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MORE layoffs at Starbucks!

The java giants are laying off about another 1,000 workers.

The Seattle company already cut 2,000 jobs last year.

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    Posted: Jan 25, 2009 at 11:00 am / Email this  »
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    1. 1

      Timmy's # 1



    2. 2

      That's why we drink Bustelo!

    3. Laury says – reply to this


      3

      Shit, at this rate, everyone in the US will be unemployed soon.



    4. 4

      Hope my aunt keeps her job though..



    5. 5

      Maybe their sales would improve if they stopped serving the shittiest coffee on the planet.



    6. 6

      I wonder when we'll start to hear about these places closing down?



    7. 7

      When did you turn into CNN? NEXT!



    8. 8

      Damn I was just about to apply there



    9. 9

      Starbucks sucks



    10. 10

      second



    11. 11

      i love Starbucks (:
      esp. the Iced Caffè Latte lmao./



    12. 12

      Jesus, STOP BUILDING THEM, THEN!! I have a Starbucks Coffee at every intersection around my house, about a 10 mile radius, going ANY direction!!! NOT KIDDING EITHER!!! I have to drive farther to get to 7-11 than Starbucks!! I love coffee from there, but hell, ITS ENOUGH ALREADY!! FUCKIN RETARDS!



    13. 13

      Re: lindsaynicolex3 – I ALWAYS get the hot, white chocolate mocha, with peppermint! Oh yea, and a double on the shots!!! lol



    14. 14

      One Frappacrappachello latte please…….. NEXT
      That will be 8 Dollars please…… Eat ass



    15. 15

      $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$



    16. 16

      Yat…wish we could get some today.



    17. 17

      Get a job…..



    18. 18

      Re: Long Dong Connery – Ahh finally someone with excellent taste



    19. 19

      Stop this Perez, this makes us feel awful. We come here to be entertained, not depressed.



    20. 20

      they have over 5000+ stores! don't you think there is some excess baggage they don't need to pay



    21. 21

      Re: Long Dong Connery –
      I'm comin for the butthole..hehehehehe
      Starbucks is losing fukin money, coz my ass don't work for them..
      shitfukshit.
      I attrack men like bees on honey..hehe



    22. 22

      Re: Canukian – Thanks….



    23. 23

      Re: SheriMoonFireFly – It must be your fairmones….. :o )
      Butt……Butt…….Ok………. :o )



    24. 24

      Why me……….



    25. 25

      Well I guess I'll have to open another one across the street!



    26. 26

      Re: BBBoricua loves Angels & Demons – mmmm bustelo……brewed on my senseo…..nothing like it…..i haven't bought a cup of coffee on the run since i got it…….all other brews taste like piss water



    27. 27

      Fuck



    28. 28

      Re: mamajud – Hey Hottie….



    29. 29

      Re: mamajud – We both know it, Bustelo is the best cafe !!! :)



    30. 30

      I hate to say this but I love Starbucks although I only drink it like once every two weeks. I'm not that big of a fan of coffee anyway but I couldn't believe it when people were drinking this every day at work…that's just plain stupid to me. I think their prices are a little high for these times and people are of course as many know are cutting back. You would think Starbucks would have sales on coffee every week for different kinds of course to lure people back, or at least cut a couple cents off. What I mean about sales is like the coffee of the week and have that on sale but yet they want to sale you the same expensive coffee so therefore people are not attracted to that. Speaking about Starbucks I think I'm going to get my once every two week coffee today…lol! This coffee is more of a dessert than addiction to me.



    31. 31

      That's because Starbucks would rather give massive amounts of money to Israel and fire employees when the cards are down. Idiots.

      Boycott Starbucks!!!!!



    32. 32

      Re: BBBoricua loves Angels & Demons – can't beat the price either

      Re: Long Dong Connery – hi dong

    33. Merab says – reply to this


      33

      I don´t drink coffee



    34. 34

      No wonder, they opened one after the other… it was crazy, it was obvious that it will collapse… anyways is amazing that this guys rather close STarbucks than lower their prices…



    35. 35

      yes



    36. 36

      next



    37. 37

      Well since there laying off thousands workers since last year,why r they biulding one down the street from me



    38. 38

      GAZA GAZA GAZA!!!!!!



