This is the severance package Starbucks offered to laid-off staff at the stores it's closing

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A close-up of a Starbucks coffee shop sign on September 8, 2025 in Cardiff, Wales.
Starbucks sent its laid-off staff details of what their severance package would look like.

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I don't get the whole Costco craze

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Aisles at Costco.
Aisles at Costco.

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Small grocery stores like Aldi and Grocery Outlet are gaining ground in the grocery wars

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Shoppers are seen outside of an Aldi grocery store in Coal Township, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022.
Shoppers are seen outside of an Aldi grocery store in Coal Township, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022.

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Costco plans to open new locations at a quicker pace as it tackles busy warehouses

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Employees push shopping carts outside a Costco Wholesale warehouse store in Hawthorne, California.
Costco CEO Ron Vachris says the company continues to see "significant opportunities for expansion, both domestically and internationally."

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I was an in-house artist at Goyard and Louis Vuitton. Now, I use AI to market my fashion brand.

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Jasline Ang, cofounder of Studio Qiling.
Jasline Ang, cofounder of Studio Qiling.

Jasline Ang

Costco says new extended hours added 1% to weekly sales

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A Costco executive membership card.
A Costco executive membership card.

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Starbucks to close 1% of North American stores, lay off 900 corporate employees in strategic shift

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Starbucks said Thursday it will close 1% of its North American stores and lay off 900 corporate workers. Among the closures is its Seattle Reserve Roastery, one of the first unionized locations and a site of past protests.

Uber is making new moves in the race to deliver fresh groceries fast

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Uber Eats driver on the job while moving through a busy city street.
An Uber Eats driver on the job.

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Starbucks is closing its iconic Capitol Hill Roastery, just minutes from its Seattle headquarters

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Starbucks' Reserve Roastery on Capitol Hill
Starbucks' iconic Reserve Roastery on Capitol Hill in Seattle will be among the locations shuttered by the company in its latest restructuring, Business Insider has learned.

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Starbucks to close some North American stores, lay off 900 non-retail employees

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Starbucks company headquarters in Seattle, a red-brick building with a clocktower featuring the coffee chain's Siren mascot and the US flag flying above it, is seen on a cloudy day
Starbucks headquarters in Seattle

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