PORTLAND, Ore. — Some Oregonians may have to look elsewhere to get their pumpkin spice lattes this fall.
On Thursday, Starbucks announced the immediate closure of hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe — impacting more than a dozen locations in Oregon. Five of those spots are in Portland alone.
Starbucks has not yet publicly released a store closing list as of Thursday evening. They have not replied to a request for a list to be provided.
Workers at locations around the U.S. have shared online that they have been told their stores were closing. Using that list, we were able to cross-check listings on the Starbucks online store locators. Under store hours, locations shutting down have "closed" listed for Sunday , Monday, Tuesday, and so on.
As of Sept. 25, we've been able