Starbucks Stops Brewing Decaf After Noon

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Starbucks customers who are used to getting their decaf grande mochachino after lunch will have to wait a little longer than usual to get their fix.

Caffeine-free coffee will be made-to-order only after noon, which should add about four minutes to the wait time, according to an e-mail statement from the company issued Tuesday.

"For many of our stores, the demand for decaf is greatly reduced in the afternoon," the company said in the statement. "With our current standard of continually brewing decaf after 12 p.m. regardless of demand, we have seen a high amount of waste."

Bloomberg reports that the world's largest coffee chain is cutting off the decaf after noon in an effort to save $400 million in the next eight months.

[arnoldbowers]

Being I have never and will never drink this slop at the age of 71 I could care less as all I drink is decaf but I like coffee not something I would not feed to my hog in the back yard. Frank

[excoachken]

This seems like blatant discrimination against those who are not caffeine addicts. Since their business is based solely upon OVERCHARGING to supply an ADDICTION, it probably will increase company income.

[asor1-2009]

Oh, boo hoo, guess we can all drink something better now. (Not at Starbucks!)

[Slrman-21001573651763300012869]

No loss at all. Starbucks makes the worst coffee I have ever tasted. If it were not "fashionable" no one would buy it. Their profit margin must be enormous. It cannot cost more than pennies to brew a cup of dirt.

[u-r-right]

why do businesses refuse to hire enough people???

Posted by repo_man_08 at 11:59 PM : Jan 27,

Employers don''t care anymore. They would rather hire a team of accountants as monitors to ensure they run as lean as possible and HR people (used to be known as clerical personnel) to make sure the all other employees are kept in line.

[richardj390]

If Starbucks were to go under, the only downside would be the streets would be temporarily flooded with thousands of arrogant little condescending tatooeed and pierced freaks who have always thought they were (1) too good to work at Taco Bell and (2) somehow contributing to mankind by making coffee drinks. It''s time for these zombies to learn a real trade.

[shanev137]

The actual cost to brew those cups decaf is actually pennies on the dollar for them.

[b4ucmyi]

Boot production and chocolate rations are at an all-time high!

[guest173]

this bubble is bursting, just like the dotcom did

[nothappyatall]

I''''m a former barista at Starbucks, and I can tell you this
Posted by iuselogic

You mean you were a wait-person or counter clerk, "barista" is a fancy BS title like that of "Maintenance engineer" when they mean JANITOR or scrub woman.