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New LA Coffee Shop: 'Dumb Starbucks'

No one's really sure what's going on at Los Feliz storefront

(Newser) - Well, this is strange: A new coffee shop calling itself " Dumb Starbucks " has opened in a Los Angeles neighborhood. "Dumb Starbucks" uses the Starbucks logo and Starbucks beverage names, just with "dumb" attached to every name—so Dumb Caramel Macchiato, Dumb Frappuccino, etc. There are even...

Baked Goods Starting to Pay Off for Starbucks

Croissant sales double

(Newser) - Starbucks was never exactly known for its croissants—or any of its baked goods, for that matter. Now, however, the company is seeing early signs of promise for its revamped lineup of sweets, which has made its way to about a third of its US cafes. In an earnings call...

Woman Survives on Nothing but Starbucks for a Year
Woman Survives on Nothing but Starbucks for a Year
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Jan 5, 2014 7:00 PM CST

Woman Survives on Nothing but Starbucks for a Year

If you're thinking 'why,' well, she has an answer for you

(Newser) - You and your New Year's resolution have nothing on a 40-year-old Seattle woman, who not only set a fairly insane goal in advance of Jan. 1, 2013—eat absolutely nothing but food sold at Starbucks for a year—but actually achieved it . The New York Daily News reports that...

Brewer Replies to Starbucks Letter With Snarky Note, $6
Brewer Replies to Starbucks Letter With Snarky Note, $6
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Jan 4, 2014 7:00 PM CST

Brewer Replies to Starbucks Letter With Snarky Note, $6

Promises to stop calling one of its beers 'Frappicino'

(Newser) - A small Missouri brewery has responded to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks by sending the coffee chain a check to cover what it calls the profit from use of the word "Frappicino"—a check for $6. Exit 6 Pub and Brewery in the St. Louis suburb...

Even Starbucks Has Black Friday Doorbuster

$65 stainless steel tumbler comes with month's worth of drinks

(Newser) - This Black Friday, Starbucks won't just offer a break from the insanity; it's aiming to become a shopping destination itself. The chain is offering a 16-ounce stainless steel tumbler—filled with a month's worth of drinks—for $65, Consumerist reports. Owners of the tumbler can bring it...

Sorry, Starbucks Baristas, You Must Share Your Tips

Federal court decides that shift supervisors entitled to a cut

(Newser) - Starbucks baristas must share their tips with shift supervisors, a federal appeals court said today. An attorney representing the baristas called the ruling "unfortunate" and said it lets employers subsidize the pay of its supervisors with money that should be going to their lowest-wage workers. A company spokesperson said...

Kraft Kerfuffle Costs Starbucks $2.7B

Settlement ends packaged-coffee battle

(Newser) - Starbucks has to cough up an eye-popping $2.76 billion to settle a dispute with Kraft over coffee distribution, an arbitrator has decided. The two companies had been locked in a fight for three years after Starbucks fired Kraft as its distributor of packaged coffee to grocery chains, complaining that...

China Bashes Starbucks' Prices

State TV says prices are higher than US, UK

(Newser) - China has a Venti-sized problem with the prices Starbucks is charging in the Middle Kingdom. State-run TV broadcaster CCTV recently ran a 20-minute report called "Starbucks: Expensive in China," claiming that the espresso giant charges customers in China up to 50% more than it does those in the...

Starbucks: You Can Bring Your Guns, But Please Don't

CEO 'respectfully requests' customers stop promoting stores as pro-gun

(Newser) - With another mass shooting about to inevitably shove gun control back into the national conversation , Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is begging you: Please, leave Starbucks out of it. "I am writing today with a respectful request that customers no longer bring firearms into our stores," Schultz writes in...

Vegans to Starbucks: Give Us Our Pumpkin Spice

Petition calls for animal-free latte option

(Newser) - A Michigan vegan and Starbucks lover is facing what the Los Angeles Times calls a "first world food problem": It's getting to be autumn, and Pumpkin Spice Lattes are in the air—but they don't come in animal-product-free form. Now, Brent Caldwell—and more than 3,000...

