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Starbucks&#39; New Frontier: India
 Starbucks' New Frontier: India 
Jan 31, 2012 10:21 AM CST

Starbucks' New Frontier: India

As many as 50 locations could open by year's end

(Newser) - As promised , Starbucks is officially coming to India, and the first store will open by September. A senior executive at Tata Global Beverages, which is partnering with Starbucks for the venture, says that as many as 50 stores could open by the end of the year, and up to...

Starbucks Bans Blonde Jokes
 Starbucks Bans Blonde Jokes 
Jan 13, 2012 6:40 AM CST

Starbucks Bans Blonde Jokes

Chain launches 'coffee for non-coffee drinkers'

(Newser) - Starbucks launched its new, mellower "Blonde" roast this week, and it doesn't want to hear any baristas sniggering about the name. "We were told at a regional rally there are absolutely no Blonde jokes to be told around the coffee whatsoever. It will be a written offense...

Starbucks Raising Prices

Tall coffees to cost 10 more cents in much of US

(Newser) - Some of us will have to shell out an extra dime for each coffee this year. Starbucks is planning a price hike of approximately 1% in the Northeast and Southern US. While the company hasn't named all the states that will face increased prices, they include New York and...

NYPD Questions Suspect in Firebombings

Cops think he hit store that caught him shoplifting

(Newser) - New York detectives questioned a man today about the firebombing of an Islamic cultural center and three other sites, attacks they said might turn out to be hate crimes. The man was tracked through a car with Virginia license plates that was believed to be at the scene of at...

Cops Hunt NYC Firebomber
 Cops Hunt NYC Firebomber 
UPDATED
Jan 3, 2012 5:34 AM CST

Cops Hunt NYC Firebomber

Sketch of frappuccino-drinking hate-crime suspect released

(Newser) - Police in New York City say the suspect in four firebombings apparently hates Muslims and Hindus but loves Starbucks. A sketch of the man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails at four targets —including a mosque, a home that doubles as a Hindu temple, and a deli—has been released...

Brewing at Chicago Starbucks: Beer, Wine

Chicago-area stores to offer booze, entertainment

(Newser) - There's still no chance of getting an Irish coffee in Starbucks, but beer and wine will soon be available in up to seven of the coffee chain's Chicago-area outlets. Following a model first introduced in Seattle and Portland, Starbucks aims to boost traffic in the evenings by offering...

Starbucks Closing Public Bathrooms in New York

Because employees are sick of waiting in lines for them

(Newser) - Many New York Starbucks are closing their bathrooms, because they’re sick of the long lines that tend to form outside of them. Though it’s “not a stated policy” of the corporation, many of the chain’s 190 Manhattan locations are making the move, sources tell the New ...

Starbucks Scraps Hidden Fee After State Fine

It added $1.50 to bags of beans under a pound

(Newser) - Massachusetts officials noticed something fishy about the price of coffee beans at Starbucks: Customers buying less than a pound’s worth were paying more than the listed per-pound price. Following an investigation, state Starbucks branches have been fined $1,575, and the chain has dropped the hidden fee nationwide, the...

Starbucks Sells Juice, Preps New Health Chain

Coffee mega-chain acquires Cali juice maker

(Newser) - Coffee might be healthy —but juice definitely is. And Starbucks wants you to have your vitamins. Having bought a California fruit and veggie juice maker for $30 million, the coffee mega-chain is adding "super-premium juice" to the menu. It also plans to launch a health and wellness chain...

