Coffee / Specialty Beverages News & Media

Starbucks 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. …

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McCafes 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…

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Starbucks 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…

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Starbucks 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…

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Caribou 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…

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Starbucks 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…

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Customers '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.

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Starbucks 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…

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Cuppy'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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Hot stuff

by Julie Sturgeon — independent journalist, CEOEditor, Inc.

Coffees and chocolates warm consumers' hearts, but they are picky.

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New 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…

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Starbucks 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…

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Starbucks 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…

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Starbucks 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…

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Port 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…

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Starbucks 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. …

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Starbucks 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…

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Starbucks 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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Starbucks heads into Argentina

November 18, 2007

SEATTLE & BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Starbucks Coffee Co. has signed a joint-venture agreement with Alsea S.A. de C.V. to form Café Sirena S.R.L. Café…

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Starbucks lowers '08 projections

November 15, 2007

The Seattle Times: While Starbucks' fourth-quarter profit rose to $159 million, up 35 percent from the same quarter last year on sales of $2.4 billion, the…

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