Starbucks to Sell Colombian Coffee in ... Colombia

Chain has exported country's beans for 42 years

(Newser) - For 42 years, Starbucks has been exporting coffee beans from Colombia; now, it's finally planning to sell the resulting product in the country. Next year, the coffee chain will open its first Colombian store in Bogota, and it intends to have 50 stores in the country—the biggest producer...

Gun Foes Plan 'Skip Starbucks' Day

Coffee shop allows openly carried weapons

(Newser) - A group of gun control activists are urging supporters to forgo their Starbucks fix on Saturday, in protest of a company policy allowing customers to carry loaded guns inside the chain's coffee shops. "Skip Starbucks Saturday" comes less than two weeks after gun rights advocates held "Starbucks...

Starbucks' New Venture: Greek Yogurt

It plans to sell it in its own stores, supermarkets

(Newser) - If the booming sales weren't enough to convince you that Greek yogurt is a thing, try this: Starbucks wants in. The company plans to start selling the yogurt in its stores next spring, and then start stocking supermarket shelves around the country after that, reports the Wall Street Journal...

Starbucks Wouldn't Serve Deaf Patrons: Lawsuit

Customers say NYC police were called on them

(Newser) - Starbucks workers at multiple New York City locations ridiculed and refused service to deaf customers—and the company did little to rectify the situation, a lawsuit claims. Hours before one shop was due to close, a group of deaf patrons who met there regularly were told they had to move...

Here's Who Gets Your Starbucks Tips

Court says baristas and shift supervisors can split them, but not assistant managers

(Newser) - New York's highest court has weighed in on a feud over the Starbucks tip jar. Two suits were in question. In one, baristas argued that shift supervisors should be banned from sharing the cash because state law prohibits "employers and their agents" from access to tips for waiters...

McDonald's Is Most Visited Business in America

Nearly half of US consumers visited at least once last month, says study

(Newser) - Just how popular are the golden arches? So popular that nearly half of US consumers visited them last month, according to a new study spotted by the Consumerist . The study, from the new Placed Insights service, sought to determine which businesses Americans visit most. Fast food dominates the list, but...

Cops: Woman Tried to Poison Juice Sold at Starbucks

Police say customer saw her, saved lives

(Newser) - An alert customer at Starbucks may have saved lives by derailing an alleged plot to poison orange juice sold there. Police say Ramineh Behbehanian, 50, put two bottles of juice spiked with a lethal amount of rubbing alcohol into the display case of a store in San Jose, reports the...

Starbucks CEO to Irked Shareholder: Sell Your Stock

Schultz defends backing gay marriage

(Newser) - The CEO of Starbucks took some flak at yesterday's shareholders meeting for the company's support of gay marriage, which has triggered a boycott by the National Organization for Marriage. CEO Howard Schultz responded that "not every decision is an economic decision," reports the Puget Sound Business ...

Coming Soon to NYC: Major Coffee Headache

Ban on big sugary drinks will hit some coffee drinkers

(Newser) - Mayor Bloomberg's ban on hulking sugary drinks kicks in on Tuesday, and some of the effects are pretty obvious: sayonara, big Big Gulp. But the New York Times today takes a look at an effect that sounds like a seriously annoying headache. The ban may make ordering coffee a...

Priciest Ever? Guy Concocts $47.30 Starbucks Drink
Priciest Ever? Guy Orders
$47.30 Starbucks Drink
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Feb 24, 2013 8:03 AM CST

Priciest Ever? Guy Orders $47.30 Starbucks Drink

Meet the 'Quadriginoctuple Frap,' which is basically undrinkable

(Newser) - Remember that $23.60 priciest Starbucks drink ever? Amateur hour. A Washington state man claims he has set a new record after doing "a lot of research on it." After being unable to find any proof of a beverage pricier than $23.60 having been ordered, Beau Chevassus...

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