April 21 (Reuters) – Starbucks said on Tuesday it would invest $100 million to establish a corporate office in Nashville, Tennessee, to support its expansion plans across the southeastern United States.
The coffee chain said the Nashville office would complement its global and North America headquarters in Seattle.
• Over the next five years, the company expects to bring 2,000 support jobs to Nashville.
• It said it plans to relocate some teams from Seattle to Nashville.
• Nashville-based jobs will include a combination of new roles, replacing contract workers with full-time staff, Starbucks said.
• Starbucks is expected to report second-quarter results on April 28.
(Reporting by Koyena Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)
