--- description: A computer glitch in thousands of Starbucks stores that caused closings was fixed by Saturday morning. title: Starbucks Is Open Again After Computer Glitch Shutters Stores image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c637f0345a8166a/6987ece055a859c967a89c3d/starbucks1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Food & Drink](/tag/food-drink/) ## Food & Drink Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Starbucks Is Open Again After Computer Glitch Shutters Stores by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2015 1:42 PM CUT  Customers line up at a Starbucks, April 2, 2015 in New York. Customers line up at a Starbucks, April 2, 2015 in New York.Mark Lennihan—AP by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2015 1:42 PM CUT A computer outage that affected thousands of Starbucks stores across North America has been resolved, and stores [will be open for business Saturday morning](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/04/24/starbucks-point-of-sale-cash-registers-down/26338505/ "undefined"). Cash registers at 7,000 stores in the United States and 1,000 in Canada were rendered inoperable Friday evening, prompting some baristas to give away a flurry of free frappuccinos and coffees, _USA Today_ reports. Many of the affected stores closed early. “We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience or confusion,” a statement on Starbucks’ website said. Starbucks did not give an explanation for the outage. The company on Thursday reported record quarterly earnings, with net revenues of $4.6 billion. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/04/24/starbucks-point-of-sale-cash-registers-down/26338505/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835532/starbucks-computer-glitch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835532/starbucks-computer-glitch/"},"headline":"Starbucks Is Open Again After Computer Glitch Shutters Stores","datePublished":"2015-04-25T13:42:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:40:40.206Z","description":"Starbucks is open for business","url":"https://time.com/3835532/starbucks-computer-glitch/","keywords":["Food & Drink","Fast Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c637f0345a8166a/6987ece055a859c967a89c3d/starbucks1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c637f0345a8166a/6987ece055a859c967a89c3d/starbucks1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Earns Starbucks","caption":"Earns Starbucks","creditText":"Mark Lennihan—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-drink/","name":"Food & Drink"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835532/starbucks-computer-glitch/","name":"Starbucks Is Open Again After Computer Glitch Shutters Stores"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Drink Smoothies?","description":"Are fruit smoothies good for you? Here's why 3 out of 5 experts said yes.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yaJvnmtl/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-01T21:05:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yaJvnmtl.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3835532/starbucks-computer-glitch/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3835532/starbucks-computer-glitch/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```