Starbucks to use reusable resin glasses to reduce waste Starbucks Coffee Japan announced it will introduce reusable resin glasses when serving cold drinks in about 1,500 stores to reduce waste. The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 6, 2023
Starbucks to open 100 new UK stores this year as part of £30million investment As well as opening new branches, Starbucks will also refurbish and upgrade existing sites over the next three years as part of a huge £30million investment in the UK Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2023
Starbucks says Schultz isn't involved in union matters; Sanders disagrees Starbucks reiterated Thursday that its outgoing CEO Howard Schultz is not the right person to testify on behalf of the company at a congressional hearing requested by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont. Despite being the public face of the Seattle-based coffee giant, the company said Schultz hasn't been involved in making… Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023
Glasgow Starbucks set to move to bigger shop as St Enoch Centre plan lodged Plans have been submitted which could see Starbucks take over an empty unit in the shopping centre, allowing it to expand. Glasgow Live · Mar 3, 2023
Indie cafe in Brixton takes on hedge fund-backed coffee chain over name Family-run Blank Coffee in south London launches legal challenge saying US Blank Street Coffee is trying to copy its ‘vibe’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023
UK’s drive-throughs step up a gear as posh brands take to the road Bakery chain Gail’s is latest high-street chain hoping to serve its food through car windows The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023
Luckin Coffee Turns First Annual Profit The Starbucks challenger reported an operating profit of 1.16 billion yuan for 2022, coming off a loss of 539 million yuan the previous year Caixin Global · Mar 3, 2023
New retail park set to open in Barrhead Tenants include Lidl, Starbucks, B&M and the UK's first Popeye's drive-thru Insider UK · Mar 3, 2023
Starbucks fired a union organizer. New York City got him rehired Austin Locke was sacked days after he helped unionize workers. A monumental new labor law means he’s back on the job The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2023
Starbucks condemned for ‘intimidation’ of US union organizers Bernie Sanders moves to summon chief executive Howard Schultz to Senate committee to explain repeated anti-union violations The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2023
Starbucks 'threatened and spied' on workers before illegally firing them A judge has ordered Starbucks to stop infringing on workers' rights after finding the coffee giant violated labour laws during a unionisation campaign in Buffalo, New York, US Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023
Ranking the 13 greatest quotes from the Lions’ Dan Campbell, including a line on NFL prospects ‘in pajamas’ Campbell might be the NFL's most entertaining head coach. USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 2, 2023
Starbucks faces new front in its labor disputes: White-collar workers Dozens of white-collar Starbucks Corp. employees and managers have signed an open letter protesting the company’s return-to-office mandate and its alleged union-busting, opening a new front in the battle over the avowedly progressive coffee chain’s treatment of its staff. Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023
Starbucks in Milan now offering olive oil in your coffee Founder and CEO Howard Schultz has launched a series of “Oleato” — Italian for oiled — coffees in Milan, the city that inspired his coffee house empire. No, you can’t get it in Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 2, 2023
Fortune · Mar 2, 2023 NLRB judge says Starbucks engaged in 'egregious' anti-union activity NLRB Judge Michael Rosas said that the U.S. coffee company engaged in "egregious and widespread misconduct" in trying to stop its first unions.
Football London · Mar 2, 2023 ‘Like they are in Starbucks’ - Roy Keane slams West Ham’s Alphonse Areola after Man United loss West Ham United goalkeeper Alphonse Areola has been criticised by former Manchester United captain Roy Keane following his role in the Red Devils' equaliser at Old Trafford on Wednesday night
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023 Labor judge: Starbucks violated worker rights in union fight A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers after finding that the company violated labor laws “hundreds of times” during a unionization campaign in Buffalo, New York
Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2023 Roy Keane brutally mocks West Ham over Man Utd defeat - "It's like they're in Starbucks" Manchester United booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals with a comeback win over West Ham - but Roy Keane has decided to hit out at the Hammers
Belfast Live · Mar 1, 2023 Belfast actor James Martin enjoys red carpet send off from proud work colleagues The Oscar-nominated star plans to return to the day job after his trip to Hollywood
The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023 Sanders schedules vote to force Starbucks CEO to testify Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to get Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing about the company’s compliance with federal labor laws
Fortune · Mar 1, 2023 Over 75% of Starbucks job postings use "red flag" phrases Despite the recent focus on inclusivity, companies are increasingly using language that signals a high stress or toxic work culture in their job ads.
The Walrus · Mar 1, 2023 Why Is Starbucks at War with Its Unions? The coffee giant bills itself as a progressive company. But when employees started unionizing, corporate pushed back
The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023 Olive oil in coffee? New Starbucks line a curiosity in Italy Putting olive oil in coffee is hardly a tradition in Italy, but that didn’t stop Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz from launching a series of beverages doing just that in Milan
Los Angeles Times · Feb 27, 2023 Starbucks, Dunkin' and more: Who has the best frozen coffee drink? It's winter in the United States, and while that may mean something different in California than it does in, say, Maine, it's still cold. The Chicagoan in me hangs his head in shame as the 50-degree temperatures feel like a polar vortex to my now-tender skin.
The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2023 ‘Old-school union busting’: how US corporations are quashing the new wave of organizing Victories at several companies energized organizers, but hostile corporations – and an impotent labor board – stymie negotiations