Starbucks trains baristas to de-escalate The international coffee chain announced customers must make a purchase to use the restroom or sit at a table Salon · Jan 27, 2025
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol earned a $5 million bonus after one month on the job Brian Niccol stands to earn $10 million in signing bonuses after a "dogged pursuit" to convince him to lead the company. Fortune · Jan 27, 2025
Why Starbucks and Amazon are drawing on philosophy to deploy their AI models Companies investing in AI won't reap "superior returns" without cultivating philosophical insight, say MIT researchers. Fortune · Jan 27, 2025
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For January 27 - 31 Earnings season ramps up this week, with a loads of big names due to report including Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Visa, Sofi Technologies, Intel, Boeing, Exxon Mobil, Caterpillar, Starbucks and Chevron. Barchart · Jan 27, 2025
2025 Layoffs: Meta, Microsoft, And BlackRock Join The Trend Amid AI Shift While workforce cuts raise concerns, the tech sector is poised for significant growth, with jobs in big data, fintech, and AI expected to double by 2030. International Business Times · Jan 27, 2025
Target DEI Initiatives Axed: List of Companies Rolling Back DEI and Those Standing Firm Several major companies, including Target, Walmart, and Meta, have significantly scaled back or eliminated their DEI programs in 2025. International Business Times UK · Jan 25, 2025
Starbucks worker says baristas have a ‘panic button’ behind the counter, but it won't be enough to quell angry customers after open-door policy reversal Some baristas anticipate an increase in customer altercations due to a new policy requiring an item purchase to use the bathroom or hang out in stores. Fortune · Jan 24, 2025
Starbucks is instructing workers in de-escalation so they can peacefully reserve bathrooms for paying-customers only A Starbucks employee said the chain held training on how to handle customers asking to use the restroom or sit in the store without purchasing anything. Fortune · Jan 24, 2025
Luckin Coffee beat Starbucks in China. It's now taking its playbook overseas to markets like Malaysia Luckin Coffee—booted from the Nasdaq in 2020—has overtaken Starbucks in both China revenue and store count. Fortune · Jan 24, 2025
How to Get Your Kids into Investing: A Family Project to Try To teach your children about investing, put your money where your mouth is with this fun and potentially profitable exercise. Kiplinger · Jan 23, 2025
Starbucks' policy change flushes out a debate over public restroom access Starbucks’ decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom use policies that varies by state and city The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025
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Digested week: Steve Bannon’s bitter attack on Elon Musk lifts the spirits, briefly Plus: Timothée Chalamet charms on a Lime bike, Rick Stein’s 1970s prices and Starbucks’ bathroom requirements The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025
Starbucks nixes open door policy New code of conduct policies aim to "boost sagging sales and improve worker relations" Salon · Jan 15, 2025
Salon · Jan 15, 2025 Starbucks denies Union allegations The coffeehouse giant has denied the accusation, saying they are offering "catastrophe pay" for affected workers
Fortune · Jan 15, 2025 McDonald's is closing three CosMc's spinoffs just one year after they opened More locations are on the way, though.
Fortune · Jan 15, 2025 4 iconic U.S. companies are in stormy waters—2 CEOs are possibly lost at sea, while 2 may be piloting safely to shore Four heads of iconic U.S. enterprises face turbulent, inherited challenges with elevated investor anxiety in 2025.
Top News · Jan 15, 2025 Starbucks Updates Policy To Prioritize Paying Customers Starbucks updates policy to enhance customer experience, restrict non-paying visitors, and offer free coffee refills.
International Business Times · Jan 14, 2025 Starbucks Shift On Non-paying Visitors Stirs Debate In US Starbucks has stirred the coffee pot by reversing a policy that allowed anyone to use its bathrooms, with the US public warned they'll need to buy something or get out.
International Business Times · Jan 14, 2025 Starbucks Says Buy Something Or Leave In Rules Change Starbucks has ended its open-door policy, which allowed anyone, not just a customer, to use its spaces without buying anything.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 14, 2025 Australian supermarket iced milk coffee taste test: ‘It reminds me of the time I tried breast milk’ From bottled beverages that taste like ‘liquefied Fantales’ to others that are ‘the bubblegum vape of the coffee world’, Nicholas Jordan and friends imbibe a heroic amount of caffeine to give you their verdict
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 14, 2025 Why Starbucks is reversing its open door policy in 2025 Here's why.
The Guardian - US · Jan 14, 2025 A bargaining breakdown and strikes: the bitter union fight at Starbucks Workers call proposals ‘almost laughable’ with new CEO’s pay package 10,000 times the median salary of barista
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025 Starbucks says people using its coffee shops must buy something Coffee chain reverses policy introduced in North America in 2018 that lets anyone use its facilities
International Business Times UK · Jan 14, 2025 Buy Something Or Leave: Starbucks' New Policy Cracks Down On Loitering In North American Stores Starbucks now requires customers to purchase before using their restrooms or linger in stores, reversing a previous open-door policy.