Coffee / Specialty Beverages News & Media
Starbucks becomes part of Beatles Story
January 15, 2008
LIVERPOOL, England — Starbucks Coffee Company (U.K.) Ltd. has entered an agreement with The Beatles Story to open a 2,500-square-foot location inside The…
read nowCaribou CFO resigns
January 10, 2008
Caribou Coffee Company Inc.'s chief financial officer George Mileusnic has resigned to "pursue other interests," less than two months after the resignation…
read nowStarbucks shares increase as former CEO returns
January 8, 2008
The Wall Street Journal: Starbucks Corp. investors approved the return of Howard Schultz as chief executive Jan. 9 as company shares jumped 8.1 percent. …
read nowMcCafes to take on Starbucks, Dunkin'
January 7, 2008
Boston Herald: As McDonald's plans to open McCafes at about 14,000 U.S. locations, the competition generated may be equally steep for Starbucks and Dunkin…
read nowStarbucks rehires Schultz as CEO, ends pact with XM Radio
January 7, 2008
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corp. has announced its Board of Directors chairman Howard Schultz is retaking the company's helm, replacing Jim Donald, who is leaving the…
read nowStarbucks adds to sugar-free lineup
December 27, 2007
SEATTLE — Starbucks is adding a new sugar-free syrup — mocha — to its selection of sugar-free vanilla, hazelnut, caramel and cinnamon dolce flavored…
read nowCaribou continues hormone-free milk rollout
December 26, 2007
MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Company Inc. has announced that more Caribou Coffee coffeehouses will begin offering rBST-free milk. Working in conjunction…
read nowStarbucks settles suit over scalded baby
December 25, 2007
Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times: Starbucks will pay a Massachusetts couple $70,000 to settle a lawsuit over the spilling of hot coffee on the couple's…
read nowCustomers 'pay it forward' at Wash. Starbucks
December 20, 2007
KIRO-TV: A woman who bought coffee for the customer behind her in line at a Marysville, Wash., Starbucks started a chain of people who paid the deed forward.
read nowStarbucks heads into Portugal, Bulgaria
December 19, 2007
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Starbucks Corp. plans to open its first stores in Bulgaria and Portugal next year, working with partners in Greece and Spain that…
read nowCuppy's Coffee sees year of growth in '07
December 18, 2007
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — Cuppy's Coffee, Smoothies & More Inc. has announced a record year of growth in 2007 marked by the opening of 33 stores and signed…
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by Julie Sturgeon — independent journalist, CEOEditor, Inc.
Coffees and chocolates warm consumers' hearts, but they are picky.
read nowNew Zealand Starbucks catches holiday spirit
December 16, 2007
The New Zealand Herald: Starbucks locations in New Zealand have launched a marketing campaign with a simple premise — attach a fake coffee cup to the top of a…
read nowStarbucks employee 'feels the noise'
December 13, 2007
Reuters: A former Starbucks barista with an ear condition is suing the company for $4 million because she says changes to the Manhattan coffee shop where she…
read nowStarbucks to test automated coffee machine
December 12, 2007
CNN Money: Starbucks Corp. and Coinstar Inc. have teamed up to test an automated coffee machine under the Starbucks Seattle's Best Coffee label, according…
read nowStarbucks recalls Fusion coffee mugs
December 5, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Starbucks, has announced a voluntary recall of Starbucks' Fusion Coffee…
read nowPort City Java opens at NCSU
December 4, 2007
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Port City Java has announced it has opened a new café at North Carolina State University. The new café is on the main campus of the…
read nowStarbucks to open second African support center
December 2, 2007
Guardian Unlimited: Starbucks Corp. has said it will open a support center in 2008 for coffee farmers in Kigali, Rwanda, the second in Africa after Ethiopia. …
read nowStarbucks to open Ethiopian support center
November 29, 2007
The Seattle Times: Starbucks plans to open a farmer-support center in Ethiopia in 2008. The announcement came Nov. 28, as Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz…
read nowStarbucks intros customized gift cards
November 27, 2007
SEATTLE — Building off a milestone year in which customers loaded and redeemed $1 billion on Starbucks gift cards, Starbucks has created the My Customized…
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