HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Starbucks located on Hillside Avenue in Harrisonburg will be closing later this week.

Starbucks announced last week that they will be closing 250 stores across the country, which is the second largest group of locations to close under the latest CEO and Chairman Brian Niccol who joined in 2024.

Three other locations in Virginia will also be closing including the store on West Main Street in Charlottesville and two locations in Richmond, North Robinson Street and West Broad Street.

The Associated Press reports that “Starbucks said it will transfer employees to other stores if possible or provide severance support if it’s not able to place an employee in another location. Starbucks Workers United said Thursday it’s sending a formal request for information to Starbucks about the planned closures and will engage in bargaining at every unionized store.”

AP also says Starbucks has also been cutting its corporate ranks. The company laid off 900 nonretail employees when it closed stores last September. In May, Starbucks laid off an additional 300 corporate employees and closed some underused U.S. offices.

In a letter to employees, Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the locations targeted either aren’t delivering acceptable financial results or can’t provide the kind of experience that Starbucks wants for customers and employees, AP reports.