No more stores at Carlingford, Chatswood, Blacktown, Bondi Junction, Erina Fair, Hornsby and Parra!
The ‘original store’ at Hyde Park’s still gonna be there + one at the airport… And at the Kids’ Hospital @ Westmead!
I’m thankful and glad that my friends can still get their fix within proximity (but not really with convenience anymore).
For a full list of store closures, see Starbucks Australia website.
O what a tragedy! Australia’s losing 61 stores… 
See www.starbucks.com.au
Ahhh!!! I just read in the Sydney Morning Herald today that there are speculations of some Starbucks closures! O… K… There are less than 30 Starbucks in Sydney, compared to about 60 in Singapore (which is smaller than Sydney!!) and they are gonna shut some down?
I once had a convo with a Starbucks manager who told me that the parent company had a philosophy of even keeping stores that weren’t making profits since it was more to do with having a presence than making money… Guess with all the crazy losses in America where there apparently is a Starbucks at every corner, it’s forced this drastic measure!
We shall wait and see…
Read on for the article in SMH…
Coffee mega-chain Starbucks has refused to hose down speculation that managers of Australian stores will be told at a meeting at 4pm today of plans to close outlets.
A month after the chain’s US office announced the closure of 600 stores there, workers at Sydney Starbucks stores have confirmed that staff have been summoned to a meeting today.
There are more than two dozen stores in Sydney and 85 nationwide. Read the rest of this entry ?
This is the first Starbucks store that opened in Sydney many moons ago… and the one I used to frequent at least once a week… I still think it’s one of the prettiest ones around since it overlooks Hyde Park in the city. (See the lush trees in the reflection!)
