Starbucks has recently closed two more unionised locations, one in Seattle and one in Kansas City. Starbucks Workers United claims it is an act of retaliation, similar to a series of closures that took place in July. The coffee chain giant denies the allegation and states business and safety reasons for closing the said stores. […]
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Analysis In quite a surprising announcement on August 18th, John Culver, the Chief Operating Officer of Starbucks, announced that he would transition to become an advisor to the CEO and then leave the business at the end of the calendar year. The COO is often seen as an essential role in larger organisations, where operational
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Starbucks is celebrating 20 years in Indonesia by opening its 500th shop in the country. Located on Jalan Gatsu Mudu Taki in Bali’s North Kuta district, it is also the 55th drive-thru location in the archipelago. The opening of our 500th store in Indonesia is a significant milestone for Starbucks. This is a proud moment
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Starbucks in Russia has recently been reopened as Stars Coffee by pro-Putin rapper Timati and restaurateur Anton Pinskiy. The pair acquired the rights to the coffee chain in Russia previously owned by Starbucks and operated by its licensee Alshaya Group of Kuwait. Timati and Pinskiy attended the launch of the first of the 130 cafes
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Analysis Starbucks is performing well in key markets, with the exception of China, where the world’s largest coffee chain is having to rethink its strategy due to poor results. But as anyone who follows TikTok’s army of Starbucks influencers can attest, it’s not the cappuccinos or the flat whites that attract customers; it’s the cold
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The sustainability platform SWISSCO announced that Starbucks had become their latest member, raising the profile of the organisation. Starbucks may sell a lot of coffee, but it doesn’t actually consider itself a coffee company. They say they want to be a customer’s Third Place’, a definition which expands their ambition beyond coffee. In fact, according
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In response to Starbucks’ decision to close 16 of its cafes, a group of employees from the union organising employees at different Starbucks branches around the U.S. has filed a labour complaint. According to In These Times, Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), which has recently spearheaded efforts to unionise more than 130 U.S. outlets, has filed
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Starbucks announced on Monday, 23 May, that its temporary suspension of operations in Russia, which it had announced in March, is now permanent. In a letter on the Starbucks’ press section of their website, the company stated that it “has made the decision to exit and no longer have a brand presence in the market.”
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he is going to make Starbucks an “NFT Business… sometime before the end of this calendar year”. Schultz, who some have likened to the villain in a horror movie that, no matter how many times you shoot him, keeps coming back for one more swipe with the axe, announced the
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Howard Shultz is returning to Starbucks as CEO for the third time. Much has changed during his absence, and the first clashes between the new management and workers have already erupted. In the food and beverage sector, workers have been unhappy with their working conditions and salaries for years. As the living costs are going
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