Kuwait’s Alshaya Group plans to lay off workers at its Starbucks outlets after the coffee brand took a hit linked to the Gaza war.
Calls for disengagement dealt a serious blow to Starbucks’ business since the start of the Israel-Gaza conflict, for its perceived pro-Israel stance.
“As a result of the continually challenging trading conditions over the last six months, we have taken the sad and very difficult decision to reduce the number of colleagues in our Starbucks MENA stores,” an Alshaya Group spokesperson told Salaam Gateway.
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