CBS/Vanity Fair Poll: 'Jumped the Shark,' Hillary Clinton for VP, and More

 83% Don't Know 
 What 'Jumped the 
 Shark' Means 
CBS/vanity fair poll
Oct 31, 2011 2:39 PM CDT

83% Don't Know What 'Jumped the Shark' Means

And 43% want Hillary for VP

(Newser) - The latest 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll offers readers a new batch of quirky questions, including whether they’re familiar with the Happy Days-inspired phrase “jumped the shark.” Some 83% of respondents didn’t know it meant a show was past its prime. Among other interesting stats:
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Deadly Biker Feud Started at ... Starbucks

Hells Angels-Vagos war has spread to 3 states

(Newser) - "Only in Santa Cruz would you have biker wars over who's going to control pumpkin spice lattes," says the California beach-side town's deputy police chief. The deadliest feud in a decade between California-based biker gangs started earlier last year when hammer-wielding members of the Hells Angels...

Our Best Hope for New Jobs: Starbucks
 Our Best Hope 
 for New Jobs: Starbucks 
Joe Nocera
Oct 18, 2011 12:41 PM CDT

Our Best Hope for New Jobs: Starbucks

Joe Nocera on Howard Schultz's excellent job creation program

(Newser) - When Joe Nocera heard about Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s plan to turn Starbucks customers’ donations into job-creating microloans, he had one thought: “God bless him,” he writes in the New York Times . Sure the government should be tackling this jobs problem, “but with an election coming...

Starbucks: Coffee Faces Climate Risk

Farmers already hit by hurricanes, new rainfall patterns

(Newser) - Melting ice caps, unpredictable weather, and ... no more coffee? Starbucks says climate change could put your morning joe in jeopardy. Global warming creates "a potentially significant risk to our supply chain, which is the Arabica coffee bean," the company's sustainability director tells the Guardian . Coffee farmers are...

Starbucks Wants You to Pay $5 More for Coffee

All in the name of stimulating job growth

(Newser) - Hey Frappuccino drinker, can you spare a fiver? Starbucks is hoping that its customers will begin ponying up an extra $5 beginning next month. No, not because that grande drink now costs $8. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will accept donations of $5 or more to its "Jobs for USA"...

Starbucks Fires Steamed Barista for Video Rant

Calls song 'teachable moment' for company

(Newser) - A California Starbucks worker was sent packing after posting a video rant about his job—in song form. Christopher Cristwell took his guitar to YouTube to air his venti-sized frustrations; the clip was picked up by a Starbucks blog and he lost his job, the Merced Sun-Star reports. Among the...

Alec Baldwin Bashes Lowly Starbucks Barista

...who may not exist

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin is not a man known for his cool temper, which makes it only slightly surprising that he went on a Twitter rant on Wednesday. The weird twist? It was directed at a possibly non-existent Starbucks employee. "Starbucks on 93 and B’way. Uptight Queen barrista [sic] named...

Starbucks CEO to DC: No Donations for You!

Howard Schultz wants budget answers before opening his wallet

(Newser) - Maybe he should just refuse coffee to politicians. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is pleading to other corporate execs to stop contributing to political campaigns until the president and Congress come up with a realistic way to cut budget deficits, reports Politico . “This is a time for citizenship, not partisanship,...

Why One Guy Lets Anyone Use His Starbucks Card

Inside Jonathan Stark's social experiment

(Newser) - Need a pick-me-up but can't afford a dose of caffeine at your local Starbucks? Jonathan Stark can help. The mobile applications consultant is currently running a social sharing experiment—he's letting people use his Starbucks card to buy coffee, at no cost to them. Stark hit on the...

Starbucks Baristas Picket for Chilean Co-Workers

Employees in that nation are on strike over wages

(Newser) - A shot of politics with your coffee? Starbucks workers across the globe are standing with their striking Chilean counterparts in a “global week of action,” the Wall Street Journal reports. From Los Angeles to London, members of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union are picketing and distributing fliers explaining...

Sonic Joins Burger King in Adding Beer to Menu

Because really 'having it your way' might mean a beer or two

(Newser) - Sometimes the soft drink that comes with your burger just doesn’t cut it, or at least that’s what chains such as Sonic and Burger King are hoping. Two Sonic stores in Florida will soon be selling beer and wine, part of what could be the start of a...

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