So Starbucks Gossip has the full list of impending US Store Closures.  You can download the full list here (right click, save as) to see what stores near you may be affected.

Personally, I found the New York store closings of extreme interest.  Here’s how it basically breaks down:

New York City Closings

Brooklyn

• •Store #14186 - 8414 Third Avenue, Bay Ridge



Manhattan

• •Store #2880 - 1675 Broadway, Mid-town Manhattan/ Times Square District (btwn. W. 52nd and W. 53rd Street)
• •Store #7515 - 400 Madison Avenue, Mid-town Manhattan (btwn. E. 47th and E. 48th Street)
• •Store #11538 - 1600 Broadway, Mid-town Manhattan/ Times Square District (btwn. W. 48th and W. 49th Street)
• •Store #11692 - 565 Fifth Avenue, Mid-town Manhattan (btwn. E. 46th and E. 47th Street)
• •Store #11737 - 340 Madison Avenue, Mid-town Manhattan (E. 44th Street and Madison Avenue)
• •Store #14091 - 151 W. 34th Street, Mid-town Manhattan (Macy’s Flagship Store on the 5th Floor)



Queens

• •Store #10165 - 242-02 61 Avenue, Douglaston (Douglaston Plaza)
• •Store #10166 - 89-89 Union Turnpike, Glendale (Super Stop and Shop Plaza)
• •Store #11812 - 80-00 Cooper Avenue, Glendale (Atlas Terminals)



Staten Island

• •Store #11280 - 1756 Forest Avenue, Staten Island

Starbux Cannibals

It is pretty obvious that Starbux has no one to blame but themselves for this.  They cannibalized themselves.  This is evident by the first two stores listed in Manhattan.  See the four digit store number?  Yeah, that means they were opened awhile ago… before 2006.  See how the other stores that are literally down the street or a few blocks away have five digit store numbers?  Yeah, those stores were opened more recently, and undoubtedly cannibalized the customer base of the two older stores.  Had they not been so damn greedy, it is quite possible those stores would have performed within expectations and those jobs could have been saved.

The closings in Queens I found remarkable for two reasons.  The first is that all three of those stores are in shopping centers where there is pretty decent traffic.  The second is that the two in Glendale also happen to have other Starbux stores in those centers.  The 89-89 Union Turnpike store is faced with competition from a Starbux inside the Super Stop and Shop, and the 80-00 Cooper Avenue store faces competition from a Seattle’s Best that is located inside the Borders bookstore of that complex.  I’m sure if I drove out to Douglaston, I’d find a similar situation of cannibalization going on.  Surprisingly, none of the Forest Hills stores have been touched.

So How Honest Is Starbux?

One of the interesting phenomenons about this is that Starbux supposedly held this list back so they could notify all their “partners”.  Funny thing, when I was recently in the Starbux at 80-00 Cooper Avenue last week, no one thought their store was closing.  So I think I’m going back this weekend once I print this list out… to make sure that they have been properly informed that they better start looking for jobs elsewhere.  I think Esparks Coffee is still hiring… and they actually call their large coffee a “large”.  So if you hear about a Starbux being burned to the ground in Queens, New York… you’ll know where I’ve been and in all likelihood will be in jail for inciting a riot.

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