Starbucks Drops Plans For New Philadelphia

Canton Repository:

New Philadelphia Starbucks is not coming to the city after all.

The coffee giant had planned to locate in a new building near New Towne Mall.

‘We were notified recently by Starbucks that they will not be opening at New Philadelphia,’ said Mark Jablonski, president of Great Lakes Resources at Cleveland, developer for the site.

‘As part of their business plan, they’re going to continue to focus on major metro, urban locations,’ Jablonski said.

The decision came after a change in management as former Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz returned to that role.