Starbucks Union

Have something to say that isn't covered by one of the recent themed posts? Here's your chance to spout off or ask questions about anything Starbucks-related. || Jump to the second page of comments.

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The Wall Street Journal story says: "A rollout years in the making, the customized frappuccino is set to make its debut in early May in the U.S. and Canada. Starbucks is hoping its sales will help offset the seasonal slowing...

This was posted in the latest open thread: "We're test marketing blueberry waffles in Denver. They're yummy and probably bad for you. Super popular so far." MORE INFO PLEASE! How are these prepared and served? (Syrup come with them?) How...

Beginning today (Monday, March 15) Starbucks is selling USA Today -- in addition to the New York Times and a local paper. Regular readers know that one of my gripes -- as someone who's worked in the newspaper business --...

Discuss the bold coffee promotion -- are customers taking the sticker books? (I've got mine!) -- or anything else Starbucks-related. || Jump to the second page of comments.

Lisa Passe of Starbucks Global Communications e-mails Starbucks Gossip: "Sorry, I am late to this thread, but wanted to clear up the question on tea pricing. In the U.S. customers are charged by the tea sachet – not the cup...

Starbucks customers who purchase a brewed bold coffee every week and track their experience through a Coffee Journey Card will receive a free 1-pound of whole bean coffee. A Starbucks veep says: "Highlighting bold coffees provides a backdrop for us...

Starbucks says CEO Howard Schultz got a big payday because "he drove the Company to achieve strong financial results for the year despite the extraordinary challenges ... [and] made significant progress in transforming Starbucks and returning the Company to sustainable,...

Anyone care to comment on this customer's beef: I frequent Starbucks every morning, specifically the one in Grand Central Station in NY (whose employees are the best, by the way -- this isn't to complain about them). Each morning I...

Starbucks thought it was playing safe with its we-just-follow-the-local-laws stance with the guns issue. It didn't want to anger gun owners by prohibiting weapons in stores, and now it's caught up in a brouhaha and putting out this gibberish instead...

The 31-ounce Trenta has gotten buzz on Twitter and Facebook, and a Starbucks Gossip reader says a friend just got back from Phoenix, where they were demoing a Trenta iced cup. What's the word on this? A national roll-out coming...

In redesigning their Web sites, corporations put a lot of thought into what they want the look to say about the company -- what kind of image they want to put out to the public. Here is the redesigned Starbucks...

A Starbucks Gossip reader writes: "Dark Cherry Mocha is supposedly embargoed for a couple of weeks, but I found a store serving them." (Click on the image to see it larger.) My Starbucks Idea describes the drink as "a combination...

A Times editorial says: "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...

Topping the list at CallMeThirsty.com is the Peppermint White Hot Chocolate at 730 calories. It's followed by Iced Peppermint White Mocha at 700 calories. || Read "The Worst and Most Fat-Filled Starbucks Beverages"

A writer for personal investing site Fool.com said this week that "it would be boring if Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz goes from town to town as a barista" the the CBS show "Undercover Boss." The real problem, I suspect, is...

During a Starbucks function, executive Andrew Alfano allegedly became intoxicated and made disrespectful, sexual comments to a group of female district managers. The managers also claimed that Alfano created an unsafe working environment and was responsible for the resignation of...

In fairness to Starbucks, I made fairly small purchase at Radio Shack yesterday and they wanted to see my ID, too. (I showed it to them - and didn't file a complaint.) Starbucks' response to the woman was: "Any transaction...

Seattle's Best will replace Burger King's BK Joe coffee this summer. The agreement is the latest expansion for Seattle's Best, which Starbucks acquired in 2003. || Read "Burger King Revamps Coffee"