{"id":257769,"date":"2020-06-11T06:34:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T10:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=257769"},"modified":"2020-06-11T06:34:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T10:34:58","slug":"starbucks-to-potentially-close-up-to-200-stores-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/11\/starbucks-to-potentially-close-up-to-200-stores-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks to potentially close up to 200 stores in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It added that they are instensifying their efforts to respond to the increasing demand for convenience of their consumers. (File photo: @asaelamaury\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starbucks is planning to reduce its locations in Canada as they try to navigate through the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.<\/p>\n

In its memo to the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission, the Seattle-based chain notified its stakeholders that they are planning to close up to 200 Starbucks shops in Canada, explaining that they will “restructure” their company-operated business in the Great White North over the next two years.<\/p>\n

The company currently operates 1,400 outlets in Canada so if 200 of them will be closed, it would result in a nearly 15% reduction in its Canadian operations.<\/p>\n

Starbucks, however, clarified that not all these shops will be closed completely, as some of it will be “repositioned” into store formats such as pick-up, drive-thru, and curbside delivery.<\/p>\n

The restructuring of Starbucks’ shops in Canada is in addition to the “U.S. store repositioning,” which includes “the closure of up to 400 company-operated stores over the next 18 months in conjunction with the opening, over time, of a greater number of new, repositioned stores in different locations and with innovative store formats.”<\/p>\n

“This strategy aligns closely with rapidly evolving customer preferences that have accelerated as a result of COVID-19, including higher levels of mobile ordering, more contactless pick-up experiences and reduced in-store congestion, all of which naturally allow for greater physical distancing,” the company said.<\/p>\n

It added that they are intensifying their efforts to respond to the increasing demand for convenience of their consumers.<\/p>\n

Starbucks said it has opened two Starbucks pick-up locations in the past seven months \u2014 one is located at Penn Plaza in Manhattan while the other is in Toronto’s Commerce Court.<\/p>\n

The company’s pick-up store in Toronto opened last February, offering the same food and beverages like the ones provided in a regular Starbucks shop.<\/p>\n

The coffee giant said they are planning to open another Starbucks pick-up location near Grand Central Station in Manhattan soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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