The jobs cuts, which will affect about 7 percent of the chain’s non-retail staff, are part of its new chief executive’s plan to win back customers.
Category: Starbucks Corporation
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Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation
A labor agreement, covering more than 500 U.S. stores, would be the company’s first. Talks stalled last year over wages.
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Starbucks Visitors Must Now Buy Something to Stay or Use Bathroom
Starbucks said visitors to the coffee shops would be required to buy something in order to use the restroom or stay in the store, as the company’s new chief executive responded to a decline in sales.
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More Starbucks Store Workers Will Join Strike for Final Day
The walkout began Friday at stores in the Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago areas and will end on Tuesday.
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Starbucks Workers Say They Will Begin a Strike in 3 Cities on Friday
The planned walkout in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle comes after talks between the company and the workers’ union failed to produce an agreement on raises.
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Starbucks’ China Problem: Coffee Drinkers Want More for Less
For years, Starbucks was the dominant coffee chain in China. Now rivals offering local flavors and cheaper prices are crushing the company’s bottom line in its second-largest market.
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Starbucks Among Companies Affected by Ransomware Attack
Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain management software for thousands of companies, said a cyberattack had disrupted some services.
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NLRB Bars Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings After Amazon Draws Complaint
The ruling, stemming from a complaint against Amazon, bars companies from compelling workers to attend meetings on unionization’s downsides.
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Starbucks’s CEO Steps In to Tackle Long List of Issues
Customers are turning away from the coffee giant, and its new chief executive, Brian Niccol, has to figure out how to get them back.
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Starbucks Reports a Slide in Sales and Traffic
“We need to fundamentally change our strategy,” the coffee giant’s new chief executive said.
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The Customized Drink Is Out of Control
As cafes grant us the power to cobble together ultra-personalized beverages filled with syrups, powders, fruit chunks, boba and plenty of caffeine, we’re all soda jerks now.