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My 20,400th Starbucks at SW 107th Avenue & 16th Street in Miami marks another increment on my long road to 21K.
With my focus on work and saving, the next 600 stores will take a while, possibly into 2027.
With my focus on work and saving, the next 600 stores will take a while, possibly into 2027.
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My 20,400th Starbucks at SW 107th Avenue & 16th Street in Miami marks another increment on my long road to 21K.
With my focus on work and saving, the next 600 stores will take a while, possibly into 2027.
With my focus on work and saving, the next 600 stores will take a while, possibly into 2027.
MY 73RD STARBUCKING COUNTRY!!!
After an anxiety-laden night in Turks and Caicos, unsure if the Starbucks' temporary closure would be resolved before I left, I returned to the Grand Turk Cruise Port and breathed a sigh of relief when I spotted a Starbucks employee setting up.
After an anxiety-laden night in Turks and Caicos, unsure if the Starbucks' temporary closure would be resolved before I left, I returned to the Grand Turk Cruise Port and breathed a sigh of relief when I spotted a Starbucks employee setting up.
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
MY 73RD STARBUCKING COUNTRY!!!
After an anxiety-laden night in Turks and Caicos, unsure if the Starbucks' temporary closure would be resolved before I left, I returned to the Grand Turk Cruise Port and breathed a sigh of relief when I spotted a Starbucks employee setting up.
After an anxiety-laden night in Turks and Caicos, unsure if the Starbucks' temporary closure would be resolved before I left, I returned to the Grand Turk Cruise Port and breathed a sigh of relief when I spotted a Starbucks employee setting up.
Starbucks U.S. is supposedly slowing down openings, yet FOUR NEW CORPORATE STORES have opened in the last month, since I booked my 2 1/2 day stop in Central and Southern Florida before flying to Panamá.
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Starbucks U.S. is supposedly slowing down openings, yet FOUR NEW CORPORATE STORES have opened in the last month, since I booked my 2 1/2 day stop in Central and Southern Florida before flying to Panamá.
sbworkersunited.org
If you believe in Starbucks but want the company to be better, please support the unionised workers currently on strike with a donation.
If you believe in Starbucks but want the company to be better, please support the unionised workers currently on strike with a donation.
Home - Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks is one of the most profitable companies on the planet. As partners, we’re building a movement to have a real voice in determining and sharing that success.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
sbworkersunited.org
If you believe in Starbucks but want the company to be better, please support the unionised workers currently on strike with a donation.
If you believe in Starbucks but want the company to be better, please support the unionised workers currently on strike with a donation.
One of the worst things about Starbucking in an era of overbuilding is when pressure to reach stores in time forces me to eat from Chipotle, a chain that has gotten soooo incredibly bad.
Coincidentally enough, current Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is credited with saving Chipotle.
Coincidentally enough, current Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is credited with saving Chipotle.
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One of the worst things about Starbucking in an era of overbuilding is when pressure to reach stores in time forces me to eat from Chipotle, a chain that has gotten soooo incredibly bad.
Coincidentally enough, current Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is credited with saving Chipotle.
Coincidentally enough, current Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is credited with saving Chipotle.
Wondering how often 666 signs are stolen.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wondering how often 666 signs are stolen.
As countless Americans wake up to discover that funds have not been loaded on their SNAP cards, I cannot help but feel thankful that I am fortunate enough to afford to enjoy specialty coffee in NYC one day, Philly the next, and tomorrow another city.
Meanwhile, kids go hungry.
Meanwhile, kids go hungry.
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As countless Americans wake up to discover that funds have not been loaded on their SNAP cards, I cannot help but feel thankful that I am fortunate enough to afford to enjoy specialty coffee in NYC one day, Philly the next, and tomorrow another city.
Meanwhile, kids go hungry.
Meanwhile, kids go hungry.
TEN YEARS OF DUCKHUNTING!!!
Last Saturday, October 25, marked ten years since I first discovered Duck Donuts at the Stonefield shopping centre in Charlottesville.
I fell in love from the first bite. Soon thereafter, I resolved to eat a doughnut from every location.
Last Saturday, October 25, marked ten years since I first discovered Duck Donuts at the Stonefield shopping centre in Charlottesville.
I fell in love from the first bite. Soon thereafter, I resolved to eat a doughnut from every location.
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
TEN YEARS OF DUCKHUNTING!!!
Last Saturday, October 25, marked ten years since I first discovered Duck Donuts at the Stonefield shopping centre in Charlottesville.
I fell in love from the first bite. Soon thereafter, I resolved to eat a doughnut from every location.
Last Saturday, October 25, marked ten years since I first discovered Duck Donuts at the Stonefield shopping centre in Charlottesville.
I fell in love from the first bite. Soon thereafter, I resolved to eat a doughnut from every location.
At 53, I am waaaay more mature and generally less prone to rash decisions...
BUT NOT ENTIRELY
Which is why I made the snap, possibly reckless, decision to run a SECOND 5K RACE tomorrow.
First race at 9 am, second race at 3 pm (if I don't injure myself during the first).
BUT NOT ENTIRELY
Which is why I made the snap, possibly reckless, decision to run a SECOND 5K RACE tomorrow.
First race at 9 am, second race at 3 pm (if I don't injure myself during the first).
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At 53, I am waaaay more mature and generally less prone to rash decisions...
BUT NOT ENTIRELY
Which is why I made the snap, possibly reckless, decision to run a SECOND 5K RACE tomorrow.
First race at 9 am, second race at 3 pm (if I don't injure myself during the first).
BUT NOT ENTIRELY
Which is why I made the snap, possibly reckless, decision to run a SECOND 5K RACE tomorrow.
