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A Santee Starbucks barista scolded by a customer who refused to keep her face mask on said the mask debate should be one centered around health and safety, not politics. A video posted and shared across several social media platforms shows an angry customer yelling at 19-year-old Starbucks employee Alex Beckom after refusing to wear her mask inside. “This is…

PSLers, it’s still summer, but your favorite fall beverage has just made its grand, whipped cream-topped reentry.

A Contra Costa County Starbucks worker said the company has not been requiring their drive-through customers to wear a mask and has even threatened to reprimand her for asking customers to do so.

NBC 7 spoke to Lenin Gutierrez about his plans with the money thousands of people donated for what many considered a brave action.

The Starbucks barista shamed on social media for refusing service to a customer who was not wearing a mask just received the tip of a lifetime. Lenin Gutierrez’ story started at a San Diego Starbucks, and after it was first shared by NBC 7 it spread throughout country. A couple of fundraising strangers recorded the moment they officially made that…

An online fundraiser collecting “tips” for a San Diego Starbucks barista who denied service to a customer after she refused to wear a face mask has amassed over $100,000 in donations from supporters who believe the barista did the right thing.

Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause advertising on “all social media platforms” and promises to have discussions internally and with media partners and civil rights organizations to stop the spread of hate speech. The company will continue to post on social media without paid promotion, it announced Sunday.

A San Diego woman who was denied service at a Starbucks coffee shop for refusing to wear a mask says she’s received death threats after publicly shaming the barista who refused her on social media.

Starbucks is adding plant-based meat to its U.S. menu for the first time

Starbucks said Friday that the chain would allow workers to wear attire and accessories highlighting the Black Lives Matter movement, reversing its prior stance after social media users called for boycotts of the company.

Less than a week after Starbucks announced it would be donating $1 million to causes that support racial equity, the chain has come under fire for standing behind a policy that prohibits staff members from wearing Black Lives Matter apparel and accessories. This week, BuzzFeed obtained an internal memo Starbucks sent to store managers warning employees that wearing pins or hats...

Starbucks expects to swing to a loss in its fiscal third quarter, predicting it lost as much as $3.2 billion in revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shares of the company fell more than 3% in early trading Wednesday. The stock, which has a market value of $92.6 billion, has fallen 10% this year. Starbucks, which withdrew its prior outlook in April,…

In the wake of nationwide demonstrations protesting police brutality, many large food companies — including at least one which has a history of fighting policies that would benefit employees of color — are now making public statements about racial injustices. These statements, issued in press releases and across social media, varied in tone, but culminated in similar messages about supporting black...

Restless coffee addicts emerging from lockdowns are doubtlessly cheering the return of some normalcy, after Starbucks said it would be reopening almost 90 percent of its locations by June 1.

Starbucks sent a letter to landlords demanding a break on rent for the next year as the coronavirus pandemic hammers U.S. sales.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson on Wednesday detailed how the coffee chain plans to operate U.S. cafes as it moves to reopen “a significant number” of stores next week.  Roughly half of Starbucks’ U.S. company-operated locations are closed. Those that have remained open during the pandemic have had drive-thru only service, Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”  Johnson said Starbucks plans to...

Starbucks says it’s moving to a to-go model for all its stores in the U.S. and Canada for at least two weeks over concern about the new coronavirus.

In an effort to help stop the spread of coronavirus, coffee giant Starbucks announced baristas will no longer be making drinks in customer-provided mugs and tumblers. The temporary measure was announced Wednesday and goes into effect immediately at U.S. and Canadian stores.

Atlanta’s scorching August heat didn’t stop Megan Nelson from slipping on a long faux fur coat and dressing up like Cruella de Vil for her first Doggy Con convention, a pet event for costumed canines inspired by the upcoming Dragon Con convention. Doggy Con drew hundreds of dog owners and spectators Saturday to an Atlanta park for their own small...

A former barista claims the harassment came from a regular customer at the Starbucks near the downtown train station who visited the cafe almost every day, sometimes twice a day.