Starbucks Middle East franchise to cut jobs following boycott: Report

Thousands of workers are set to be laid off from their jobs after the retail giant Alshaya Group, which owns the rights to Starbucks in the Middle East, was affected by the boycott. 

According to sources that spoke to Reuters, over 2,000 people will lose their jobs following the boycott. 

People familiar with the matter told the news agency that the cuts, which began on Sunday, amount to about four percent of Alshaya's total workforce of almost 50,000 people.

This is mostly concentrated in its Starbucks franchises in the Middle East and North Africa, however, boycotts against Starbucks have taken place globally.