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The Starbucks Holiday Cups Are Here, So Get Seasonal Immediately


Starbucks, having zero time to waste, kicked off the first day of November 2018 with red and green holiday cups to get into the festive spirit. Following the release of their purple Witch's Brew in Halloween, they have headed straight into the ...

The Killer Branding and Merchandise at Starbucks' First American Sign Language Store


Love it or loathe it, Starbucks, with more than 28,000 global locations as of June, will not be going anywhere for a long time, literally speaking, that is. Figuratively, the coffeehouse chain is headed in a very commendable direction due to the ...

Starbucks Commits $20M for Emergency Relief to Farmers Impacted by Coffee Price in Central America


“The NCA commends Starbucks for this important initiative to support coffee farmers, which is especially timely given that a rising supply of coffee has been impacting prices,” said Bill Murray, President and CEO, National Coffee Association, USA ...

Starbucks Commits Up To $20 Million To Provide Emergency Relief To Smallholder Farmers Impacted By Coffee Price ...


Additionally, Starbucks will expand its existing 100 Million Tree donation program and partner with The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation to supply 20 million coffee trees, technical support and supplies over the next two years to smallholder farmers ...

Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back a bit early at Louisville Starbucks


They have arrived! Starbucks' seasonally sought-after Pumpkin Spice Lattes reappeared on the menu board Tuesday morning in Louisville and around the country. We stopped by the Starbucks in the Highlands neighborhood and ordered up a Grande for ...

Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte is back, but so is summer's suffocating heat


It's officially autumn at Starbucks. The company's Pumpkin Spice Latte returned for the season Tuesday, marking the earliest the company has ever released the highly anticipated beverage that, to many, signals the beginning of fall. But in much of the ...

Starbucks Offers New Vegan Options With Plant-Based Cold Brew Drinks


The beverages will be non-dairy, and made from pea and brown-rice protein, according to USA Today. The beverages are a blend of Starbucks cold brew and plant-based proteins, Banana Date Fruit Blend, and ice. The Almond blended drink will also add ...

If Starbucks and McDonald's nix plastic straws, just carry a reusable one


Opinion: If businesses can take a first step to keep plastic trash out of our oceans, we can do the same. Closeup of Colorful drinking straws background. Companies are making the right choice to phase out plastic straws. Now it's time to do our part ...

A covert look at Starbucks' training: Beware the unintended consequences


According to USA Today and other news outlets, one of the men had asked to use the bathroom and was told the restrooms were only for paying customers. He sat down to wait with his friend for another individual to join them for a meeting. The men have ...

Starbucks will stop handing out plastic straws by 2020


Starbucks, which doles out more than 1 billion straws a year, says it will phase out single-use plastic straws from its stores by 2020. The coffee giant – the largest retailer to commit to eliminating single-use plastic straws – said Monday that it ...

Starbucks employee fired after mocking stuttering customer


The coffee chain, which closed all USA stores on May 29 for racial bias training after an employee called the police on two black men who were waiting for a friend and had them arrested, is in hot water once again after a Facebook post appeared to ...

A Starbucks Barista Allegedly Mocked a Customer With a Stutter


A Starbucks barista was fired after allegedly mocking a customer with a stutter, USA Today reports. According to a Facebook post written by Tan Lekwijit, his friend Sam ordered an iced ... "When [Sam] received his coffee, he was shocked to see that his ...

Starbucks sacks employee accused of mocking customer for stuttering


"Later that day, he wrote an email to Starbucks Customer Service and got a pretty standardised email saying they were sorry that he 'felt disrespectful [sic]' for the way they wrote his name and offered him $5. "Clearly, Starbucks missed the point. It ...

Starbucks Fires Barista Who Mocked Customer With a Stutter


Lekwijit, who included a photo of the cup with his post, says Sam reached out to Starbucks Customer Service, receiving a “pretty standardized email” and a $5 gift card in return. The store is located approximately a mile and a half from the ...

Starbucks Barista In Philadelphia Accused Of Mocking Stuttering Customer


Philadelphia is a tough place to be a Starbucks customer. Earlier this year, two black men were arrested for trespassing at one of the coffee chain's sites in Philadelphia, leading the chain to close 8,000 Starbucks for four hours on May 29 for racial ...

Starbucks To Close 150 US Stores as Sales Growth Underwhelms


If you sometimes get the impression there is a Starbucks (sbux, +1.38%) on every street corner in major U.S. cities, you're not that far off mark. And that density is becoming a problem as stores cannibalize each other's business. So Starbucks said on ...

