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Starbucks Closes 250 More Stores

businessSeptember 27, 2026·93 words·1 min read

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Starbucks Closes 250 More Stores
Starbucks is a big coffee company. On Thursday, it said it would close 250 shops. The shops are in North America. Some shops do not make enough money.
Last year, Starbucks closed 627 shops. Workers at more than 700 shops voted for a union. A union is a group of workers. Starbucks does not like this.
Some workers will move to other shops. One old shop near Los Angeles closed on Saturday. It was almost 30 years old. People loved its big windows. Is it one of the 250? We do not know.
Vocabulary Translations· 6 words · 12 languages

Every definition is context-aware — translated based on how the word is used in this article, not a dictionary.

coffeen.

a hot brown drink

cà phêcaféコーヒーkahvecafékawaقهوةkoffieкофе咖啡커피
companyn.

a group that sells things for money

công tyempresa会社şirketempresafirmaشركةbedrijfкомпания公司회사
closev.

to stop being open for good

đóng cửafechar閉店するkapatmakcerrarzamykaćيغلقsluitenзакрывать关闭폐점하다
enoughadj.

as much as you need

đủsuficiente十分なyeterlisuficientewystarczającoكافٍgenoegдостаточно足够的충분한
unionn.

a group of workers

công đoànsindicato労働組合sendikasindicatozwiązek zawodowyنقابةvakbondпрофсоюз工会노동조합
workern.

a person who works for a company

công nhântrabalhador従業員çalışantrabajadorpracownikعاملwerknemerработник员工직원

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