A Starbucks location in New Orleans will join 16 other stores that were closed in recent weeks due to crime and safety concerns. The location has been in operation for 9 years.
Starbucks Genese St. shift supervisor Caroline Lerczak on forming the first Starbucks union in the U.S.will close next month due to safety concerns, just weeks after Starbucks' top executive said crime will force stores across the country to close.
Starbucks officials announced in July that 16 stores across the country were closing due to safety concerns. "We are beginning to close stores," because of safety issues, Schultz said in a video posted social media in July. "This is just the beginning. There are going to be many more."New Orleans became the murder capital of the country this month, at 52 homicides per 100,000 residents as of Sept. 11, according to data from the Metropolitan Crime Commission. New Orleans has eclipsed the number of homicides in other notoriously dangerous cities, such as St. Louis and Chicago.
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