By Linda Cooper Producer
News 3 On Your Side
Starbucks has named all of six hundred company-owned stores it plans to shutdown.News 3 On Your Side
Starbucks hopes the closures will boost its businesses and weed out unprofitable locations.
Closing the stores is a turnabout from the company's aggressive expansion plans.
The coffee chain is responding to recent declines from the economy as some consumers are thinking twice about spending their money on pricey java. To learn more about what stores are being shutdown in your area just visit http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/pressdesc.asp?id=882.