Starbucks to lay off 300 U.S. employees, shutter some regional support offices

Starbucks on Friday introduced one other spherical of company layoffs and stated it plans to shutter some regional support offices as a part of its ongoing turnaround.

The corporate stated it can lower 300 U.S. jobs, including it has began a overview of its worldwide company workforce. The layoffs don’t have an effect on its coffeehouse staff.

The mixed severance prices and reassessment of its workplace house will lead to restructuring fees of $400 million, the espresso chain stated. Starbucks expects to file $280 million in noncash fees associated to the impairment of long-lived property and $120 million in money fees tied to the job cuts.

“We’re taking additional motion beneath the Again to Starbucks technique, constructing on our sturdy enterprise momentum and dealing to return the corporate to sturdy, worthwhile development,” a Starbucks spokesperson stated in an announcement to CNBC. “Leaders have taken a tough have a look at their respective capabilities to additional sharpen focus, prioritize work, cut back complexity, and decrease prices.”

Friday’s announcement marks Starbucks’ third spherical of layoffs since CEO Brian Niccol took the helm. In February 2025, Niccol stated that the corporate would lower 1,100 jobs and never fill a number of hundred different open positions. Seven months later, the corporate introduced one other 900 job losses for its nonretail staff as a part of a $1 billion restructuring plan.

Starbucks had 9,000 U.S. nonretail staff and 5,000 worldwide staff working in regional support operations roles as of Sept. 28, 2025, in accordance to a regulatory submitting.

Throughout Niccol’s tenure, the corporate has launched into an costly — and fruitful — turnaround of its U.S. enterprise. The espresso large’s gross sales slumped as elevated competitors and extra budget-conscious customers weighed on demand for its drinks. Underneath Niccol, Starbucks has improved cafe operations, added buzzy new menu gadgets, reintroduced seating to its places and beefed up staffing at its coffeehouses.

For its newest quarter, the corporate reported that U.S. same-store gross sales grew 7.1%, fueled by a 4.3% improve in transactions. It was the second straight quarter of visitors development for Starbucks’ U.S. cafes, signaling that the corporate’s comeback plan was working.

“This quarter marked a milestone for Starbucks – and the flip in our turnaround,” Niccol stated in a video posted alongside the corporate’s fiscal second-quarter leads to April.

Correction: Starbucks had 9,000 nonretail staff within the U.S. as of September 2025. A earlier model misstated the quantity.