    39. 39

      Most of the ones I've been in are overstaffed. The profit margin on their coffees are astronomical, do you ever think that there might be MISMANAGEMENT on the company's part??
      You keep saying it, it will get worse b4 it gets better…but it WILL GET BETTER…



    40. 40

      Re: pradagirl7 – Or at least up their advertising to include coupons to drive traffic!!!
      In good times you should advertise…in BAD TIMES YOU MUST!!!



    41. 41

      Re: SELENA4EVA – Because the money from the construction loan was already in place…

    42. midi says – reply to this


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      starfucks and caffeine. not my thing.



    43. 43

      I don't drink Starbucks anymore since I found out they support PLANNED PARENTHOOD



    44. 44

      Oh NO, Please tell me I misread this article? If this is true where will we be able to buy a cup of OVER ROASTED - OVER PRICED coffee when we need one?



    45. 45

      Its only suppose to affect the Executive part of Starbucks, NOT baristas..which is a good thing because Im a barista at starbucks! :)



    46. 46

      yea put more americans out of work while huge portions of profits srill go to support isreal hmmmm think ill go to columbus cafe instead



    47. 47

      Do you think coffee will get down as low as gasoline.



    48. 48

      I don't have much to say on the subject, except that I buy 2 cups of coffee a day, one at full price, and a refill for 50 cents. In all I spend about 2.35 a day, every day of the week. I also know that I am one of 1,000,000,000 people that do the same thing I do day in and day out. Starbucks is a daily part of my life, and my two dollar habit is not breaking my bank account. But I know that they are earning 2 dollars from just me, times 1,000,000,000 on the marked up price of coffee. They can make 50 cups of coffee at 1.85 each (or 50 cents for refills), but it only cost them about 25 cents to make the entire batch. That doesn't even account for all the dunderheads that buy $5.00 per drink times 1,000,000,000, when it cost them about 45 cents to make that drink.

      HOW IS STARBUCKS NOT MAKING MONEY HAND OVER FIST???!!!??? They are screwing the consumers (but I'm willing to pay because I like their product) by overcharging for their product, and now the executives have decided that their profits are down, so they are going to lay off the $10 an hour employees, because then they don't have to pay med benefits and crap wages that wouldn't support a homeless person in California.

      This was completely non-sequitous, I know, but it felt good to type it.

      There I'm done.



    49. 49

      Just like all trends…they fade. People only drink starbucks b/c they want to seem "elite" because its trendy. So overrated.



    50. 50

      Re: reallybigJohn – Hey math genius re read the news and understand, no baristas will be fired… you are a cheap one… 2 dollars per day on coffee??? that's way too cheap!



    51. 51

      no wonder it took 25 minutes to get my coffee today.



    52. 52

      Starbucks is still in business?
      Who drinks that overpriced shit anyway?
      Ooooooh, there's not going to be one on every corner.
      Just in every Walmart.



    53. 53

      That's what happens when you have one on every fucking corner in a shit hole economy.



    54. 54

      overpriced!!!!! I drink La Llave for my cafe con leche.



    55. 55

      I live in Saskatchewan, Canada and Starbucks is hiring here atm I saw the sign two days ago while I went threw their drive thru =P



    56. 56

      It make me glad I quit last year! I don't miss it one bit! Who in the hell can afford to pay 4 bucks for a Mocha? Mc Donald's hazelnut iced coffee rocks!



    57. 57

      STARBUCKS SUCK!!

      They move into a neighbourhood and and the little independent cafes get the boot.

      And their coffee tastes like dirty water.



    58. 58

      Perhaps I'm wrong, but it almost seems that you can barely stifle your glee at others losing their jobs, their livelihoods. You run an entertainment blog! Most people that visit your site do so as a diversion from "real" news, which given the current economy is usually bad news. You are no authority on business and most of the layoffs you report are not connected to the entertainment industry. Please stick to what you know. If we want to get the latest on the economic climate in America, we'll look to a more credible, more academic source.



    59. 59

      Seattle based? Last time I checked, Starbucks was Canadian!