First race at 9 am, second race at 3 pm (if I don't injure myself during the first).
NO KINGS protests occurring all day today, Saturday, October 18th!
Look up your area, and you might still be able to make it out to one.
Look up your area, and you might still be able to make it out to one.
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NO KINGS protests occurring all day today, Saturday, October 18th!
Look up your area, and you might still be able to make it out to one.
Look up your area, and you might still be able to make it out to one.
Starbucking in Ontario last weekend, but unfortunately too late to pick up this store in Sudbury, which closed during the recent Decimation.
This is just one of two dozen stores lost to me, and I expect more because it is not a conωenient time for me to tour the continent.
This is just one of two dozen stores lost to me, and I expect more because it is not a conωenient time for me to tour the continent.
October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Starbucking in Ontario last weekend, but unfortunately too late to pick up this store in Sudbury, which closed during the recent Decimation.
This is just one of two dozen stores lost to me, and I expect more because it is not a conωenient time for me to tour the continent.
This is just one of two dozen stores lost to me, and I expect more because it is not a conωenient time for me to tour the continent.
Wishing that Starbucks had remembered this last week before they laid off thousands of partners with almost no notice!!!
October 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wishing that Starbucks had remembered this last week before they laid off thousands of partners with almost no notice!!!
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Map of the 24 just-closed US/CA Starbucks that I never managed to get to because most were barely a year old. This loss represents the greatest number of North American stores that I have missed at the same time since the pandemic.
Map of the 24 just-closed US/CA Starbucks that I never managed to get to because most were barely a year old. This loss represents the greatest number of North American stores that I have missed at the same time since the pandemic.
Starbucks CLOSURES - Google My Maps
Starbucks CLOSURES
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September 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Map of the 24 just-closed US/CA Starbucks that I never managed to get to because most were barely a year old. This loss represents the greatest number of North American stores that I have missed at the same time since the pandemic.
Map of the 24 just-closed US/CA Starbucks that I never managed to get to because most were barely a year old. This loss represents the greatest number of North American stores that I have missed at the same time since the pandemic.
The only reason Starbucks' closure of over 600 North American stores in the past year is NOT unprecedented is because they did the same thing in 2008-2009.
Then they forgot the lesson that they should have learned.
Then they forgot the lesson that they should have learned.
September 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The only reason Starbucks' closure of over 600 North American stores in the past year is NOT unprecedented is because they did the same thing in 2008-2009.
Then they forgot the lesson that they should have learned.
Then they forgot the lesson that they should have learned.
starbuckseverywhere.net/StarbucksPos...
List of over 400 probable Starbucks closures compiled as of Saturday afternoon.
List of over 400 probable Starbucks closures compiled as of Saturday afternoon.
INCOMPLETE List of POSSIBLE Starbucks North America CORPORATE Store Closures for September 2025
starbuckseverywhere.net
September 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
starbuckseverywhere.net/StarbucksPos...
List of over 400 probable Starbucks closures compiled as of Saturday afternoon.
List of over 400 probable Starbucks closures compiled as of Saturday afternoon.
I waited a day so that I would not post a hot take, but after really thinking about it, Starbucks' sudden closure of hundreds of stores after giving their partners only a couple of days notice, if that, ranks towards the top of the ****tiest things that the company has ever done.
September 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I waited a day so that I would not post a hot take, but after really thinking about it, Starbucks' sudden closure of hundreds of stores after giving their partners only a couple of days notice, if that, ranks towards the top of the ****tiest things that the company has ever done.
My 20,300th Starbucks, in Souderton, PA, in another increment on the long road to 21K and comes nearly eight months after 20K. Because I'm focusing on work, saving, and minimising driving, my pace this year has been glacial, and 21K might not even come until 2027.
August 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My 20,300th Starbucks, in Souderton, PA, in another increment on the long road to 21K and comes nearly eight months after 20K. Because I'm focusing on work, saving, and minimising driving, my pace this year has been glacial, and 21K might not even come until 2027.
Ugh, I only had coffee from six Starbucks today, plus Square One in Lancaster, and yet I've not managed to get to sleep after THREE HOURS of trying.
Additionaly, I've used the restroom half a dozen times.
Additionaly, I've used the restroom half a dozen times.
August 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ugh, I only had coffee from six Starbucks today, plus Square One in Lancaster, and yet I've not managed to get to sleep after THREE HOURS of trying.
Additionaly, I've used the restroom half a dozen times.
Additionaly, I've used the restroom half a dozen times.
After 22 years, my first ever seven-tile parallel in an officially rated Scrabble game, my play of A(N) TINODE next to A(D)EnOMAS.
I might never do this again.
I might never do this again.
August 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
After 22 years, my first ever seven-tile parallel in an officially rated Scrabble game, my play of A(N) TINODE next to A(D)EnOMAS.
I might never do this again.
I might never do this again.
Feels like I've been hearing about Narcan forever, but I've never actually seen the product until today, inside the loo at a coffeehouse in Akron.
July 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Feels like I've been hearing about Narcan forever, but I've never actually seen the product until today, inside the loo at a coffeehouse in Akron.
FINALLY, THE FILM I'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS TO SEE!!!
July 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
FINALLY, THE FILM I'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS TO SEE!!!
please google "starvation in gaza"
July 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
please google "starvation in gaza"
If the worst thing that happened to you today was that you could not identify a particular Taylor Swift song, then you're not doing too bad, and you might be living your life right.
July 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If the worst thing that happened to you today was that you could not identify a particular Taylor Swift song, then you're not doing too bad, and you might be living your life right.