recession finally hits BC
 

BC has officlly hit recesion

A starbucks is closing!!! :willnill::willnill::willnill::willnill:


Starbucks announces first-ever Canadian closing in Richmond, B.C.
Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2009 | 6:54 PM PT

Starbucks Corp. will shut down its Aberdeen Centre location in Richmond, B.C., on Wednesday, the company's first-ever closing in Canada.

The coffee retailer said the decision to close was caused by current economic conditions and because the location itself was under-performing.

Some employees at the Richmond location said they were given just five days' notice about the pending shutdown.

Starbucks has announced it plans on closing 100 coffee shops outside of the U.S., but it has so far not revealed how many more outlets in B.C. will be shuttered.

Starbucks has 365 locations in the province.

finally hit? have you been hiding under a rock or something?

maybe the C-lai's don't like coffee. They prefer tea.

ubc campus locations will never close.

that starbucks isnt too bad
i think its the rent
HAHAHA

oh NO!!

must be pretty cozy there? i meant living underneath that rock.

Aberdeen? I'm not surprised

NOOOOO I NEED THATTT

Sarcasm > You

This is no real surprise after seeing Starbuck's current financial reports. Expect more closures to follow.

should close one of the two at robson/thurlow. or whatever that corner is.

Im not surprised its the one at aberdeen. People in the area want bubble tea instead of coffee, I would assume.

Why? The reason the 2nd one open across the street was because the 1st was too busy and couldnt efficiently handle all the customers.

no c lai would pay 5 dollar for a medium sized coffee u crazy?
5 dollar can order 2 dimsums already

medium sized coffee is $1.98. can barely pay for a dimsum.

aberdeen location isn't that good, traffic is low compare to other location.

of course rent is crazy right there

seiruosly? they would rather close aberdeen than the one on oak and 67th? that place is like DEAD

Meh, walk a few blocks down. I'm sure there's another one just around the corner.

the rogers by my house closed down a while ago :(
its been there ever since i moved here..... twas a sad sad day

rogers/blockbusters all need to close. rentals are obsolete with cheap dvd prices and broadband pirating.

Well that sucks. I used to sneak off to that Starbucks during my shift when I was working at Daiso...
The large coffee costed me like almost half my hourly pay. Horrible. :(

Tim Ho's ftw

shiet they already close down the one @ 2 road and blundell..now aberdeen

no surprise there... wth goes to aberdeen... no one except 5yr olds and c-lais


VOD is blamed for killing rentals