Comments on: Reason #25 the Economy Sucks.

By: Explore SACRAMENTO .com

Explore SACRAMENTO .com — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:51:45 +0000

The list is pretty short for the Sacramento area…

http://www.sacforums.com/foodrecipes/starbucks_closing_in_sacramento-t1771.0.html;msg3746#msg3746

By: someone else

someone else — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:40:40 +0000

Maybe SB has finally reached the point of over saturation? Seriously, who in the SB planning department thought building stores within blocks of each other was a good long term plan?

By: Uneasy Rhetoric

Uneasy Rhetoric — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:11:39 +0000

Joe – I actually think those might be at the top of the chopping block. But maybe not.

Beth – I’m pretty sure both SBUX near Peets on J (38th and 19th) are fine they’ve always been really busy.

Maya – Peets expansion started before Al died, although it has accelerated in recent years. I remember when the first two opened in Portland – in fact I was a regular at one on NE 15th and Broadway.

Jeff – in urban settings too. San Francisco and Seattle are pretty much models of the SBUX within spittin’ distance (assuming you can spit across a street).

By: Joesacramento.com

Joesacramento.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:03:09 +0000

Well, out here in Nomas they put coffee shops in the bookstores and Target so they’re almost recession proof.

By: maya

maya — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:36 +0000

I don’t have any more SBUX to add to the list, but I can’t help but wonder if this doesn’t also have some repercussions for all the Peet’s stores that have been blossoming about town. Talk about a 180 on an expansion strategy! When I was in college, the only Peets outside of California opened in Evanston. It wasn’t until the past few years that Peet’s seemed to be engaged in a Starbucks-style expansion, and I can’t help but note that it followed close on the heels of the death of its founder, Alfred Peet.

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:15 +0000

I am not much of a Starbucks person but I agree that the one at 26th and J seems doomed, which is a bummer. The employees there are great and it is really a nice little coffee shop. I hope the one near the Peet’s on J Street in East Sac is safe … it has the kid area and we might not make it through the winter without it.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:55:55 +0000

Here in the burbs (Carmichael) Starbucks come in pairs. I do not lie: two stores in walking distance from one another. I assume a thinning is probably to be expected.