Starbucks News
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Starbucks has emerged as the latest brand to fall foul of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters after a family member of the restaurant chain that owns the local franchise spoke out against demonstrators.
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By AFP
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An EU court on Tuesday annulled an order by Brussels that Starbucks pay 30 million euros to the Netherlands, saying regulators had failed to demonstrate it received illegal state aid.
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Six Tempe, Arizona, police officers were asked to leave a local Starbucks on the Fourth of July because a customer said the officers were making them feel uncomfortable, prompting an outcry on social media and an apology from Starbucks.
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Coffee startup Luckin is continuing to draw investors as it continues its mission to become the leading chain of coffee shops in China. The company has just closed a Series B-plus funding round, gaining $150 million.
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Technically Starbucks does not allow the viewing of pornography in its stores. However, it appears that some customers are tempted to click on inappropriate sites. The company is to block porn on free Wi-Fi in the U.S.
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By AFP
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US coffee giant Starbucks opens its first branch in Italy on Thursday, with the sprawling Milan 'roastery' at the avant garde of an ambitious plan to conquer the spiritual home of espresso.
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Starbucks appears to be jumping on the bitcoin bandwagon and could give bitcoin a needed boost as its price is dropping of late. A new digital platform will allow customers to use bitcoin and other cryptocoins at Starbucks.
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Starbucks joins with Alibaba Group to deliver its coffee in Chinese cities beginning this fall. The company hopes the move will revive the growth of sales in its second largest market where it faces aggressive local competition.
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Luckin Coffee, a serious (and possibly the only) challenger to Starbucks in China, has been given a big funding boost in their first-ever round.
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By AFP
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Burger King, McDonald's and Starbucks are among dozens of companies fined for violating a new ban on single-use plastics in India's commercial capital Mumbai, an official said Tuesday.
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Starbucks is planning to speed up its closings of US stores next year as sales growth is cooling. Usual rate of closings is 50 stores a year but next year it will close 150 under-performing stores in heavily penetrated markets.
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Howard Schultz told employees in a memo Monday, “I’ll be thinking about a range of options for myself, from philanthropy to public service, but I’m a long way from knowing what the future holds.”
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Howard Schultz, who built a small Seattle coffee chain into the global powerhouse Starbucks, announced Monday he was retiring from the company, fueling speculation he may seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
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By AFP
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Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores on Tuesday to train around 175,000 employees against racial bias, an unprecedented public operation that highlights America's ongoing struggle with discrimination.
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By AFP
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Starbucks will close stores and corporate offices across the United States on May 29 to conduct "racial-bias education," the company announced Tuesday, following outrage over the arrest of two black men in one of its cafes.
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Starbucks announced on Tuesday it was closing over 8,000 company-owned stores across the nation for one afternoon to train its staff on how to avoid "racial bias." The training will be provided on May 29 to about 175,000 employees.
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Ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks is to open its first cashless store as a pilot. The store is located in the company's birthplace of Seattle. If successful this alternative retail model could be rolled out to other coffee shops.
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Starbucks has undertaken a host of digital innovations, from reward schemes to online pay and collect ordering. The coffee chain has undertaken valuable innovations, helping it compete in the retail sector.
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It's hard to match the refreshing taste of an iced coffee on a hot summer day — but a new BBC investigation may make you think twice before you order a chilled drink.
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The perception of the Starbucks brand dropped dramatically after the company announced it would hire thousands of refugees. While no direct evidence their hiring policy is a direct cause of the drop, it shows a boycott by conservatives may be working.
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Starbucks plans to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide over the next five years in response to President Donald Trump's travel ban, the head of the US coffee-chain company said Sunday.
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Starbucks learned their lesson last year - don't fix something if it's not broken. Instead of the plain red holiday cup they tried to foist on the public last year, we are being treated to 13 different designs on the iconic red cups this year.
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Customers will soon no longer be able to watch porn at Starbucks. The coffee giant will soon block explicit websites, reports CNN.
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Customers of Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, deposited more than $1 billion on store-issued debit cards in the first quarter of 2016, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.
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Iced coffee infused with nitrogen gas? Yep, it's coming to around 600 Starbucks locations by the end of summer. What is nitro-coffee, anyway? And is it better than plain old coffee?
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Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it will "aim to contribute 100 percent" of its leftover food to Feeding America from its over 7,000 U.S. locations by this time next year. The new program is being called "Food Share."
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Two coffee drinkers in California are pretty steamed because Starbucks won't fill their lattes to the rim in an effort to save money on milk. In fact, they are so mad they filed a class-action lawsuit against the giant coffeehouse chain.
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A food supplier has recalled pre-packaged breakfast sandwiches made for sale at Starbucks stores in Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma because of concerns over possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
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On January 5, Starbucks is adding a new beverage to its menu: the Latte Macchiato.
The drink contains just two ingredients — espresso and milk. To create the beverage, shots of espresso are poured over foamed whole milk.
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Feeling the pain? You're not alone.
Your morning coffee just got a little more expensive.
Starbucks, the nation's largest cafe chain, raised the price of most of its drinks by as much as 20 cents on Tuesday.
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Seattle Municipal Archive describes this as "Original Starbucks store in Pike Place Market, 1977". That's a bit dubious: The original Starbucks was at 2000 Western Avenue, just north of the market; it was relocated in 1976 to 1912 Pike Place, where it remains as of 2009. Seattle Municipal Archives.
WIRELESS CHARGE: Starbucks customers use new Powermat Spots to recharge their cellphones at a coffeehouse in Boston. File photo courtesy Starbucks
One of 2016's new red cups titled "Loved and Joy" designed by a customer in Toronto, Canada. Starbucks
File photo: The sign outside a Starbucks coffee shop on in Westminster is seen with the London Eye in the background, in central London Olivia Harris / Reuters
Photo of starbucks drink next to a netbook with a little girl's legs in the background
The Flat White and the Latte Macchiato Starbucks
"Onward - How Starbucks fought for its life without losing its soul." By Howard Schultz, Rodale Press (2011)
Starbucks unveils its 2016 holiday cups. © Starbucks Corporation
Many Starbucks customers weren't fans of 2015's subtle red ombre cup design. (Courtesy Starbucks) Starbucks
"Brown" Starbucks in St. Louis, Missouri.
Starbucks opens its first juice bar, Evolution Fresh Business Wire
Iconic Leader and Visionary Entrepreneur Howard Schultz to Bid Farewell to Starbucks after 40 Years. Starbucks
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JAVA HUT: Photo shows a company-owned Starbucks cafe in Orange, Calif., in the offices of the old Orange Daily News, in 2012. Cbl62 / Wikimedia
The Latte Macchiato Starbucks
A New Orleans Starbucks destroyed by Hurricane Isaac Via Instagram user sbonnot
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