Convenience Store Decisions reports that Starbucks vies for a larger share of the more than $3 billion dollar single-cup coffee category. Starbucks coffee K-Cup Portion Packs for the Keurig Single-Cup Brewing system … [Read more...]
Starbucks Caught Giving Extra Jolt to Coffee Bean Buyers
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Bags under 1 lb. were priced higher Martine Powers of the Boston Globe reports that Starbucks was adding about $1.50 to the price of bags of coffee beans weighing less than a pound, never posting the addition to the … [Read more...]
Starbucks to Open Inside Starbucks
September 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
NewsBiscuit "The news before it happens" writes that leading coffee franchise Starbucks has announced that it is to counter the shortage of available locations for new outlets by opening branches of Starbucks inside … [Read more...]
Starbucks steps up K-Cup competition with Dunkin’
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Starbucks Corp. .. (Nasdaq: SBUX) said Tuesday that it will be selling single-serving K-Cups for the Keurig coffee machine in grocery stores in November, signaling a challenge to Dunkin' Brands Inc. .. (Nasdaq: … [Read more...]
Dunkin’ Donuts to Start Selling K-Cups Today
August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Businessweek reports that Dunkin' Donuts will start selling its coffee in single-serve Keurig cups today, beating rival Starbucks Corp. to the market in a fast-growing portion of the coffee business. The K-Cups can be … [Read more...]
Starbucks Wins Dismissal of Worker Tips Lawsuit
July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CNBC reports that Starbucks Corp on Monday won dismissal of a lawsuit by former assistant store managers in New York who accused the world's largest coffee chain of cheating them out of customer tips. U.S. District … [Read more...]
Starbucks Avoids High Coffee Prices
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kim Peterson reports at MSN.com that coffee prices hit a 34-year high earlier this month, but Starbucks (SBUX) doesn't seem to be too worried. The company has already locked in its coffee costs for the year, John … [Read more...]
Starbucks Sued Over Tip Jars That ‘Invited Criminal Behavior’
March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Huffington Post reports that Starbucks has been slapped with a lawsuit three years after a Missouri altercation over an open Starbucks tip jar led to the death of 54-year-old Roger Kreutz. On March 3, 2008, Kreutz … [Read more...]
Starbucks CEO has “very bold” single-serve plans
February 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp has "very bold" plans for the fast-growing single-serve coffee market, the CEO of the world's biggest coffee chain said in an internal memo obtained by Reuters. Starbucks, which … [Read more...]
Dunkin’s Keurig Deal Heats up Coffee War with Starbucks
February 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thomas Grillo writes in the Boston Herald that Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks — with their coffee shops saturating neighborhoods and their bags of beans bulging from supermarket shelves — are now duking it out one … [Read more...]
