Tag: starbucks

Starbucks to eliminate plastic straws by 2020

Global coffee giant Starbucks announced that it will eliminate all plastic straws from its 28,000 stores by 2020, becoming the latest corporate giant to...

Starbucks back in hot water for mocking stutterer

NEW YORK: Starbucks was back in hot water Friday, three months after a branch manager called the police on two black men — this...

Lahore-based restaurant served notice for ‘fraudulently’ selling Starbucks coffee

ISLAMABAD: A Lahore-based restaurant, Options Coffee, has been served a show cause notice by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) for allegedly fraudulently selling Starbucks coffee. Registered in...

Starbucks to close 8,000 US stores for one afternoon for racial-bias...

WASHINGTON: Starbucks Corp will close 8,000 company-owned US cafes for the afternoon on May 29 so 175,000 employees can undergo racial tolerance training in response...

Starbucks is coming to Pakistan! Guess which city?

Starbucks has become known for its "secret menu" of drinks created by customers and baristas (the people who make the coffee) that are quasi-officially available. This...