Starbucks to close two stores in East Central Illinois

CHAMPAIGN – The Starbucks stores at Market Place Mall in Champaign and at 3100 N. Vermilion St., Danville, are among 600 company-operated stores slated to close, the company announced Thursday.

However, Starbucks has four other stores in Champaign-Urbana that will remain open. Those include stores at 102 N. Vine St., U; 503 E. Green St., C.; 2702 N. Prospect Ave., C; and the Meijer location at 2401 N. Prospect Ave., C.

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