The java giant's Howard Schultz says he's open to the boost, but he can see why other businesses may not be so supportive.
A Starbucks shareholder suggests the company ban political spending and action committees to preserve its image. The coffee chain's board says such donations do just that.
They also take a cut of the counter staff's often skimpy gratuity. But it's better than nothing when few customers carry cash.
At least some packagers are cutting retail prices, if not your local Starbucks. However, a coffee-killing fungus outbreak could revive climbing prices later this year.
A coffee shop worker in Starbucks' hometown compared customers to Hitler and insulted his boss while on the clock.
The stores with drive-up servce are far more profitable than ones without. So the coffee giant is adding the windows to most of the 1,500 US stores it expects to open over the next 5 years.
A complaint in a New York federal court calls out the energy drink for having less caffeine than a cup of coffee.
John Mackey originally called the health care mandate socialist. Both declarations bum out his liberal buyer base.
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