The Latest Breaking News from Starbucks

On April 7, Madison Hall, a barista and union organizer at the Starbucks store on Long Beach's bustling 2nd Street commercial strip, was invited to a session the next day to "meet with and co-create with upper-level management," Hall says.

Some companies raised prices, blaming rising wages — but actually cut workers' pay, according to new report

Workers at the locations have sought rights to bargain as members of Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) has appointed Deb Hall Lefevre as Chief Technology Officer, effective May 2, Reuters reported. Lefevre was previously with McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD), where he oversaw all aspects of technology for its roughly 14,000 U.S. restaurants. The report noted the move comes as the returning CEO Howard Schultz is mulling changes to the company's…

Workers at a second Seattle Starbucks location have joined the nationwide wave of unionization at the coffee giant — this time at one of the company's flagship roastery locations.

Starbucks has hired a former McDonald's executive to oversee technology as returning CEO Howard Schultz explores changes to the coffee chain's drive-thru, mobile order-and-pay and other systems. Deb Hall Lefevre will become Starbuck's chief technology officer on May 2, according to a spokesperson.

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Only 67 Sainsbury's cafes will remain open, and only one in Bristol

Billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa's EG Group is hiring almost 23,000 people in the UK by expanding more people at Asda, Cooplands and Leon and tie-ups with KFC and Starbucks