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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

All Starbucks Close Between 5:30 and 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday to Perfect the Art of Espresso

According to their press release, All Starbucks Store will Close Between 5:30 and 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday to Perfect the Art of Espresso.

The release goes on "Starbucks conducts historic in-store education and training event for more than 135,000 store partners (employees) across the United States.
In-store event and media-related details include:

• The company will close each of its nearly 7,100 company-operated stores in the U.S. on Tuesday, February 26 at 5:30 p.m. local time to conduct a nationwide education event, designed to energize partners and transform the customer experience."

What do you think? training 135,000 people in 3.5 hours?

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