{"id":1550560,"date":"2022-07-12T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T16:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1550560"},"modified":"2022-07-12T12:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T16:04:41","slug":"starbucks-closes-multiple-coffee-shops-in-democrat-run-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-closes-multiple-coffee-shops-in-democrat-run-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Closes Multiple Coffee Shops In Democrat-Run Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstarbucks-closes-multiple-coffee-shops-in-democrat-run-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1550560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/starbucks\">Starbucks<\/a> is closing 16 coffee shops in major cities due to <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/crime\">safety<\/a> concerns, the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/business\">company<\/a> said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Six locations in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/seattle\">Seattle<\/a>, Washington, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/los-angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a>, California, will close their doors permanently, as well as two locations in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/portland\">Portland<\/a>, Oregon, and one location in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/philadelphia\">Philadelphia<\/a>, Pennsylvania, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-d-c\">Washington<\/a>, D.C., according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/starbucks-closing-some-stores-citing-safety-concerns-in-certain-cafes-11657588871?st=67nhb02211djm78\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want you to know that creating a safe, welcoming, and kind third place is our top priority,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.starbucks.com\/stories\/2022\/message-to-starbucks-partners-safety-in-our-stores\/\">message<\/a> from Starbucks Senior Vice Presidents of U.S. Operations Debbie Stroud and Denise Nelson explained to employees. \u201cBecause simply put, we cannot serve as partners if we don\u2019t first feel safe at work. The question on our minds is: How do we continue to show up for our communities while protecting our partners?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The executives announced new trainings for de-escalation and active shootings, adding that among the policies they may pursue are \u201cmodifying operations, closing a restroom, or even closing a store permanently\u201d if safety is a persistent issue, then transferring employees to other nearby stores.<\/p>\n<p>The cities of Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., have indeed witnessed surging crime over the past two years. As of last month, Los Angeles and Washington were on pace to surpass their homicide totals seen in 2021, according to crime data reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/major-cities-pace-pass-2021-homicide-halfway-2022\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, more than a dozen convenience stores in Philadelphia have closed permanently as a result of rising retail crime. \u201cRight now we have a lot of problems with the city of Philadelphia. We are closing left and right,\u201d Manzoor Chughtai, the president of the Franchise Owners Association, said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/11866899\/\">WPVI<\/a>. \u201cRobbers are coming in, they\u2019re just robbing the place left and right. We have now lost about 15-20 stores in the city of Philadelphia. Nobody wants to take over the store. Nobody wants to run the business in the city of Philadelphia. Very dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, four separate 7-Eleven stores in southern California experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/four-separate-july-11-shootings-hit-7-eleven-stores-across-california-at-least-three-connected\">shootings<\/a>, leaving at least two dead and three injured. \u201cOur hearts are with the victims and their loved ones,\u201d 7-Eleven said in a statement. \u201cWe are gathering information on this terrible tragedy and working with local law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many leftist district attorneys have pursued policies such as eliminating cash bail or moving priorities away from prosecuting shoplifters \u2014 actions which garner criticism for letting criminals continue dangerous behavior without consequences. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n therefore faces a recall as more than 715,000 citizens signed a petition to begin the process, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-07-09\/715-833-signatures-turned-in-to-recall-los-angeles-county-da-gascon-election-officials-say\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>. The signatures still need to be verified by county officials before the recall can qualify for ballot placement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps worse than any one specific policy, Gasc\u00f3n has sent a loud and clear message to criminals that he will always have their backs, whether that means lowering sentences or declining to prosecute certain crimes altogether,\u201d a spokesperson for the Recall DA George Gasc\u00f3n campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/radical-da-has-turned-the-streets-of-los-angeles-into-a-living-nightmare-campaign-to-recall-gascon-raises-more-than-6-million\">told<\/a> The Daily Wire in May. \u201cThat mentality has turned the streets of Los Angeles into a living nightmare \u2014 criminals feel emboldened, residents feel unsafe, and victims feel completely betrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks\u2019 move to close stores also occurs as over 180 locations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/starbucks-is-trying-to-take-away-gender-affirming-care-unionizing-workers-complain\">seek to unionize<\/a>. Starbucks Workers United \u2014 a unionization effort led by Starbucks employees \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/sbworkersunited.org\/#Partners-Becoming-Partners\">says<\/a> they are attempting to \u201cform a collaborative, creative, forward-thinking, justice seeking, independent organization that will allow us to advocate for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks is closing 16 coffee shops in major cities due to safety concerns, the company said on Monday. Six locations in both Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California, will close their doors permanently, as well as two locations in Portland, Oregon, and one location in both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., according to The Wall &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1550659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1550659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}