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Starbucks Closing 5 Mobile Stores

By WKRG Staff/The Associated Press

The coffee giant is closing 12 stores in Alabama, including 7 on the Gulf Coast. Mobile is losing the most in the state. Click here to see the list. Starbucks Closing 5 Mobile Stores

Published: Fri, July 18, 2008 - 9:21 am Last Updated: Thu, July 31, 2008 - 2:14 am

SEATTLE (AP) - Starbucks Corp. has named all 600 company-owned
stores it plans to close in a bid to boost its business and weed
out unprofitable locations.
12 of the stores are in Alabama. They include five in Mobile,
two in Birmingham, one each in Huntsville, Homewood, Vestavia
Hills, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores.
Closing the stores is a turnabout from Starbucks' aggressive
expansion plans. The coffee chain is responding to recent declines
in its profits and foot traffic as the faltering economy has led
some consumers to question their spending on pricey java.

Mobile Stores That Will Close:

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Other Stores Closing On The Gulf Coast:

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rosepetal Says:

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 4:27 pm

think i will just stick with thai tea if i can not have coffee. i love thai tea.

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Wait4Me Says:

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Tried it once while traveling with a friend, stuff was to expensive for the awful taste it had. I’ll stick with my Community Coffee, great taste and still cheap.

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BamaBob Says:

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:38 am

I got a cup once because someone insisted I try the laddi dah doodi doo something topped with whacahmacallit. Didn’t care for the stuff. I like coffee flavored coffee and tea flavored tea. I like it cheap too!

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rosepetal Says:

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:31 am

do you know i have never gotten the first cup of coffee from starbucks. who can afford that coffee on a regular basis.

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BamaBob Says:

Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 9:34 am

I’m told the Starbucks at Government Plaza bit the dust as of 8/30. What a rise and fall that business has had.

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KxVx Says:

Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:59 am

Oh no! That just means all the idiots that actually think Starbucks is good will be crowding up Satori and Carpe again. :(

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DEW26M Says:

Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:26 am

Starbucks SUCKS, try Tim Hortons instead! HAHAHHAA, no wonder they going out of business! 5$ for a cup of coffee, no way I’d pay that when I can get my XL cup-o-caffeine @ Tim’s for only $1.37 tax included! It’s not like it actually gets cold enough in Mobile to need coffee to survive, not like it is here in Ontario anyway! When you wake up and it’s -30C(-22F) you need that cup to get the nerve to go out and shovel ya car out the snow!

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rosepetal Says:

Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:19 am

i am sorry to see any store close. i hate it for the employees, but mobile does not get as cold as like washington, portland, etc where they started.
there were to many of them.

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southfan1981 Says:

Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:47 am

My brother the coffee lover calls theirs burnt offerings! But I’ll tell you ask for their spent grounds for your garden. They will give you all you need!

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BamaBob Says:

Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:38 am

I like coffee flavored coffee and tea flavored tea! Never would I spend 5 bucks on a cup of that Starbucks stuff. They sure killed the market by putting one of their stores in competition with another one of their stores. Guess the one in Govt. Plaza will survive for a while longer, which is amazing.

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