Starbucks' newest permanent-menu item: Mango Dragonfruit Refresher


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Starbucks Quietly Raises Prices—Again


A tall coffee at Starbucks is going to cost you trenta. The popular coffee chain has raised its prices at nearly 8,000 U.S. locations by anywhere from 10 cents to 20 cents. That's the third increase in three years. A 12-ounce “tall” brewed coffee will ...

Starbucks raising price of a brewed coffee in most US stores


NEW YORK (AP) — That Starbucks habit just got a little more expensive. Starbucks says it's raising the price of a regular drip coffee by 10 cents to 20 cents this week in most U.S. stores. It says a small brewed coffee is now $1.95 to $2.15 in a ...

University of Cincinnati alumnus Myron E. Ullman named new Starbucks Chairman


A familiar face and University of Cincinnati alumnus will be taking over Starbucks this summer. Myron "Mike" Ullman was named the next chairman of the coffee chain after Starbucks' current leader Howard Schultz announced he would be stepping down as ...

Two area Starbucks closed May 29 for implicit bias training


[email protected]. Although the notoriety surrounding Starbucks' Customer Service has died down since the April 12 incident in Philadelphia, Pa., the company continues to address the racially charged incident through training. The two local ...

Starbucks Locations Closed For Un-Bias Training To Employees


... Customer Service had noticeably changed. Starbucks shares in the USA were down 1.4 percent for the day at 2:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT) Tuesday, erasing around $1.1 billion of its market value. How do you foster an inclusive and aligned company culture?

Shufro Rose & Co LLC Increased Its Starbucks Corp (SBUX) Stake by $6.00 Million


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Starbucks anti-bias training: Here's what to expect as the coffee chain closes 8000 stores


Three years ago, then-CEO, now executive chairman, Howard Schultz held sessions around the country to discuss race and invited USA TODAY to attend. "Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have unconscious biases," Schultz said at the 2015 session ...

Starbucks is closing all of its US locations early Tuesday. Here's what you need to know.


The last time the company did something similar was in 2008, when the struggling chain shut down all US locations to retrain employees on improving the "Starbucks Experience" by boosting technical abilities and Customer Service — a decision that cost ...

Starbucks anti-bias training: Why the coffee chain closed 8000 stores


Three years ago, Schultz held sessions around the country to discuss race and invited USA TODAY to attend. "Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have unconscious biases," Schultz said at the 2015 session held at the California African American ...

Opinion: Starbucks, others must go forward as a 'culture of one'


Starbucks, the world's Third Place to meet, stay overcaffeinated and do a little work, on Tuesday afternoon decided to take corporate action against racism and implicit bias. This is validating, primarily for African Americans, but also for the ...

Every Starbucks in the US Is Closed This Afternoon. Here's Why


There's a reason why you won't be able to get your afternoon pick-me-up from Starbucks on Tuesday. But why are Starbucks closed on Tuesday, May 29? Starbucks said it is shutting down all its U.S. locations — more than 8,000 stores across the country ...

Here's How Much Money Starbucks Could Lose Today After Closing All US Stores for Racial Bias Training


Starbucks could lose up to $12 million when it shutters its U.S. stores for the afternoon on Tuesday, Sharon Zackfia, a partner at investment banking firm William Blair, told USA Today. Of course, $12 million is hardly a dent in the company's more than ...

Greenville, Anderson Starbucks stores set to close this afternoon for diversity training


Grab your Starbucks early today, or find another cafe to hit for your afternoon brew. Greenville and Anderson Starbucks stores are shutting down after lunch as part of the cafe chain's nationwide pause in business to reflect on Customer Service and ...

TCC reopens its Starbucks cafe on Kleman Plaza after two-week closure


Customers seeking their mid-Monday morning caffeine boost trickled in to the Starbucks on Kleman Plaza, as the café reopened for business. The Starbucks, operated and managed by Tallahassee Community College since January 2017, closed May 7, as a ...

Starbucks investigates after slur demeaning Mexicans is printed on customer's coffee cups


Starbucks is investigating after a customer at a La Cañada Flintridge store said he received two coffee cups with the word “Beaner” – a derogatory term for Mexicans – printed on them in place of his name this week. A Starbucks spokeswoman, in a ...

Starbucks Gets An A In Crisis Management


I started writing this article almost three weeks ago, just two days after the Starbucks racial bias incident occurred in Philadelphia. I was impressed with the speed at which Starbucks stepped up to apologize and accept responsibility for the incident ...

