Restructuring Charges (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

The restructuring efforts we began in fiscal 2008 to rationalize our store portfolio and the non-retail support organization were completed in fiscal 2010. On a cumulative basis we closed 918 stores on a global basis as part of this effort.

Restructuring charges by type of cost for fiscal 2010 were as follows (in millions):



	By Type of Cost
	Total			Lease Exit and Other Related Costs			Asset Impairments		Employee Termination Costs
Costs incurred and charged to expense in fiscal 2010	$	53.0		$	53.0		$	0.2	$	(0.2	)
Accrued liability as of October 3, 2010⁽¹⁾	$	89.2		$	89.2		$	—	$	—
Cash payments	(27.1		)	(27.1		)	—		—
Other	0.5			0.5			—		—
Accrued liability as of October 2, 2011⁽¹⁾	$	62.6		$	62.6		$	—	$	—
Cash payments	(18.7		)	(18.7		)	—		—
Other	(5.3		)	(5.3		)	—		—
Accrued liability as of September 30, 2012⁽¹⁾	$	38.6		$	38.6		$	—	$	—


(1)	The remaining liability relates to lease obligations for stores that were previously closed where Starbucks has been unable to terminate the lease or find subtenants for the unused space.

For fiscal 2010, $28.4 million, $24.5 million and $0.1 million of restructuring charges were recorded to the Americas, EMEA, and CAP segments, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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