Starbucks Throttles Operations at US Coffee Plants to Curb Costs

The Starbucks Corp. plants that roast and package the company’s coffee beans in the US are cutting two days of weekly production as part of management’s efforts to cut costs.

The five plants, located in Georgia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Washington state, will adopt the new five-day schedule in January, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named discussing the company’s operations.