For all the remembrances tied to the passing of Bill Gates Sr., who died Monday at age 94, perhaps no story is more surprising or entertaining than one told over… Read More
More people than ever are buying Starbucks food and drink with their phone. The Seattle coffee giant said Tuesday that mobile orders reached a record 22% of transactions in its… Read More
Customers who enter a company-owned Starbucks location in the U.S. will be required to wear a face covering starting next week, the coffee giant announced on Thursday. In a blog… Read More
Starbucks is the latest big company to rethink advertising on Facebook, announcing Sunday it will stop paying for content across all social media platforms while consulting with civil rights groups… Read More
I love Starbucks’ double-smoked bacon, cheddar, and egg sandwich. The thick meat, melted cheese, and soft egg all in between a croissant bun — definitely my favorite on-the-go breakfast option.… Read More
Get ready for more Starbucks Pickup stores. Future of coffee ordering? Testing Starbucks’ new pickup-only store in New York City The Seattle coffee giant is speeding up plans to roll… Read More
Starbucks, which closed stores across the US and Canada amid the COVID-19 outbreak, says it plans to start reopening in early May and expects to have 90% of company-operated US… Read More
Starbucks is entering a “monitor and adapt” stage as it aims to reopen stores in the U.S. The company will open a “significant” number of coffee shops next month, Starbucks… Read More
Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, appeared on CNBC this morning to discuss the Schultz Family Foundation’s role in launching a new $4 million fund to provide cash payments to… Read More
Starbucks announced today that its delivery service powered by Uber Eats will reach all 48 states where both companies operate by the end of April. The news was part of… Read More
Starbucks will shift entirely to a “to-go” model at its company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada for at least two weeks, asking its customers to refrain from using seats… Read More
—The Allen Institute, a nonprofit research organization founded by the late Seattle billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, announced three new additions to its board: • Former Washington State… Read More
— Former BMW ReachNow CEO and INRIX executive Steve Banfield has joined Seattle-based “startup studio” Madrona Venture Labs as founder-in-residence. “Steve’s proven talent and leadership make him uniquely suited to… Read More
Starbucks is offering employees free subscriptions to the meditation app, Headspace, as part of a push to improve the mental health of its workforce. Employees — or partners, as Starbucks… Read More
NEW YORK CITY — This isn’t the “third place” that helped Starbucks grow into a $100 billion juggernaut — but it may be an important part of the company’s future.… Read More
— Technology Policy Adviser Kate Garman will be leaving the City of Seattle and moving to Washington, D.C., she told friends and colleagues in an email today. Garman arrived in… Read More
From the small studio behind his home in Seattle, artist Kyler Martz dreams up fantastical versions of assorted critters and sea creatures for his illustrative work that adorns everything from… Read More
The news: The word “digital” came up 44 times on Starbucks’ investor call Thursday, following its earnings report that beat analyst estimates with $6.75 billion in third quarter revenue. Starbucks… Read More
News this summer that Starbucks would be pulling print copies of The New York Times and other publications from its cafes landed like a cup of spilled coffee on our… Read More
Independent coffee shops have always sought to carve out their spot in Seattle and elsewhere against Starbucks’ shop-on-every-corner mentality, whether it was with the flavor of their product or the… Read More
Starbucks coffee to go will go even further early next year as the Seattle-based company is expanding its Starbucks Delivers experience throughout the U.S. as part of an agreement with… Read More
Starbucks’ commitment to technology-powered retail solutions took another step forward on Monday as the company announced it is teaming with Brightloom, the restaurant tech company formerly known as Eatsa. And… Read More
Stop the (French) presses. According to a report in the New York Post this week, Starbucks is going to stop selling The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and… Read More
Starbucks has struck a first-of-its-kind clean energy deal that will generate enough power to run 3,000 of its stores by 2021. To pull it off, the coffee giant worked with… Read More
Tormund may have been especially adamant about how he really did see Jon Snow riding a dragon, but the “Game of Thrones” character will have to check his memory about… Read More
Starbucks is quickly becoming as much a tech company as a coffee company, but that hasn’t stopped its leadership from turning to a familiar Seattle ally to up its digital… Read More
Even the Mother of Dragons needs her coffee fix, apparently. In a gaffe for the ages, HBO’s popular and nearly complete fantasy series “Game of Thrones” was being roasted following… Read More
Smartsheet, the Seattle-area maker of work collaboration software, appointed Anna Griffin as its first chief marketing officer. Griffin was previously CMO at IEX Group, which runs a stock exchange, and… Read More
A Florida woman is suing former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in federal court in Seattle, claiming that his team sent unsolicited text messages to voters in alleged violation of federal… Read More
Starbucks is using a new method to invest in burgeoning technology. The Seattle coffee giant for the first time is putting cash into a private equity fund, announcing on Wednesday… Read More