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Deadly Biker Feud Started at ... Starbucks

Hells Angels-Vagos war has spread to 3 states

(Newser) - "Only in Santa Cruz would you have biker wars over who's going to control pumpkin spice lattes," says the California beach-side town's deputy police chief. The deadliest feud in a decade between California-based biker gangs started earlier last year when hammer-wielding members of the Hells Angels...

Our Best Hope for New Jobs: Starbucks
 Our Best Hope 
 for New Jobs: Starbucks 
Joe Nocera
Oct 18, 2011 12:41 PM CDT

Our Best Hope for New Jobs: Starbucks

Joe Nocera on Howard Schultz's excellent job creation program

(Newser) - When Joe Nocera heard about Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s plan to turn Starbucks customers’ donations into job-creating microloans, he had one thought: “God bless him,” he writes in the New York Times . Sure the government should be tackling this jobs problem, “but with an election coming...

Starbucks: Coffee Faces Climate Risk

Farmers already hit by hurricanes, new rainfall patterns

(Newser) - Melting ice caps, unpredictable weather, and ... no more coffee? Starbucks says climate change could put your morning joe in jeopardy. Global warming creates "a potentially significant risk to our supply chain, which is the Arabica coffee bean," the company's sustainability director tells the Guardian . Coffee farmers are...

Starbucks Wants You to Pay $5 More for Coffee

All in the name of stimulating job growth

(Newser) - Hey Frappuccino drinker, can you spare a fiver? Starbucks is hoping that its customers will begin ponying up an extra $5 beginning next month. No, not because that grande drink now costs $8. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will accept donations of $5 or more to its "Jobs for USA"...

Starbucks Fires Steamed Barista for Video Rant

Calls song 'teachable moment' for company

(Newser) - A California Starbucks worker was sent packing after posting a video rant about his job—in song form. Christopher Cristwell took his guitar to YouTube to air his venti-sized frustrations; the clip was picked up by a Starbucks blog and he lost his job, the Merced Sun-Star reports. Among the...

Alec Baldwin Bashes Lowly Starbucks Barista

...who may not exist

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin is not a man known for his cool temper, which makes it only slightly surprising that he went on a Twitter rant on Wednesday. The weird twist? It was directed at a possibly non-existent Starbucks employee. "Starbucks on 93 and B’way. Uptight Queen barrista [sic] named...

Starbucks CEO to DC: No Donations for You!

Howard Schultz wants budget answers before opening his wallet

(Newser) - Maybe he should just refuse coffee to politicians. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is pleading to other corporate execs to stop contributing to political campaigns until the president and Congress come up with a realistic way to cut budget deficits, reports Politico . “This is a time for citizenship, not partisanship,...

Why One Guy Lets Anyone Use His Starbucks Card

Inside Jonathan Stark's social experiment

(Newser) - Need a pick-me-up but can't afford a dose of caffeine at your local Starbucks? Jonathan Stark can help. The mobile applications consultant is currently running a social sharing experiment—he's letting people use his Starbucks card to buy coffee, at no cost to them. Stark hit on the...

Starbucks Baristas Picket for Chilean Co-Workers

Employees in that nation are on strike over wages

(Newser) - A shot of politics with your coffee? Starbucks workers across the globe are standing with their striking Chilean counterparts in a “global week of action,” the Wall Street Journal reports. From Los Angeles to London, members of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union are picketing and distributing fliers explaining...

Sonic Joins Burger King in Adding Beer to Menu

Because really 'having it your way' might mean a beer or two

(Newser) - Sometimes the soft drink that comes with your burger just doesn’t cut it, or at least that’s what chains such as Sonic and Burger King are hoping. Two Sonic stores in Florida will soon be selling beer and wine, part of what could be the start of a...

Starbucks Reels After Anti-Gay Incident

But the company is responding well, notes Gawker

(Newser) - Starbucks is in hot water after a customer witnessed what she calls “one of the most brazen and unapologetic displays of homophobia I have ever witnessed in my entire life” at one of its Long Island locations. Missy Alison wrote an open letter to the company, which her wife...

