out - of - sale shutdown is effecting 8,000 Starbucks locations in US and Canada . Company said in statement glitch was caused by a failure during a daily system refresh . This also affected Starbucks ' Evolution Fresh and Teavana stores . Many Starbucks locations closed their doors so as not to give away free drinks . Coffeehouse chain stores in update on its site stores are expected to open for ' business as usual ' Saturday .
Point-of-sale shutdown is effecting 8,000 Starbucks locations in US and Canada . Company said in statement glitch was caused by a failure during a daily system refresh . Glitch also affected Starbucks ' Evolution Fresh and Teavana stores . Many Starbucks locations closed their doors so as not to give away free drinks . Coffeehouse chain said in update on its site stores are expected to open for 'business as usual ' Saturday .