Starbucks launches extra virgin olive oil-infused coffee Oleato range now on sale in Italy and comes to the US, UK, Japan and Middle East later this year The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023
Starbucks launches olive oil coffee drinks in Italy with UK launch planned The new range supposedly has an ‘extraordinary new flavour and texture’ Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2023
How big companies like Tesla and Starbucks are fending off unionization The public is increasingly pro-labor, but big employers are not shy about aggressively fending off unionization. Axios · Feb 17, 2023
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz declines to testify in Sanders' hearing Starbucks declined to make interim CEO Howard Schultz available to testify before Congress next month, according to a letter sent by Starbucks' general counsel Zabrina Jenkins on Tuesday. Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023
In new role, Sanders demands answers from Starbucks' Schultz As the new chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health and labor issues, Vermont Sen_ Bernie Sanders says some corporations “should be nervous.” The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
China’s COVID chaos is showing up in corporate earnings Both Apple and Starbucks blamed China's COVID lockdowns and record case surge for disappointing earnings. Fortune · Feb 3, 2023
Bernie Sanders tells Starbucks to stop busting unions in scathing letter to CEO Howard Schultz Federal authorities have issued dozens of complaints against the retail coffee giant The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
The walls are closing in on corporate employees as major CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office The latest missives from high-profile CEOs could point to a major new development in the return-to-office wars. Fortune · Jan 13, 2023
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz complains workers ignored his earlier office mandates Starting Jan. 30, Starbucks employees are expected to be in the office three days a week. Fortune · Jan 12, 2023
Bernie Sanders backs Starbucks workers starting three day strike at 100 US stores CEO Howard Schultz local coffeeshop among those closed as part of action The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022
At 1st anniversary, Starbucks, union workers face reality check SEATTLE — Starbucks workers and supporters rallied in major cities across the country Friday to celebrate the anniversary of the first unionized store in Buffalo, New York. Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022
Will Bunch: Billionaires like Musk, Bankman-Fried didn't save the world. They wrecked it. Let's take it back After growing up amid upper-middle-class affluence in Silicon Valley as the children of two Stanford Law School professors, as a super-smart kid who got into MIT to study physics, Sam Bankman-Fried decided in those teen years that he wanted to save the world in the worst way. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 22, 2022
Bob Iger joins ranks of 'Boomerang CEOs' with return to Disney Yet one study suggests companies that bring back old CEOs do worse than firms that hire someone new. Fortune · Nov 21, 2022
Starbucks under pressure to keep restrooms open to public American Restroom Association is marking World Toilet Day on 19 November by calling on the coffee brand to ‘let the people go!’ The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2022
Benzinga · Nov 3, 2022 Starbucks Q4 Earnings Highlights: Revenue And EPS Beat, The China Impact And More Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) reported fourth-quarter and full fiscal year results after the market close Thursday. Here are the key highlights.
Tribune News Service · Oct 29, 2022 Starbucks sued for allegedly ripping off coffee-flavored lip balm idea Dr. Oz and a lip balm maker walk into a Starbucks. The punchline: A lawsuit is filed.
WEKU · Oct 2, 2022 Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now More than 300 Starbucks stores have held union elections in less than a year, a remarkable feat. But now workers blame "scorched-earth" union busting by Starbucks for a slowdown in the momentum.
Salon · Sep 19, 2022 Starbucks accused of union retaliation "Their goal is to retaliate against and punish union stores," said Starbucks Workers United
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 17, 2022 Starbucks to revamp stores to speed service, boost morale The company also said it plans to open 2,000 net new stores in the U.S. by 2025, with an emphasis on meeting the growing demand for new types of service, including drive-thru, mobile ordering and delivery.
Bangkok Post · Sep 14, 2022 Starbucks Interim CEO Maps Out Rebound for Coffee Chain Starbucks Corp. interim chief executive Howard Schultz outlined a wide-ranging revamp of the coffee chain on Tuesday, ranging from cafe upgrades to expanded employee benefits, which he said is necessary to put the company on track for a turnaround by 2024.
Benzinga · Sep 14, 2022 4 Starbucks Analysts React To Investor Day: 'Attractive Risk-Reward And Valuation' Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) shares traded high by 1.2% on Wednesday after the company held its first investor day event since announcing Laxman Narasimhan will be taking over as the new CEO.
The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2022 You might think Starbucks is a ‘progressive’ company. You’d be wrong Rarely in modern history have we seen a company that so exquisitely cultivates an image as a caring, progressive employer while actually acting like a bullying, union-busting gangster
Financial Times · Sep 4, 2022 US trade unions: Inside the revival brewing at Starbucks The grassroots effort to organise workers at the coffee chain has spread to over 200 stores. Can it re-energise the labour movement in the US?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2022 From Slough to Seattle: the challenges facing Starbucks’ new boss Surprise move to Seattle comes as global coffee chain faces unionisation drive
Dynamite News · Sep 2, 2022 Starbucks names Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan as new CEO Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on October 1, replacing Howard Schultz, who will continue as interim chief until April 2023. Full story on Dynamite News: