National coffee chain shutters four Central Ohio stores

Last year, Starbucks shuttered over 400 locations around the country. This year, almost 100 more followed. And now, four of the popular coffee shop’s kiosks have faced the same fate here in Central Ohio.

If you usually grab a Frappuccino on your Kroger outings, here’s a heads up — the Starbucks located inside of the Kroger stores at 299 W. Bridge St. in Dublin, 150 W. Sycamore St. in the Brewery District, 1375 Chambers Rd. in Fifth by Northwest, and 3417 N. High St. in Clintonville have all recently closed.

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While Starbucks didn’t explicitly state that closing Kroger locations was part of their new “Back to Starbucks” strategy, multiple Starbucks locations inside of Krogers in multiple states have closed as well. Many “mobile-only” locations are closing around the country, too. With this new strategy, Starbucks is aiming to return the brand back to a “welcoming neighborhood coffee shop.” 

But that doesn’t mean the Starbucks-inside-of-a-Kroger agreement has officially ended. In fact, Starbucks just added a location inside of Kroger’s new Powell store that opened last year.

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