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Starbucks sinks after announcing a weaker-than-expected sales forecast and plans to close over
Market Insider ^ | June 19, 2018 | Akin Oyedele

Posted on 06/20/2018 6:52:10 AM PDT by Zakeet

Complete Headline: Starbucks sinks after announcing a weaker-than-expected sales forecast and plans to close over 100 stores next year (SBUX)

Starbucks shares fell by as much as 5% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company announced a third-quarter sales forecast that was weaker than analysts had expected.

Global same-store sales, at locations open for at least one year, were projected to rise 1%, weaker than the forecast for 2.9% growth according to Bloomberg.

Starbucks also announced a number of strategic changes. Notably, as from 2019, it plans to shift its focus for new stores away from areas where it already has a strong presence and to underserved markets. The company plans to close about 150 underperforming locations in 2019, up from its average pace of up to 50 closures every year, the company said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earnings; liberalism; starbucks; stockprice
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To: Zakeet

People are getting tired of waiting in line for overpriced, incorrectly made, bad tasting coffee beverages.


41 posted on 06/20/2018 7:37:03 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Jim Noble

Plans to close over 100 locations...
Hmmm...let me guess...

***************

I’ll bet you could identify most of them without even knowing anything about their customer traffic.

The stores selected for closing will be the ones most exposed to “high homeless traffic”.


42 posted on 06/20/2018 7:37:30 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Maverick68

“As a Capitalist Pig, it pains me to wish doom on anyone contributing to the American economy, but I really, really wouldn’t mind if these idiots go completely under and soon....”

It was just announced on Varney & Co., that Shariabucks is in the process of closing 150 “underperforming” locations. Looks like all this SJW $hit is having a negative effect on their business. It’s what happens when a Secular Progressive Capo is made the CEO of a going business. Progressivism tends to drive these “business leaders” to vacate their wallets.


43 posted on 06/20/2018 7:39:33 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Zakeet

never have darkened the door of one of these crapholes, and never will

good riddance to bad trash


44 posted on 06/20/2018 7:42:03 AM PDT by QualityMan (The Adults are back in town)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

” $15 per hour minimum wages in its most lucrative markets are pushing it along to its grave. “

And isn’t it poetic justice that this $15 stuff started out in Seattle, birthplace of Shariabucks!

They built one on a corner next to an office building we own about 5 years ago. We had to meet a tenant there to discuss some ongoing business last week. We never go there for coffee, but ended up having to have one for the sake of the meeting. What swill. Just hope the building get’s “repurposed” to something better when SB fails.


45 posted on 06/20/2018 7:43:51 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387

Cold Brew is the way to go...best coffee ever..great ice coffee


46 posted on 06/20/2018 7:50:19 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Zakeet

some stores are so popular that you can’t buy coffee because there are so many people. However, the coffee is not as good at the store down the block so no one goes there


47 posted on 06/20/2018 7:54:00 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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To: GOPJ

Brilliant analysis, I will be stealing this!!!


48 posted on 06/20/2018 7:54:39 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Zakeet

The more it sinks, the better.


49 posted on 06/20/2018 7:54:45 AM PDT by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: vette6387

Yep, the saying is “Get Woke, Go Broke”....


50 posted on 06/20/2018 7:55:19 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I won’t wait in those lines and risk getting bugs.


51 posted on 06/20/2018 7:55:55 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Zakeet

I tried to order beans awhile back and discovered they closed their online store. That was bizarre to me, since that’s how I came to know them (before they had a store on every corner).


52 posted on 06/20/2018 7:59:49 AM PDT by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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To: JohnEBoy

Out of curiosity, what was he doing wrong and what advice did you offer that changed him?


53 posted on 06/20/2018 8:01:37 AM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: Zakeet

Die, Starbucks, Die!


54 posted on 06/20/2018 8:02:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Maverick68

Thanks for your kind words - - It’s yours - pass the ideas along...


55 posted on 06/20/2018 8:05:49 AM PDT by GOPJ ( Difference between Hillary and Putin? Putin can win an election rigged in his favor.)
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To: Zakeet

Starbucks has a fevah and the only hope is more liberal indoctrination.

How to have a Starbucks experience right in your own home:

Burn a pot of coffee.
Set a $5 dollar bill on fire.
Shout out your name wrong.
Enjoy?


56 posted on 06/20/2018 8:06:48 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Hmmm.)
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To: Maverick68

I watched this happen to a store that was ‘selling’ donations to green energy groups and other liberal causes. Clerks were ‘required’ to ask every customer for a donation and if you declined there was a register key they pushed saying so. Therefore they have your name etc. as declining.

The clerks were livid they had to ask customers for donations.


58 posted on 06/20/2018 8:28:17 AM PDT by caww
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To: Zakeet
Take her down, periscope depth.

But, Sir, this a Starbucks!

Surface! Surface!

59 posted on 06/20/2018 8:30:04 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Zakeet

The only problem with my new plan of avoiding Starbucks is having to get my coffee at Cinnabon and NOT buying one of their beautiful and wonderfully-smelling buns! It takes deep courage and commitment to participate in a personal boycot, but im handling it well.


60 posted on 06/20/2018 8:36:12 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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