NEW: Four St. Charles County Starbucks stores to close



Friday, July 18, 2008 12:14 PM CDT


Four St. Charles County Starbucks stores are slated to close as part of the gourmet coffee chain's national effort to cut costs, according to the company's Web site.

The stores are on Highway N in Dardenne Praire,  Highway K in O'Fallon, Elm Street in St. Charles and Highway 94 in Weldon Spring.

The company is closing about 600 stores nationwide, according to a news release from Starbucks.Part of the release reads:

"As we announced on July 1, 2008, Starbucks will close approximately 600 company-operated stores in the U.S. beginning this month and continuing through the first half of FY09.  Partners in the stores listed below have been personally notified that their store has been slated to close during this timeframe. "

The following is a list of closings in St. Louis and St. Charles counties. A full list of closures is available at starbucks.com.

Area Starbucks stores closing:

CLAYTON AND BAXTER 14815 CLAYTON RD CHESTERFIELD MO

SR N & I64 7827 HWY N DARDENNE PRAIRIE MO

GRAHAM & I 270 1261 GRAHAM RD FLORISSANT MO

HOWDERSHELL & DUNN 6045 HOWDERSHELL RD HAZELWOOD MO

W FLORISSANT @ LUCAS & HUNT 8031 W. FLORISSANT AVE JENNINGS MO

SR K & WELDON SPRING 4581 HWY K O'FALLON MO

ELM & SH-370 3788 ELM ST ST. CHARLES MO

UNION STATION 1820 MARKET ST ST. LOUIS MO

MANCHESTER & SAPPINGTON 10025 MANCHESTER RD ST. LOUIS MO

TELEGRAPH & ERB 6070 H TELEGRAPH RD ST. LOUIS MO

EUCLID & LACLEDE 9 NEUCLID AVE ST. LOUIS MO

7TH & RUSSELL 2000 S 7TH ST ST. LOUIS MO 

LOCKWOOD & ROCK HILL 234 W LOCKWOOD WEBSTER GROVE MO

HWY 94 & OFALLON 5851 WWOOD DR WELDON SPRINGS MO