Consumer Education

Java junkies across the nation are practically spitting up their lattes over the news that Starbucks is closing 600 stores. This morning I read that one very near my house has gotten the axe. Sure, I'll miss the friendly baristas and the special Starbucks-Double-Shot-Over-Ice with soy that they artfully prepare for me every other day. But honestly, now that the aroma of percolating coffee doesn't overtake me every time I turn that street corner, maybe I will save some money! And truthfully, that is probably the reason for all the store closings. These days, $5 lattes aren't really in anyone's budget.

So now that I have to drive a little farther to get my coffee fix, I may not go as often, or at all. And who knows what kind of a store will take the coffee giant's place on all those street corners. Maybe a ma-and-pa operation that needs a good location to sell its wares...Or more likely another big chain selling who knows what.