Could Caribou Coffee Close?

If you like Caribou Coffee in North Druid Hills, perhaps you should start stocking up now.

The national coffee store chain announced Tuesday it will close 80 unnamed, underperforming stores nationwide and convert another 88 into Peet's Coffee & Tea stores, according to The Associated Press.

From the story:

Caribou said it is making the changes to better position the coffee company for long-term growth. It said the stores will be closed in April but did not say where the closures would occur.

The conversions will occur over the next 12 to 18 months in Washington D.C. and eight states: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin.

Read the full story for more information.

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