3 MA Starbucks Locations To Close: Here's Where

Two Starbucks stores in Boston and another in Holyoke are closing as the coffee giant eliminates "underperforming" locations.

The Boston stores closing are at Faneuil Hall Market Place at 8 N. Market St. and at 125 Summer St., according to starbuckseverywhere.net, a website that tracks store closures.

The Starbucks at the Holyoke Mall is also closing. The Starbucks at the Target in the mall will remain open, according to 22 News WWLP.

All three locations are listed as permanently closed on Google. Starbucks has also removed location information for all three on its website.

Elsewhere in New England, Starbucks is closing two Connecticut stores, two Rhode Island stores and one Vermont store.

The news comes as Starbucks revealed last week that it would shutter 250 stores across North America.

According to commercial location-intelligence and research website Commercial Real Estate Headquarters, there are nearly 250 locations in the Bay State.

Starbucks announced closures would involve stores that are not delivering the financial results or customer experience the company expects.

The closures represent about 1% of Starbucks' more than 18,000 North American coffeehouses. The company said it expects to continue growing its store count in the region even as it closes underperforming locations.

The move comes about a year after Starbucks closed 627 stores in North America and Europe. The company is also continuing a program to renovate its coffeehouses, with about 1,500 locations expected to receive upgrades by the end of its fiscal year.

Starbucks said employees at closing locations will be transferred to other stores when possible. Workers who cannot be placed elsewhere will receive severance support.

The company expects the closures to result in about $300 million in restructuring charges, including costs associated with ending leases and employee separation benefits.

Patch Editor Joseph Hosey and AP News contributed to this report.

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