Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz said McDonald's Corp's McCafe launch earlier this year made the cafe chain better....
Marc Gunther | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business
Starbucks is responding to strain of public opinion that says local is better than global, small is better than big and independent is better than chain-owned.
AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it is wiping its name from one of its Seattle-area stores and adding alcohol to the menu. The Seattle-...
Grant Cardone | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business
Ask 10 people this simple question, "Freak or super freak?" And I assure you regardless of their political views all ten will answer "Super Freak."
ZP Heller | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business
It's deceptive for Starbucks to pretend to offer workers adequate wages and benefits. Starbucks routinely prevents employees from working enough hours to qualify for the company's health insurance.
Posted 06.28.2009 | Business
The ubiquitous coffee giant Starbucks has long been lauded for its corporate culture and employee benefits. But the Los Angeles Times reports this mor...
ZP Heller | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business
The shocking truth about Starbucks' health care policy and anti-labor practices belie the company's "progressive" veneer.
ZP Heller | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
Turns out the coffee giant has a nasty history of being anti-barista, anti-union, and thus anti-Employee Free Choice Act as well.
Robert Greenwald | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
There are over 127,000 baristas in our country alone, many of whom are in dire need of better wages, health benefits, and hours. Shouldn't they have the right to be treated fairly?
Simon Sinek | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business
There were three words missing from Bill Gates' goodbye speech when he officially left Microsoft in July of this year. They are three words he probab...
Howard Schultz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business
In tough times like these, many believe that investments in people and training can wait; that corporate social responsibility can be put on the back burner. I believe passionately that this is precisely what American business leaders should not be doing today.
Simon Sinek | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business
The cause that drove Starbucks to change American culture has now become something much less inspiring -- now, it's all about what they do.
CNN/Money | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business
Starbucks is conducting a national taste test Tuesday for its new Pike Place Roast, a fresh-brewed coffee the company is hoping will boost sales. Pik...
AP | Posted 04.05.2008 | Business
Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz says the coffee chain will not pay its California baristas back for tips they shared with shift supervisors, ...
Reuters | Lisa Baertlein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O), battling to revive U.S. growth in an economy that is in a "tailspin" plans to roll out a line of energy, health and wellness ...
AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — A day after shutting down most of its U.S. shops for three hours to retrain baristas on espresso basics, Starbucks is welcoming custom...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
For three hours on Tuesday, Starbucks will shut down every single one of its 7,100 stores so that baristas can receive a refresher course on how best ...
Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Starbucks Corp said on Thursday it would eliminate 600 jobs as it works to cut costs and reignite growth. The coffee seller has been battered in rece...
AP | ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
SEATTLE — The scent of ham, eggs, cheese and bacon will soon stop competing with the aroma of coffee in Starbucks stores as hot breakfast sandwi...
Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Starbucks Corp will pay former Chief Executive James Donald, who was ousted earlier this month, $1.25 million over a 12-month period, the coffee chain...
AP | Elizabeth Gillespe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Starbucks Corp. Chairman Howard Schultz is reclaiming the chief executive's chair as part of a major restructuring initiative to slow the company's U....
USA Today Via ABC News | Matt Krantz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The frozen yogurt business puts a sour taste in Daniel Kim's mouth. And that's good. Kim is on a mission to bring a more tart and better-for-you vers...
24/7 Wall Street | Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Any investor who held Starbucks (SBUX) shares last November and still has them today has lost about half of his or her money. SBUX hit $40.01 on Novem...
Wall Street Journal | Janet Adamy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Jokes about the ubiquity of Starbucks have become almost as common as the coffeeshops themselves. There are so many, a comic once cracked, that one ha...
nytimes.com | REUTERS | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business