Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines

People wait outside Starbucks (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally as new chairman and CEO Brian Niccol streamlines operations.

In a letter to employees released on Monday, Mr Niccol said the company will inform employees who are being laid off by midday Tuesday.