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8000 Starbucks Stores Will Shut Down in USA
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8000 Starbucks Stores Will Shut Down in USA

World's leading coffee chain Starbucks announced that they will shut over 8,000+ stores in the USA for one day to conduct anti-bias training. The announcement comes over an incident happened in Philadelphia Starbucks store last week, where the two African men were arrested for not ordering anything and using the bathroom. The two men entered the Starbucks on Thursday and asked to use the bathroom. An employee told them it was only for the paying customers. The Police were called reportedly by the manager when the two men sat in the store without placing the order. The men were arrested for trespassing. However, no charges have been filed. As per the report, due to this incident, Starbucks will close the stores May 29 to offer the training to 175,000 employees. "I've spent th...