(Reuters) – Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said on Monday the coffee chain has decided to eliminate 1,100 corporate roles.
The layoff would include current support partner roles and several hundred additional open and unfilled positions, Niccol said in a letter to employees.
Niccol had in January said the company will cut jobs to optimize its support teams as part of its turnaround efforts, the details of which was to be announced by early March.
The layoff would not affect in-store teams or the investments Starbucks is making in store hours, Niccol said on Monday.
(Reporting by Neil J Kanatt and Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru)
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