smoking crack.

They're probably closing all the stores in the same parking lots as other stores.

I hope the Sbucks era is over. I worked there when I was first out of college for the health care benefits...but sadly they were a lot easier to lose than they were to get or to keep. Very irritating. Plus, they talk a good game - calling employees partners, benefits for part time workers (if you can get 'em and keep 'em...), etc., but in reality, they don't treat their workers very well, as I learned firsthand unfortunately.

They do make a good cup of coffee though.

The Starbucks era is just getting started...

Limit the availability of what people want.....

Now the remaining stores will be overperforming...

Brilliant!

Americans aren't giving up their coffee..

They'll cry about $4 gas, but $4 coffee, nah...