Starbucks Employee Fired After Mocking Customer With Stutter
Starbucks said that an employee in Philadelphia has been fired after reportedly mocking a customer with a stutter. The company said that the behavior was not appropriate.
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Starbucks said that an employee in Philadelphia has been fired after reportedly mocking a customer with a stutter. The company said that the behavior was not appropriate.
Starbucks needs to do much more to eliminate racial bias from its stores, according to a report that urges the company to conduct civil rights and consumer profiling audits.
Starbucks said that it will accelerate its store closings in the U.S. next year as it tries to boost sluggish sales. The company will close 150 underperforming stores in heavily penetrated markets.
City leaders in Seattle said they plan to repeal a tax on large companies such as Amazon and Starbucks as they face mounting pressure from businesses.
It doesn't matter if you get the tall, grande, or venti -- your Starbucks habit just got a little more expensive.
The move follows a racially-charged incident caught on camera in Philadelphia last month that the company's executive chairman has called "reprehensible."
After putting together a curriculum for its 175,000 workers, Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide today to conduct anti-bias training.
Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next step that the company is taking to restore its tarnished image.
Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they don't buy anything.
After the arrest of two African American men in Philadelphia, Starbucks is now opening its bathrooms to everyone regardless of whether they've made a purchase.
Nestle is paying more than $7 billion to handle retail sales of Starbucks's coffee and tea outside of its coffee shops.
Police in a Southeast Texas city say what's believed to be a "legitimate explosive device" was found outside a Starbucks there.
Rashon Nelson initially thought nothing of it when he and his business partner, Donte Robinson, were approached at their table at Starbucks and were asked if they needed help.
Starbucks has announced it will close more than 8,000 stores in the United States on May 29 to conduct racial-bias training for its employees.
Starbucks is trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia.
Protests are happening at a Philadelphia Starbucks where two black men were arrested after store employees called 911 to say they were trespassing.
The chief executive of Starbucks has apologized after a video of two men being arrested at a Philadelphia location went viral.
Philadelphia's police commissioner on Saturday defended officers who arrested two men at a Starbucks, prompting accusations of racism on social media, concern from the mayor and an apology from the company.
Scientists haven't rendered a verdict on whether coffee is good or bad for you but a California judge has. He says coffee sellers in the state should have to post cancer warnings.
Starbucks is making a $10 million commitment to develop a greener coffee cup that is fully recyclable and compostable. The goal is to give cups a second life and keep them from landfills.
Starbucks has a new product that it hopes will hook coffee lovers: a credit card.
Starbucks is giving its U.S. workers pay raises and stock grants this year, citing recent changes to the tax law.
If this year's Starbucks holiday cup wasn't red enough, the chain is releasing another one this week that's mostly that color. The new cup will be in stores for a limited time.
The construction of a Starbucks marks the start of a facelift of the old Red Bird Mall, and leaders hope for the entire southern sector.
It'll be a (mostly) white Christmas cup for Starbucks this year. The coffee chain's latest holiday cup design lets customers color it in themselves.
