Starbucks Union and Wobblies celebrate Starbuck’s CEO birthday

On Monday, July 19th, members of the Industrial Workers of the World’s Starbucks Workers Union met at the house of Starbuck’s CEO Howard Schultz to wish him a very happy 56th birthday and to assure him that the Starbucks Union isn’t going anywhere. We had members from all parts of the country in attendance. [...]

Starbucks introduces new coffee sizes

The Plenta is 128 fl oz while the Micra a mere 2 fl oz

Recognizing the potential impact the Plenta™ presents for municipal waste collection, Starbucks is also suggesting several subsequent uses for the Plenta™ cup post coffee enjoyment. Suggested usage options include popcorn receptacle, rain hat, perennial planter, lampshade or yoga block. The [...]

The great Starbucks gun debate. Bring lawyers, guns, and coffee

From my latest article for CAIVN:

Starbucks, replying to a petition from a gun control group, has said it will not ban the carry of handguns in its stores, if permitted by local law. The controversy ignited in Walnut Creek, CA when members of Bay Area Open Carry, a group advocating the legal carry [...]

Guns at Starbucks. Yea or Nay?

The NYT is appalled by the current Starbucks policy of allowing armed customers.

Should customers be free to sip Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Lattes at their laptop screens while brandishing a gleaming Ruger .357? So far, Starbucks executives say yes, claiming they are quite safety-minded within a policy that “supports the federal, state and local [...]

Everything but the Coffee. How Starbucks succeeded. then belly-flopped.

UCLA Press blurb

Why did Starbucks take hold so quickly with consumers? What did it seem to provide over and above a decent cup of coffee? Why at the moment of Starbucks’ profit-generating peak did the company lose its way, leaving observers baffled about how it might regain its customers and its cultural significance? [...]

Starbucks responds to attacks on their stores

Counterterrorism blog: Gaza conflict provokes anti-Jewish violence in Europe

From Starbucks: Facts about Starbucks in the Middle East (after several Starbucks in London were trashed, firebombed, and vandalized)

Is it true that Starbucks provides financial support to Israel?

No. This is absolutely untrue. Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company provides financial support to the Israeli government [...]

London Starbucks firebombed. Anti-Semitic graffiti too

East London Advertiser

A fire bomb was hurled into the premises of a cafe and coffee bar in London’s East End in the early hours of this morning.

It was one of a series of ‘hate’ incidents in Whitechapel which have included anti-Semitic graffiti, believed to be linked to protests over Israel’s operations in [...]