Starbucks will stop selling newspapers

admin July 12, 2019

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The coffee chain will begin to remove newspaper kiosks, grab-and-go snacks and bags of full-bean coffee beginning in September. The changes will take place in Starbucks' 8,600 owned stores in the United States.

Full-bean coffee bags will no longer be for sale at Starbucks.

"We always look at what we offer our customers in our stores and make adjustments in our portfolio based on customer behavior change," CNN Business told a Starbucks ( SBUX ) spokesman.

The New York Times said it was disappointed with the decision, but believes that Starbucks customers wishing to read the paper could find it elsewhere.

"We are confident that, given our broad distribution distribution, readers will not have trouble finding The New York Times for sale in nearby outlets," the New York Times said in a statement.

Starbucks has gradually reduced sales of non-core products in its stores. It announced in 2015 that it would stop selling CDs and has recently cut down on the number of items for sale, such as mugs.

It announced in March that it is modernizing its stores to focus on "convenience, comfort and connectivity." Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson told former CNN Business that each store should have different needs related to the location.

"Every store, every community, has its own personality," Johnson said.

For example, in an area of 20 stores, Johnson said Starbucks is thinking critically of how many will have drive-thrus, how many will be designed for mobile ordering, and how many will be full cafes. The idea is to "serve the many needs of society."

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