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Operations

Starbucks is changing its dress code

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 14, 2025

The coffee shop chain starting in May will require employees to wear black shirts with black or blue denim jeans or khaki pants to “allow our iconic green apron to shine.”

Financing

Growing coffee chains are taking a bite out of Starbucks

 By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 04, 2025

The Bottom Line: The coffee shop giant had its worst year since the Great Recession in 2024. That proved to be an opportunity for upstart coffee brands like Dutch Bros and 7 Brew.

Operations

Starbucks taps new tech to help with order timing

By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 24, 2025

The coffee chain is hiring the team behind Empower Delivery, the software company founded by Starbucks’ new chief development officer, Meredith Sandland.

Financing

Starbucks is rethinking its coffee shops

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 12, 2025

CEO Brian Niccol acknowledges some “mistakes” in the past as the coffee shop giant courted mobile and takeout customers. The company is testing designs to make its shops more welcoming for in-store customers.

Leadership

Starbucks replaces another top executive

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 04, 2025

The coffee shop chain named Nordstrom executive Cathy Smith CFO as Rachel Ruggeri leaves the company amid a slow management overhaul.

Beverage

Starbucks' spring drink lineup sports shades of pink, purple and lavender

By Patricia Cobe on Mar. 03, 2025

The Seattle-based coffee giant releases its new food and beverage menu Tuesday, along with its latest blonde roast coffee, Sunsera Blend.

Operations

Starbucks is cutting more drinks from its menu

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 26, 2025

The coffee shop chain is removing 13 drinks from its offerings on Tuesday and plans more cuts as it culls 30% of its menu by this fall.

Financing

Starbucks is laying off more than 1,000 workers

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 24, 2025

The coffee shop giant is eliminating 1,100 support center positions and “several hundred” open and unfilled positions as it looks to create “smaller, more nimble teams.”

Financing

Everybody apparently went to Starbucks on Monday

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 13, 2025

The chain's "Starbucks Monday" free coffee promotion on the day after the Super Bowl was the most redeemed offer in its history and generated record loyalty signups and strong traffic.

Financing

5 lessons from Starbucks' comeback plan

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 07, 2025

The Bottom Line: The company’s latest revitalization plan offers several ideas that struggling restaurant chains can use to get back into customers’ good graces. Here are five such lessons.

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