Starbucks will pay all workers for 30 days — even if they stay home

As unemployment claims surge, Starbucks said it will pay all employees in the U.S. and Canada, even if they choose to stay home.

• Mar 24, 2020

What stores are closing due to the coronavirus

As consumers hunker down, many of America's biggest retailers are temporarily shutting stores or cutting their hours.

• Mar 24, 2020

Starbucks closes some stores and ditches chairs due to virus

Coffee chain only serving customers "to go" in move to discourage gatherings and contain the coronavirus outbreak.

• Mar 16, 2020

Starbucks may make some stores drive-thru only amid coronavirus

Starbucks announced several precautions it is taking to help prevent the spread of the virus.

• Mar 12, 2020

Starbucks no longer filling personal cups, citing coronavirus

Coffee chain says it is "adapting as new information is made available" about the virus outbreak.

• Mar 7, 2020

Airport Starbucks pay black workers less than whites, group claims

Some workers also allege they are discriminated against based on their gender status.

• Mar 4, 2020

Starbucks wants more reusable cups in stores

CEO Kevin Johnson says the coffee giant will cut carbon emissions, waste and water use by 50% within a decade.

• Jan 21, 2020

5 injured when pickup slams into Starbucks in Illinois

Police said the impact caused the building to collapse; the injured included people in the truck and store

• Jan 17, 2020

Starbucks, home of the $4 latte, is moving into poor areas

Coffee chain plans to open or remodel 85 "community stores" by 2025 in rural and urban neighborhoods across the U.S.

• Jan 16, 2020

Starbucks apologizes to California cops for no service

Coffee chain acknowledged two California sheriff deputies were ignored by staff for about five minutes before leaving.

• Dec 16, 2019

Starbucks's open-bathroom policy affecting business, study says

Coffee chain opened its bathrooms to all last year — that may be putting it at a disadvantage over local competitors

• Nov 22, 2019

Starbucks unveils 2019 holiday cups

The cups will be available starting Thursday, November 7, and the company is encouraging fans to get the reusable one

• Nov 7, 2019

Starbucks accused of unfairly punishing white employees

Regional Starbucks manager fired after the high-profile arrests of two black men at one of the coffee shops in Philadelphia has filed a wrongful termination suit

• Nov 1, 2019

How a coffee shop owner faced down Starbucks

For small businesses, a national chain setting up nearby can spell doom — for Peter Crippen, it spelled opportunity

• Sep 25, 2019

Publix asks customers not to openly carry guns in its stores

A growing number of big retail chains are requesting that customers leave their firearms behind

• Sep 12, 2019

Former Starbucks CEO says he won't run for president

He wrote on his website that a campaign as an independent "is not how I can best serve our country at this time"

• Sep 6, 2019

Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte coming back earlier than ever

Starbucks' popular PSL will be back soon – but Dunkin' pumpkin drinks will hit menus even earlier

• Aug 12, 2019

Starbucks creamers are coming to grocery stores next month

Hoping to get into your fridge, the coffee chain is introducing its first line of non-dairy creamers

• Jul 22, 2019

Starbucks to stop selling newspapers in 8,600 U.S. stores

The sight of tables strewn with yesterday's news will be a thing of the past at 8,600 of the coffee chain's outlets

• Jul 12, 2019

Starbucks execs meet with Tempe police after cops asked to leave store

A customer said six officers made him feel unsafe on the Fourth of July, leading an employee at the store to ask them to leave

• Jul 8, 2019

Arizona police officers say they were asked to leave Starbucks

As reports about the incident went viral, the hashtag #dumpstarbucks started trending

• Jul 7, 2019

Former Starbucks CEO scaling back presidential ambitions — for now

Schultz told staffers that he'll take the summer to recover from three recent back surgeries

• Jun 12, 2019

Sephora closes for diversity training after singer's tweet

SZA wasn't the only celebrity who had a bad experience with Sephora – Leslie Jones also tweeted about the company, too

• Jun 5, 2019

Starbucks accused of using poisonous pesticide in NYC stores

Coffee chain dismisses claims in suits, saying accusers trying to "incite public fear for their own financial gain"

• May 21, 2019

Emilia Clarke responds to "Game of Thrones" coffee cup controversy

Daenerys Targaryen is attempting to clear her name

• May 9, 2019

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