Seattle-based Starbucks makes $100 million Nashville bet

Starbucks announced plans yesterday to invest $100 million and bring 2,000 jobs to Nashville as it builds a major corporate hub there.

Why it matters: The Seattle-based coffee giant's corporate footprint in Nashville will be bigger than initially disclosed.

• The 2,000 workers planned in Nashville amount to more than half the head count at Starbucks' current headquarters in Sodo, reports The Seattle Times.

Driving the news: Starbucks expects to bring the jobs to Nashville over the next five years. They will include new roles, work brought in-house from contractors and some relocated teams.

• Roles will span supply chain, technology and broader support functions, with some teams — including in Starbucks Technology — moving from Seattle.
• Company officials have said the Nashville complex will complement, but not replace, its Seattle headquarters.

Yes, but: The company is also cutting some of its technology staff, per the Times.

• Those cuts were relayed to employees yesterday, separately from the Nashville announcement.

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