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SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. is raising prices on certain harder-to-make beverages – and cutting the costs for simpler ones like a plain cup ...
Waylon Lewis | Posted 08.05.2009 | Green
Starbucks is already Fair-Trade. Now, they say they're going green -- and supporting local -- by 2010. If they actually do it, I might have to give up my 15-year buycott.
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...
AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. is hoping its Seattle's Best Coffee chain will be its growth engine during the recession. Even as Starbucks shutters...
Steve Parker | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business
The perfect financial storm decimating the US auto sector could result in the nation's largest manufacturing industry falling even farther behind overseas competitors when it comes to EVs.
New York Times | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business
SEATTLE -- When Starbucks begins serving a new line of breakfasts early Tuesday morning, the coffee shop chain is hoping its egg sandwiches achieve mo...
Howard Schultz | Posted 03.20.2009 | Business
During trying economic times, the brands that endure are those that that adapt to the changing needs of their customers, without forsaking their core values.
Val Brown | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business
I don't know anyone who drinks instant coffee here. So Starbuck's really big task is to change US consumer perception of an entire product category.
Washington Post | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
We've found one of Dick Cheney's new undisclosed locations: the Starbucks on Chain Bridge Road in McLean, Va. And while he may be dwelling on the "to...
AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. said Thursday it will unveil a new instant coffee as part of its attempt to turn around sluggish sales and shed its r...
AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp., which is trying to refashion its image as a more recession-friendly coffeehouse, offered more details Monday on the ...
Karen Salmansohn | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living
Hi, my name is Karen and I am a caffeinaholic. I love the stuff: the smell, the taste, the color -- and of course the results. I've credited caffein...
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.
Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
Who is the out of touch celebrity again? The L.A. Times reports that while 8-Domicile was chillin' in one of his Cindy's mansions, listening to the b...
Max Keiser | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business
Starbucks is the first, but not the last example of how a falling dollar will make most items that Americans over consume too expensive for Americans to buy with their crumbling currency.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment
When it was announced that 600 Starbucks outlets were closing, the music business shared the hit: less stores, less counter and display space, less product, less revenue.
Jim Randel | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business
Starbucks will survive of course and probably prosper after closing 600 locations, but its reputation as a primo-tenant and a trend-setting real estate visionary has been tarnished.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Andrea James | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business
If a caffeine jolt isn't enough, Starbucks customers will have another option starting Tuesday, when the Seattle coffee chain unveils its "+Energy" pr...
USA Today | Laura Petrecca, Theresa Howard, Bruce Horovitz | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
Starbucks has had enough complaints about coffee spurting from the sip holes in its lids to do something about it. Last week, it began quietly rollin...
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 | 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...
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
You have already heard a bit from us about whether or not Starbucks is our friend, but during these winter months when so many of us drink hot liquid ...
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...
Wall Street Journal | Janet Adamy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Starbucks Corp., the company that popularized the $4 cup of coffee, is testing a $1 cup and free refills of some of its offerings. The Seattle coffee...
Newsweek | Jennifer Ordoñez | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Obama and Clinton. McCain and Romney. Call them the great contests of the week, if you must. But pound for (finely ground) pound, a more heated battle...
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AP | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business