Fall Coffee Drinks
That morning cup of joe is getting dressed up for the fall season at several of the large coffee-centric chains. They are offering seasonal drinks that promise to keep customers warm as the temperatures fall.
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A new pay scale will be introduced in January, raising the take home of baristas and shift managers. Meanwhile, visible tattoos are now permitted everywhere but on staffers’ faces, and employees can add a dash of personal flair, like a scarf or a pin. Restrictions are still in place for some body piercings.
To visitors, the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room looks and feels like an upscale java lovers’ theme park. Starbucks execs see the interactive coffee shop and restaurant, just blocks from the company’s original store at Seattle’s Pike Place Market, as “the next generation” of Starbucks.