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A Chicago barista has spoken out about what he calls worsening conditions at Starbucks, blaming new policies and understaffing for driving workers to misery, allegations the company strongly opposed.

Starbucks customers may someday be able to order drinks, including alcoholic beverages, by simply talking to their phones, the company teased last week. Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol dropped the news on ...

A few years later, after Schultz convinced Starbucks’s owners to sell him the company, the new owner attempted to build that same type of connection here in the U.S. To do so, Schultz knew he had to ...

Starbucks is closing over 100 stores in addition to sweeping layoffs as the coffee chain seeks to boost profits and revive sales under CEO Brian Niccol. The company has been creating substantial ...

Brian Niccol, known for his turnaround campaign at Chipotle, has been CEO of Starbucks for a year. When he took the job last September, he rolled out a plan to turn the coffee giant's business around.

With signs that read "No Contract, No Coffee,” Starbucks baristas rallied Monday outside the Newport Beach office of CEO Brian Niccol who, in 2024, earned 6,666 times the median worker's earnings.