Management Consulting
Operations & Turnaround: real opportunities from recent company news
kelvy reads company news and scores each event against the services a Operations & Turnaround practice sells. These are real events from a sample of public companies, scored 4 or 5 out of 5.
- 4Starbucks Corporation· Restaurants18 hours ago
Starbucks to Close About 1% of North America Coffeehouses, Cuts FY2026 Net Openings Guidance
Starbucks’ board approved further actions under its “Back to Starbucks” strategy on Sept. 22, 2026, including closing about 1% of its more than 18,000 North America coffeehouses, with most closures expected by the end of fiscal 2026 and about $300 million in restructuring charges ($200 million cash, $100 million non-cash). The company lowered its fiscal 2026 net new global company-operated and licensed coffeehouse openings guidance to about 440 from 600–650, reflecting about 250 North America closures partially offset by higher International openings.
Cost Reduction / Performance Improvement
Operations leaders must coordinate North America closures before most exits occur by fiscal year-end 2026
The planned closures and restructuring charges require disciplined execution across store operations, costs, and the reduced opening pipeline.
- 4Exxon Mobil Corporation· Oil & Gas Integrated7 days ago
Exxon Mobil Joliet Refinery Offline After Floodwater Overwhelms Pump
Floodwater overwhelmed a pump at Exxon Mobil's Joliet, Illinois refinery, causing an outage at the facility. The refinery remains offline following the incident; no further operational timeline or damage details were provided in the source.
Supply Chain Resilience
ExxonMobil must coordinate alternate product flows while the Joliet refinery remains offline
The outage leaves supply and logistics teams needing to manage product flows around a non-operating refinery.