Starbucks to close 7 San Francisco stores by month's end

Starbucks announced this week they are closing seven of their San Francisco store locations by the end of the month.

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[SOLDOZER]

That dude blamed boba shops. LOL Thats how clueless these people are.

[AlexRocks-]

I'm shocked they stayed this long 😔

[Chuck-]

Starbuck's is like Waffle House, if they're closing there's a reason for it. You know things are getting bad now.

[coastalhillbilly]

“due to issues going on with the city” They can’t even say the word - C R I M I N A L S

[broccolifan]

My friend who worked in SF downtown area 5 years ago told me that these locations used to be high foot traffic hot spots.
They were nice hangout place for breaks and meetings. During holiday seasons, some stores got super busy all day long.

[Jianju]

San Francisco's tax base is waning fast. Let's see how many of their beloved social services they can muster after another year of this doom loop...

[MyOptimizedbiology]

Think about how many people who used to come in that flat out left the Bay Area..

[temujinkhan]

Starbucks still being woke as they are and not telling the people why they are really closing.

[Vmglf]

I really hope all of these closures result in a real estate reset; what these corporate landlords want to charge for commercial and residential leases is truly delusional.

[celebrityrog]

Don't forget back in the mid 2000s Starbucks closed a ton of stores in downtown. Why? Because they had LITERALLY a handful of stores that were across the street from each other. At one point in time there was 3 Starbucks within 1 block.

[norcaldeemichaels]

“It’s not the crime, more people are just ordering their lattes on Amazon”

[michaelmatwijiw]

Thank the progressive district attorneys

[Skywatchersx]

They’ve fed into this woke position and running from it at the same time. 🤷‍♀️

[tnguyen]

I don’t think it’s closing because of other drinks. Milk tea and coffee are 2 different types of drinks. I’m sure they not closing because of crime and all the homeless people 😂

[thediner]

Punish the lawless behaviors. I’m talking about criminals, homeless, and druggies alike. If they insist on keeping the same criminal laws then the city will be worse off than Detroit.

[djr]

They’re tired of having to cater to those dropping in only to use bathrooms or hang out on their computers all day. There’s too many Starbucks, anyway. I Miss the mom&pop ones.

[niosanfrancisco]

How do you run a starbucks when the homeless are invading the shops :?

[bobm]

Surprised they waited this long and only closed 7 in that city

[jon]

I live in Honolulu and work in the downtown area. We used to have 3 Starbucks locations in very close proximity to each other but post-pandemic changed that and we are now down to one!

[donlee.]

Philz, Peets, Blue Bottle, local Boba Shops are all Bay Area companies.. a lot of alternatives…