Starbucks announced Thursday it would be closing about 1 percent of their stores across the United States and Canada.
According to an unofficial Google Sheet, the closures will affect several locations in the Pittsburgh and southwestern PA area.
According to the unofficial Google sheet, the following locations are set to close:
Belle Vernon – 128 Pricedale Road
Greensburg – Greengate Centre
Homestead – Waterfront Towne Center
Latrobe – 2701 Sharky’s Drive
Leechburg – Hyde Park Plaza
Monroeville – Northern Pike
Monroeville – William Penn & McMasters
Mt. Pleasant – 255 Bessemer Road
Murrysville – Market District
Murrysville – 3788 William Penn Highway
South Side – East Carson Street
Pittsburgh – 3464 William Penn Highway
Lawrenceville – Butler Street
Verona – PA Turnpike Plaza at Milepost 49.3
Those closures are not official with Starbucks telling USA Today the closures will begin to be seen on the Starbucks app beginning Sunday, September 28.
In a letter, CEO Brian Niccol said workers at stores being closed will be notified this week along with 900 others whose jobs are being eliminated.
Those 900 jobs are “current non-retail partner roles.”
Niccol says they will work to transfer as many workers at closing stores to other locations as possible.
“During the review, we identified coffeehouses where we’re unable to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect, or where we don’t see a path to financial performance, and these locations will be closed,” said Niccol.
The public Google Sheet can be found here.