Starbucks is closing 16 stores in five US cities in response to workers' fears about crime and safety, including complaints about drug addicts congregating in bathrooms open to the general public in the company's stores, according to a report in the Seattle Times.
Six of the store closings will be in Seattle, where the coffee-shop giant is headquartered, and another six will close in Los Angeles. Two stores are being shuttered in Portland, OR; Washington DC and Philadelphia will each lose a store.
Howard Schultz, the Starbucks founder and CEO, alluded to the pandemic's impact on the company's business model of coffee shops which encourage customers to hang out at their cafes.
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