Starbucks shutters San Jose spots as competitor Dutch Bros brews up plans

AS ONE COFFEE GIANT SHUTTERS multiple locations in San Jose, another company is moving in.

Four Starbucks locations in San Jose have closed, following the company announcing it would shutter 1% of its stores across North America. Two other locations in Mountain View and one each in Cupertino, Santa Clara and Milpitas have also closed. The company laid off 900 corporate, non-retail employees and has 18,300 stores left across the U.S. and Canada. It’s unclear how many retail workers have been affected by the closures.