A Starbucks cafe on Pioneer Parkway in Springfield closed for good on Sunday, Sept. 28, three days after the company’s chief executive announced it would close 1% of its North American stores.
It was unclear how many employees worked at the location at 1810 Pioneer Parkway West. A Starbucks spokesperson told Lookout Eugene-Springfield she didn’t have information to share on individual locations. She referred a reporter to a message to Starbucks staff from CEO Brian Niccol announcing plans to close underperforming stores.
By Wednesday, Starbucks signage was gone from the building and brown paper hung in the windows.
The company also closed a pick-up store inside the Knight Campus building at the University of Oregon…