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Fortune
Jay Ganglani

Starbucks China just ended free seating at 8,000 stores

(Credit: Cheng Xin—Getty Images)

Want a seat at your nearest Starbucks in China? Make sure you order something first.

Starbucks China now asks customers to buy something before they can sit down in its cafés, a rule that covers its roughly 8,000 stores across mainland China. (Some customers, like pregnant women and people with mobility issues, will still get “priority support,” the company said in the announcement on Oct. 21.)

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