Starbucks closures: July 2008 Archives
The Google Map set up by the Seattle Times to track Starbucks closings across the country has another L.A.-area Starbucks that is reportedly slated to close:
820 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA
According to a Seattle Times reader.
Again, this is unconfirmed, but I can see that happening, because there's literally two Starbucks on every block on Montana Avenue. There's a busy one on Montana and 7th Street, so 820 Montana is a mere block away.
Deep in the comments at Starbucks Gossip, I learned:
Today I heard in Burbank CA, Victory and Empire was closing, but the manager doesn't even know yet. I am in a neighboring district and found out before her. that sux.
That would be this outlet:
Victory & Empire, Burbank
1711 North Victory Place
Burbank, CA 91502
818-843-3979
A few more of these and I might start a map of my own. Until then, there's the Google Map started by the Seattle Times.
Hey, my buddy Jason Kandel isn't the only guy who knows how to use these interactive maps. The Seattle Times has one that is designed to show as many of the 600-odd Starbucks locations slated to close in the mega-chain's current downsizing.
So far the map, which relies on reports from baristas and others in the know, only has about 10 locations. I'll be keeping an eye out for when it starts to fill out, and I'll let you know what I find.
Go here for the full map, along with a note on each alleged Starbucks closure. ... Or just look at the map above. Thanks Google and Seattle Times!
Update: A new source of Starbucks closure information is the Starbucks Closing blog.
As always, the best place to take Starbucks' pulse is Starbucks Gossip.
California will not escape when it comes to Starbucks closures, according to this missive from Convenience Store News (that's a publication — can you believe it?):
Starbucks officials said the closures are happening in "all major U.S. markets" between late July and March. Florida and California are among the largest states affected, spokeswoman Valerie O'Neil told Bloomberg News.There were 2,496 stores in California and 625 in Florida in March. Those two states have been especially hard hit by the real-estate downturn and credit crisis.
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