Starbucks Fun Facts

You probably heard about all the Starbucks Coffee house cutbacks.
Here are some interesting tidbits I came accross in the Baton Rouge Advocate (newspaper) recently:

Anticipated store closures for the following states:

Louisiana = closing 21% of existing 57 stores.
Mississippi = closing some 40% of existing 17 stores.
Alabama = closing 24% of existing 51 stores.

I know this post has no significance unless you are an employee of Starbuck's........but it just seems strange that a company of this size would be making such racial changes so quick. Let me explain: In Baton Rouge for example over the past year or so Starbuck's has built and opened brand new stand alone locations........that they are now turning right around and closing. I mean, the paint must be drying on some of these locations that are now marked for closure..........
......strange!!

Maybe there's a job opening in the Starbuck's organization coming soon in demographic and marketing research..!!

Hang on to your white chocolate mocha.........