Tracy Bryant, right, and Roland Smith, center, Starbucks employees, watch as a manager Justin Chapple makes an espresso at a Starbucks in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. Nearly 7,100 company-operated Starbucks stores across the U.S. , all except the licensed shops in supermarkets, airports, malls, hotels and the like,  were to close at 5:30 p.m. local time so some 135,000 employees could go through about three hours of training. AP Photo logo AP Photo 51 months ago

Tracy Bryant, right, and Roland Smith, center, Starbucks employees, watch as a manager Justin Chapple makes an espresso at a Starbucks in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. Nearly 7,100 company-operated Starbucks stores across the U.S. , all except the licensed shops in supermarkets, airports, malls, hotels and the like, were to close at 5:30 p.m. local time so some 135,000 employees could go through about three hours of training.