Starbucks will close at least 15 Oregon stores beginning Saturday, Sept. 27.

The Seattle-based coffee giant will close about 1% of its locations in the United States and North America and cut around 900 current non-retail jobs as part of its Back to Starbucks transformation strategy, according to a press release from Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol.

The company expects to operate nearly 18,300 coffeehouses by the end of its fiscal year in September, according to the release. That number is approximately 430 stores fewer than its most recent quarterly earnings release .

While Starbucks did not provide a list of the closing store locations, many Starbucks employees have announced online that their stores will be closing.

A report by KGW lists the Starbucks locations set to close i

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