Feds Sue Starbucks for Firing Dwarf

Elsa Sallard says she was fired after requesting a stool

(Newser) - Starbucks is being sued by none other than the US government. Elsa Sallard claims she was fired three days after she was hired in July 2009 as a barista because she is a dwarf. She reportedly asked to be given a stool or small stepladder to enable her to perform...

Starbucks' Latest Market: Starbucks Haters

Seattle's Best sticks brand name on middle-market brew

(Newser) - Starbucks is taking aim at a new demographic: those who avoid the brand at all costs. The chain is promoting a makeover for Seattle’s Best Coffee, a brand it acquired nearly a decade ago, in the hope that it will capture middle-market coffee drinkers. To that end, the subsidiary...

Enjoy the Starbucks Coffee, but Watch for Thieves

NYC police blotters see plenty of thefts of purses, laptops

(Newser) - Grande larceny: Purses and laptops go missing so frequently at New York City Starbucks shops that police have taken to setting up sting operations, reports the New York Times . “You can let your guard down—people are sitting down and talking and using their laptops,” said a police...

Starbucks Is America's New No. 3 Chain, Unseats Wendy's, Burger King
 New No. 3 US Chain: Starbucks 
Apr 27, 2011 6:55 AM CDT

New No. 3 US Chain: Starbucks

Unseats Burger King, Wendy's

(Newser) - The Whopper and the Frosty have officially been replaced by the Frappuccino: Starbucks is now the nation's No. 3 chain, having leapfrogged in front of burger giants Burger King and Wendy's, who, according to one researcher, have been struggling to find "their niche." In terms of...

McDonald&#39;s Coffee Drinkers Most Loyal
 McDonald's Coffee 
 Drinkers Most Loyal 
sorry, starbucks
Apr 15, 2011 11:55 AM CDT

McDonald's Coffee Drinkers Most Loyal

McD's fans beat out Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks customers

(Newser) - It may be a burger chain, but McDonald’s is winning the battle for coffee customers’ devotion, a study finds. In a given month, just 29% of McDonald’s customers hit up Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee or breakfast. Meanwhile, 53% of Starbucks and Dunkin’ fans “roam,”...

Starbucks Super-Sizes With New Trenta Cup

Company pours it on in war with McDonald's

(Newser) - Make room for a big shot of Starbucks. The caffeine-pushing franchise is unveiling a new 31-ounce "Trenta" cup size, which holds 7 ounces more than its current largest Venti cup. The new size will be only for iced drinks, including iced teas, coffees, and lemonade teas. The drinks, selling...

Brace Yourself, India, Here Comes Starbucks

Coffee titan teams up with Indian conglomerate

(Newser) - Coffee lovers in India will someday be able to get a Starbucks fix, as the company has struck a deal with megaconglomerate Tata Group—it makes everything from the Tata Nano car to Eight O'Clock Coffee—to get the lay of the land, the Seattle Times reports. Tata will help...

New Starbucks Logo: Critics Are Baffled
Starbucks' New Logo a
Grande Mistake?
OPINION roundup
Jan 6, 2011 12:04 PM CST

Starbucks' New Logo a Grande Mistake?

What's up with the total lack of words?

(Newser) - The new Starbucks logo is here: Is it a disaster of Gap logo proportions ? Not quite, but critics are still a bit baffled:
  • Why did they remove “those pesky words that say Starbucks Coffee?" wonders Meg Marco on the Consumerist . “Coffee, we assume, was the primary problem.
...

Starbucks Unveils New Logo, Drops Word 'Coffee'

Mermaid will be on her own now

(Newser) - Starbucks is making its mermaid a little more prominent. A new corporate logo unveiled today to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary drops the words "coffee" and "Starbucks" and lets the green mermaid stand on her own, reports MarketWatch . The dropping of "coffee" comes as the company expands...

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