{"id":6808,"date":"2025-02-24T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/starbucks-to-lay-off-1100-corporate-workers-as-sales-sag\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:00:26","slug":"starbucks-to-lay-off-1100-corporate-workers-as-sales-sag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/starbucks-to-lay-off-1100-corporate-workers-as-sales-sag\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks to lay off 1,100 corporate workers as sales sag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-graf\">Starbucks\u00a0will lay off 1,100 corporate employees and will not fill several hundred other open positions, the coffee chain\u2019s CEO Brian Niccol said Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-graf\">The cuts will not affect workers at the company\u2019s cafes.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"body-graf\">In a\u00a0message to corporate employees, Niccol said Starbucks is \u201csimplifying our structure, removing layers and duplication and creating smaller, more nimble teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-graf\">\u201cOur intent is to operate more efficiently, increase accountability, reduce complexity and drive better integration,\u201d Niccol wrote. \u201cAll with the goal of being more focused and able to drive greater impact on our priorities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-graf\">The layoffs come as Starbucks tries to draw coffee drinkers back to its cafes after\u00a0same-store sales declined\u00a0for four straight quarters. As customers turn to cheaper rivals in Starbucks\u2019 two largest markets, the U.S. and China,\u00a0Niccol has tried to revamp operations\u00a0since he took the helm of the company last year, including by speeding up service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-graf\">Starbucks had about 16,000 employees who work outside of store locations as of last year. The cuts will affect people who work in corporate support, but not roasting, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on NBC NEWS<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks\u00a0will lay off 1,100 corporate employees and will not fill several hundred other open positions,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}