Detroit Goes Decaf
Starbucks to close 18 Michigan Coffee Shops
Just when we thought there was no stopping the unstoppable; it stopped. Starbucks will close 18 Michigan coffee shops, for a total of 600 nationwide. However, this does not mean they are slowing growth. Rather, they are shifting their attention elsewhere just like everyone else.
Starbucks (SBUX) expects that within three years, more than 40% of its outlets will be outside the U.S., compared with 29% today, with a planned 3,500 foreign openings from 2009 to 2011. Just last month, the company announced plans to team with SSP, a British operator of food-service concessions, to open 150 new outlets in airports and railway stations around Western Europe. "International operations are a growth engine," says a spokeswoman at Starbucks' European headquarters in Amsterdam. (Business Week, July 2, 2008)
Included in the list of coffee shops to be closed are the ones listed below. We’ve also included a link to other coffee shops near these locations so you don’t panic. Maybe, just maybe, mom and pop shops have a chance now! Cheers to that…
(If our list of coffee shops is inaccurate, please let us know!)
Fairlane Town Center; 18900 Michigan Ave Dearborn, Mi
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Buhl Building; 535
Griswold St Detroit,
Mi
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Millender Center; 333 E
Jefferson Ave Detroit,
Mi
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Jefferson & E Grand Blvd; 7201 E Jefferson Detroit, Mi
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Eastpointe; 22511
Gratiot Ave Eastpointe, Mi
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Corunna & Linden; 4455 Corunna Rd Flint, Mi
Groesbeck & Utica; 31205 Utica Rd Fraser, Mi
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Gaylord; 1251 W Main St Gaylord, Mi
Rivertown Crossing; 3700 Rivertown Pkwy Grandville, Mi
Canal & 44th; 4375 Canal Sw Grandville, Mi
W Washington; 1925 W Washington Greenville, Mi
Gull Rd & Sprinkle; 5625 Gull Rd Kalamazoo, Mi
Grand River & Saginaw; 3201 E
Grand River Lansing, Mi
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Eastwood Towne Center; 2941 Preyde Blvd
Lansing Township, Mi
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Ludington; 4551 W Us Hwy 10 Ludington, Mi
Twelve Oaks Mall; 27500 Novi Rd Novi,
Mi
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Meridian Mall; 1982 Grand River Ave Okemos, Mi
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Downtown Rochester;
439 Main St Rochester, Mi
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(If our list of coffee shops is inaccurate, please let us know!)
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