Starbucks Cuts 1,100 Jobs and Simplifies Menu for Turnaround
Starbucks is laying off 1,100 corporate employees while aiming to simplify its menu by nearly a third to boost efficiency and sales.
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Starbucks is taking other steps to improve its stores' performance amid a series of quarterly sales declines.
Starbucks laying off 1,100 workers and cutting drinks from its menu
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Starbucks has been under fire from conservatives, who have criticized its extreme promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology as well as a corporate strategy that often appears to be bent around leftwing climate change priorities.
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The decision to eliminate corporate positions aligns Starbucks with other major companies making similar cost-cutting moves.
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The company has been wrestling with a sustained fall in sales since last year, which has been particularly pronounced in the US.
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Starbucks has had a hybrid work policy of three days a week in the office since 2023.
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Starbucks has 16,000 corporate support employees worldwide, but that includes some employees who aren’t impacted, like roasting and warehouse staff.
Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines
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The coffee giant under CEO Brian Niccol has been moving to return to its roots to try reversing a decline in foot traffic and sales.
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The layoffs are the largest in the company’s history.
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The layoffs come as Starbucks tries to draw coffee drinkers back to its cafes after same-store sales declined for four straight quarters.
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The move, which also involves the decision to not fill "several hundred" open positions, does not apply to baristas and others who work in Starbucks stores themselves, the release stated.
Starbucks laying off 1,100 corporate workers this week, CEO Brian Niccol announces
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The layoffs come as Starbucks tries to draw coffee drinkers back to its cafes after same-store sales declined for four straight quarters.
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Niccol, who became CEO in September with plans to return the company to its coffeehouse roots, is working to boost profitability and improve the work environment after the company faced years of growing pressure from unionization campaigns nationwide and consecutive disappointing fiscal quarters as traffic declined.
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Summary
Starbucks is cutting 1,100 corporate jobs and plans to eliminate several hundred open positions in its effort to revitalize slumping sales. CEO Brian Niccol, who joined last September, is focusing on simplifying the menu by nearly a third over the next year, starting March 4, with popular items like the Royal English Breakfast Latte and White Hot Chocolate among those being removed. This move aims to enhance efficiency and customer experience amidst a decline in same-store sales, which were down 8% last quarter. The job cuts will not affect café staff but will streamline support roles.
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