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  • Note: Layoff notice filed Oct 2026 (about 135 employees in WA) (state notice)
  • Note: Layoff plan disclosed Sep 2026 (filing)

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Every WARN layoff and closure notice Starbucks filed in Pennsylvania and Washington: dates, locations, employees affected, and the state's own record.

2,742 employees in Seattle, Kent, WA, Seattle, WA and Various Locations In Washington, WA and 3 other places are covered by Starbucks' 12 WARN layoff or closure notices on file as of November 6, 2026, dated February 26, 2025 to October 23, 2026. Starbucks trades on Nasdaq as SBUX. The latest lists 135 employees in Seatac, Seattle, WA, effective December 31, 2026 (Washington WARN notice, October 23, 2026).

Starbucks filed a layoff notice for 135 employees on Oct 23. 12 companies announced layoffs this week.

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Notices12
Employees affected2,742
Latest notice2026-10-23

Starbucks filed 12 WARN notices in Pennsylvania and Washington, covering 2,742 employees in total. Each notice below links to the state file it was published in.

Did Starbucks have layoffs in 2026? Every notice

NoticeWhereEmployeesTypeEffectiveDays' noticeSource
2026-10-23Seatac, Seattle, WA135closure, permanent2026-12-3169WA file
2026-10-07Seattle, Redmond, Vancouver, And Spokane, WA51closure, permanent2026-11-1438WA file
October 2026Philadelphia, PA18closure2026-12-06—PA file
2026-08-20Seattle, WA224layoff, permanent2026-10-1960WA file
2026-05-15Seattle, WA252layoff, permanent2026-07-1763WA file
2026-05-08Seattle, WA61layoff, permanent2026-06-2043WA file
2026-03-27Seattle, WA69closure, permanent2026-03-292WA file
2025-10-09Seattle, Kent, WA974layoff, permanent2025-12-0557WA file
2025-10-03Various Locations In Washington, WA338closure, permanent2025-12-0563WA file
October 2025Philadelphia, PA—closure2025-12-05—PA file
2025-05-05Seattle, WA8layoff, permanent2025-07-0460WA file
2025-02-26Seattle, WA612layoff, permanent2025-05-0265WA file

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SEC filings: exit or restructuring (Item 2.05)

Starbucks Corp (CIK 829224) reported 2 exit or restructuring plans to the SEC on Form 8-K under Item 2.05. The sentences below are quoted from the filings as written. These filings are matched to the WARN notices above on the company's exact name.

Form 8-K filed 2026-09-24

Locations

As part of that strategy, the Company further assessed its existing North America store portfolio and will close approximately 1% of its more than 18,000 North America coffeehouses that do not deliver the coffeehouse experience and financial performance expected of the brand.

Expected charges

Of the approximately $300 million of restructuring charges to be incurred, the Company anticipates that approximately $200 million will be cash charges primarily related to lease exit costs and employee separation benefits.

Timing

The Company expects the majority of the coffeehouse closures will be completed by the end of fiscal year 2026 with a significant portion of the associated cash and non-cash charges incurred in fiscal year 2026.

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Form 8-K filed 2026-05-15

Expected charges

Of the approximately $400 million of restructuring charges to be incurred, the Company anticipates that approximately $280 million will be non-cash charges due to impairment of long-lived assets, including right-of-use lease assets, primarily related to reassessment of the asset group associated with its ongoing Starbucks Reserve and Roastery locations and optimizing its non-retail support facility portfolio.

Timing

The Company expects that a majority of the plan actions will be completed by the end of this fiscal year with a significant portion of the associated cash and non-cash charges incurred in fiscal year 2026.

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Employers covered by the federal WARN Act, and by the stricter laws some states add, must give written notice before a mass layoff or a site closure. The state labor department publishes those notices. Every row here is one of them, taken from that state's own published file and linked to it, so each figure can be checked at the source.

A notice states the employer, the location, the number of employees affected, and when the layoff or closure takes effect. It does not state a reason, and neither does this page. Where a company also appears in SEC filings under the same name and in the same state, its recorded fundraising is shown alongside, as a matter of record rather than as an explanation. New Jersey and Pennsylvania list a notice under the month it was posted or received, not the day, so their notices show a month. Tennessee gives the county rather than the city.

Public companies must also report to the SEC, on Form 8-K under Item 2.05, when they commit to an exit or restructuring plan that will cost them material charges, which is how most large layoffs and closures by listed companies are disclosed. Those filings are national, so they cover companies in every state. Each sentence shown from one is quoted exactly and linked to the filing; where a filing does not state a figure, none is shown.

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Last updated 2026-11-06
Primary record: SEC filing 1 · SEC filing 2 · Washington WARN database
Starbucks layoffs 2026: 2,742 jobs (WARN). MentionFox, 2026-11-06. https://mentionfox.com/layoffs/starbucks