article_snippet.sent: Company said earlier the outage affected 7,000 stores in the US and 1,000 in Canada.
article_snippet.sent: Company did not explain exactly what caused the outage, which began in the early evening on the East Coast and in the late afternoon on the East Coast.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier in the day, a young barrista named Jaleel working at a Starbucks coffeehouse on 8th Street in Manhattan told Daily Mail Daily Mail system went down at around 7.30pm.
article_snippet.sent: We are actively working to resolve the outage and We stores will remain open and continue to serve We customers,' the statement read. '
article_snippet.sent: the outage was caused by a failure during a daily system refresh.
article_snippet.sent: We apologize to We customers for any inconvenience or confusion and will update the statement once systems are back online.
article_snippet.sent: the outage also affects We Evolution Fresh and Teavana stores.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Company said in Glitch was caused by a failure during a daily system refresh .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Glitch also affected Starbucks' Evolution Fresh and Teavana stores .
  