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Update: Starbucks Assessing Locations, Plans Job Cuts Amid Ongoing Restructuring

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(Updates with response from a Starbucks spokesperson in the fifth and sixth paragraphs.)

Starbucks' (SBUX) board approved reassessing its Starbucks Reserve and Roastery locations and non-retail support facilities, which is expected to entail job cuts, according to a Friday filing.

News outlets reported Friday that the move will see the closure of a number of regional support offices and 300 corporate job cuts in the US.

The company estimates about $280 million in restructuring charges from the optimization of its locations and $120 million related to employee separation benefits, with a significant portion of the charges to be incurred in fiscal 2026, according to the filing.

Starbucks expects to complete majority of the planned actions by the end of this fiscal year, the company said. The moves are part of a wider restructuring plan that is intended to yield $2 billion in cost savings, Starbucks added.

A Starbucks spokesperson toldthat the company is taking further actions under its "Back to Starbucks" strategy as it seeks to return to durable, profitable growth. The company is aiming to simplify operations, reduce complexity and lower costs as part of a broader efficiency effort.

As part of these measures, Starbucks is eliminating about 300 US support roles and reviewing its international support organization as it shifts toward a more streamlined global licensing model, with additional job impacts expected outside the US. The company is also reducing its real estate footprint, including consolidating regional support offices and reassessing lease commitments, the spokesperson added.

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