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Starbucks To Layoff 1,100 Employees

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced today a significant restructuring of the company’s global support teams, impacting non-retail, support partners worldwide. In a message shared with employees, Niccol revealed that the coffee giant will eliminate 1,100 current support partner roles along with several hundred unfilled positions as part of its “Back to Starbucks” plan aimed at ensuring future success.

The announcement, which does not affect in-store teams or planned investments in store hours, follows a January evaluation of the company’s support team structure. Niccol emphasized that the changes are designed to simplify operations, reduce complexity, and create smaller, more efficient teams to better support Starbucks’ coffeehouse experience.

“Our intent is to operate more efficiently, increase accountability, reduce complexity, and drive better integration,” he stated, underscoring the leadership team’s focus on delivering for in-store “green apron” partners and customers.