Oil Prices, Berkshire Hathaway, Nestle and Starbucks - 5 Things You Must Know


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Why Nestle Is Paying $7.2 Billion to Sell Starbucks Coffee


Nestle and Starbucks (sbux) are joining forces to rejuvenate their coffee empires. The Swiss maker of Nescafe will pay the Seattle-based chain $7.15 billion upfront in cash for the rights to sell Starbucks coffee products in supermarkets, restaurants ...

Black Men Arrested at Starbucks Settle for $1 Each


(PHILADELPHIA) — Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the world's biggest coffee-shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education. Separately, they ...

Two black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $1 each


Two African American men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month have reached a settlement with the city and secured its commitment to a pilot program for young entrepreneurs. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson chose not to pursue a lawsuit ...

Starbucks Adds 2 New Drinks to Its Menu


And these cold-blended drinks will be here for the long haul, USA Today reports. Both the Ultra Caramel Frappuccino and the Triple Mocha Frappuccino start with a layer of Starbucks' sweet cold brew whipped cream (i.e. whipped cream infused with cold ...

Starbucks Is Cutting Down on Its Special Limited Release Drinks


The coffee company is cutting back on those available for a limited time drinks by 30%, USA Today reports. That said, Starbucks (sbux, +0.40%) did also announce several new Frappuccino flavors, which are set to launch in stores next week. However, USA ...

Starbucks incident indicates larger issue of racial profiling in service industry


An event occurred in a Philadelphia Starbucks on April 12 that led to the arrest of two black men, according to the The New York Times. This event highlights the need for reform and awareness surrounding racism in Customer Service. “Two young black men ...

Opinion: Starbucks' show of virtue isn't going to come cheap


You've got to admit, those two guys at the Philadelphia Starbucks played this beautifully. Think about it. Here they are sitting in a coffee shop, minding their own business, when a young, officious female manager tells them they have to go. Why? What for?

Starbucks' Vague Policies on Nonpaying Customers Make Stores Friendlier—For Some


Starbucks spends little time training staff on how to handle visitors who don't buy anything, which may have contributed to a recent incident of apparent racial profiling that turned into a PR disaster for the chain. The Wall Street Journal interviewed ...

Starbucks isn't the only chain that's faced claims of racial bias


Thousands of black customers claimed they were refused service or had been forced to wait longer than white customers. As a result, Denny's not only changed policies with Customer Service, it also began promoting minority employees and launched a media ...

Starbucks, 'retail racism'


Long lines formed stations across the island, while authorities offered assurances that there was enough gasoline available. Backup generators roared to life at the island's largest public hospital and at its main international airport, where officials ...

Starbucks to close 8000 US stores for several hours for racial bias training


Beyond racial relations, Starbucks has staked much of its brand on its dual promise of providing good Customer Service and treating its employees well, said John Gordon, a restaurant industry analyst with Pacific Management Consulting Group. But in a ...

Even at Starbucks? A conversation grows about hidden racial bias.


Two black men were waiting for a friend, but not making a purchase, in one of the most overtly progressive corporations in the nation. Their arrest, shared widely on social media, puts fresh focus on the challenge of latent racism. Mark Bryant/The ...

Starbucks Will Close 8000 US Stores For Half A Day To Give Employees Racial-Bias Training


Starbucks (sbux, +0.40%) said on Tuesday it would close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for a few hours next month to give employees racial-bias training as the coffee shop giant looks to contain the fallout stemming from the arrest this weekend of two ...

Starbucks Faces Image Crisis After Arrest of 2 Black Men


Beyond racial relations, Starbucks has staked much of its brand on its dual promise of providing good Customer Service and treating its employees well, said John Gordon, a restaurant industry analyst with Pacific Management Consulting Group. The ...

Starbucks Is Closing Thousands of Stores for Racial Bias Training. Here's How Much Money It Could Lose


Starbucks is closing over 8,000 company-owned stores for racial bias training during an afternoon in May, the company announced Tuesday. The news comes as the Seattle, Wash.-based firm is being criticized after two black men were arrested in a ...

Starbucks to Temporarily Close All US Stores for Racial-Bias Training Following Arrest Incident


Starbucks announced on their website on Tuesday they will be closing all company-owned stores nationwide (more than 8,000 locations) for racial-bias education on May 29. The news comes days after a Starbucks employee in Philadelphia called the police ...

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