Starbucks Names Interim CTO Amid Tech Revamp and Corporate Cuts Starbucks has appointed Ningyu Chen, formerly senior vice president of global experience technology, as interim chief technology officer, following the resignation of Lefevre, the company’s previous CTO. The announcement came via a memo from Chief Financial Officer Cathy Smith. Lefevre, a former McDonald’s executive who […]
The court ruled that the amount would be paid to Michael Garcia, a delivery boy who was severely burned when a hot drink spilled on him while he was picking up a food package from Starbucks. According to media reports, the incident occurred on February 8, 2020, when Garcia picked up an order from a […]
In a complaint filed in St. Louis federal court, Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to the company’s achieving racial and gender-based hiring quotas. It also accused Starbucks of singling out preferred groups for additional training and job advancement prospects and employing a quota system to ensure its board of directors had a variety […]
The five-day strike, which began on Friday and initially closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, has added locations in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, Workers United said in a statement. It did not specify in what New Jersey city the walkout was occurring. Starbucks closed 23 stores for THIS […]
The five-day strike, which began on Friday and closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, will expand to Columbus, Denver, and Pittsburgh through Saturday, the union said in a statement. This is the latest in a series of labor actions that have picked up pace across service industries following a period when workers […]
The justices unanimously threw out a lower court’s approval of an injunction sought by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordering Starbucks to reinstate the workers while the agency’s in-house administrative case against the Seattle-based company proceeds. Starbucks had argued that the judge in the Memphis case should have used a stringent four-factor test […]
Back in February, Indonesian plant-based meat startup Green Rebel(formerly known as Green Butcher) partnered with Starbucks Indonesia to debut its vegan-friendly beef. Now, the duo has launched the coffee chain’s first vegan sandwich featuring a BBQ plant-based meatball. Moreover, Founded by the makers of Burgreens, Indonesia’s largest plant-based chain, Green Rebel is Indonesia’s first plant-based meat […]
“You have to be authentic, you have to be true, and you have to believe in your heart that this is going to work.” — Howard Schultz SCHULTZ EARLY LIFE. Brooklyn-born, a New Yorker (mind it, the New Yorkers love their coffee) decided that he was going thrive by making coffee. Either be a Latte, […]
