Coffee / Specialty Beverages News & Media
Starbucks reports Q3 net loss
July 30, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has reported financial results for its third quarter ended June 29, 2008, revised its expectations for fiscal year '08 and announced…
read nowStarbucks to cut 1,000 jobs
July 29, 2008
Seattle Times: Starbucks plans to cut 1,000 non-store positions, the company has announced. About 550 people will be laid off at company operations around the…
read nowStarbucks closes most Australian stores
July 28, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald: Nearly 700 Starbucks employees will lose their jobs after the company announced the closure of 61 of its 84 Australian stores. The…
read nowStarbucks workers protest closings, join union
July 21, 2008
St. Paul Business Journal: A week after Starbucks announced it would shutter more than 600 locations nationwide, workers at the company's Mall of America store…
read nowStarbucks launches Vivanno beverage line
July 15, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Co. has introduced Vivanno Nourishing Blends at Starbucks stores across the U.S. and Canada. The 16-ounce Orange Mango Banana and…
read nowStarbucks releases first 50 locations to close
July 14, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has released a list of the first 50 retail locations set to close throughout the rest of the year and into the first half of 2009…
read nowStarbucks to launch smoothie line
July 13, 2008
MarketWatch: Starbucks Corp. has plans to launch a new line of smoothies, set to debut in some markets as early as next week. The line, called Vivanno, will…
read nowStarbucks to close hundreds of stores
July 1, 2008
Newser.com: Starbucks Corp. plans to close 600 stores in the next year thanks to the faltering U.S. economy. The company didn't say which stores are to be…
read nowStarbucks to close Puerto Rico locations
June 30, 2008
Associated Press: Starbucks Coffee Co. will close three of its stores in Puerto Rico's capital by the end of June. Spokesman Adolfo Santana says the stores…
read nowLaMar's Donuts, Dunn Bros. Coffee ink co-branding deal
June 29, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. — LaMar's Donuts is teaming up with Dunn Bros. Coffee to open their first co-branded location in Omaha, Neb. The grand opening celebration will…
read nowTown looks to restrict Starbucks drive-thru
June 25, 2008
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.): A member of the Madison Plan Commission wants to ban the restaurant drive-thru — or at least restrict it in the town. The…
read nowCaribou to offer rare peaberry coffee
June 25, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Company Inc. is now offering its exclusive La Minita Peaberry coffee, while supplies last. The company has purchased the entire…
read nowStarbucks to scale back music offerings
June 24, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider: Starbucks plans to eliminate most of its in-store music offerings by September, according to reporter Peter Kafka. But the coffee giant…
read nowRaving Brand's sells PJs coffee to largest franchisee
June 19, 2008
NEW ORLEANS — Raving Brand's has announced the sale of its PJ's Coffee brand to the chain's largest franchisee, New Orleans Roast and New Orleans Brew…
read nowAsterop data identifies U.S. expansion opportunities
June 19, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Asterop Inc., provider of business intelligence and predictive analytics, has announced the release of its newest business intelligence…
read nowStarbucks food, beverage SVP resigns
June 18, 2008
Seattle Times: Starbucks' senior vice president of global food and beverage, Denny Marie Post, resigned several weeks ago, according to a company spokeswoman.
read nowKorean Starbucks deploy contactless payment
June 16, 2008
SDA Asia: Starbucks has announced that cash transactions in Korea soon will be considered a thing of the past as the company plans to roll out contactless…
read nowStarbucks to open 150 European locations
June 15, 2008
Reuters: Starbucks Corp. has plans to boost its European presence with licenses for 150 new locations throughout Britain, France and Germany over the next…
read nowT-Mobile, AT&T, Starbucks settle Wi-Fi dispute
June 11, 2008
CNNMoney: T-Mobile USA, AT&T Inc. and Starbucks Corp. have resolved their disagreement over how the coffee giant should transfer its Wi-Fi access from…
read nowPeet's Coffee & Tea partners with Junction Solutions
June 9, 2008
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — Junction Solutions, provider of vertical industry-focused enterprise software and services based on the Microsoft platform, has announced…
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