CONCORD, CALIFORNIA — The Starbucks in Concord’s Park & Shop shopping center is closing permanently.
The coffeehouse at 1701 Willow Pass Road is listed as closing Saturday, September 26, according to a store closure tracker that says it checked Starbucks’ schedules and confirmed closures with stores or other sources.
The Park & Shop location is part of a much larger round of cuts. In a September 24 message to employees, Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the company would close approximately 250 coffeehouses across North America this week — about 1% of its more than 18,000 locations in the region.
Grams said Starbucks identified stores where it could not consistently provide the experience it wants for customers and employees, or where it saw no path to acceptable financial performance.
The company has not said which reason applies to the Concord store, so the closure should not be taken as a verdict on this location’s sales. Starbucks said it would offer affected employees transfers where possible and severance support if it could not place them elsewhere.
Concord customers won’t have to travel far for another Starbucks: There’s another near Todos Santos Plaza. But for Park & Shop regulars, Saturday marks the end of a familiar coffee stop.
The Concord closure follows other nearby losses, including the North California Boulevard Starbucks in Walnut Creek, which is also closing after September 26.
