June 7, 2018 Founder of Fire Department Coffee is focused on giving back to injured firefighters, veterans Luke Schneider knows our nation’s firefighters can use all the support they can get, and he’s hoping his growing coffee company can help out in more ways than one.
June 6, 2018 Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz presidency rumors met with pushback on Twitter Howard Schultz's retirement has sparked rumors of a presidential run in 2020.
June 1, 2018 Starbucks employees react to racial bias training on social media Starbucks closed 8,000 stores across the United States for four hours on Tuesday afternoon to conduct racial bias training for employees – a move that employees have shared mixed feelings about.
May 30, 2018 What Starbucks might want to add to its next training session Starbucks, which provided more than 175,000 of its employees at 8,000 stores with anti-bias training Tuesday afternoon, utilized more than a dozen videos and a 68-page booklet in the effort.
May 30, 2018 New Starbucks training manual promotes 'becoming color brave,' speaking to customers 'one human to one human' A 68-page guidebook and more than a dozen pre-recorded videos made up the majority of Starbucks’ hours-long training session on Tuesday.
May 29, 2018 Not all Starbucks in US are closing: Where you can still get a Frappuccino on May 29 Coffee lovers will still be able to get their fix at the company’s licensed locations.
May 25, 2018 Starbucks shares curriculum for 'racial bias training' ahead of May 29 session The company is following up with specific details — and a five-minute video — as part of a preview of the curriculum.
May 23, 2018 Dunkin' Donuts partners with Barbara Bush Children's Hospital to help pediatric medicine Some Dunkin’ Donuts locations are teaming up with the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital to raise money for pediatric emergency medicine.
May 21, 2018 Starbucks employees, customers express concern over new policy: 'I can't see how this will work' Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to occupy the coffee shop or use the store’s facilities, even if they don’t buy anything, but many are left to wonder if it’ll have a negative impact.
May 18, 2018 Starbucks apologizes after employee is accused of putting racial slur on Latino customer's cup The customer purchased an iced coffee from a Starbucks in California and got back a cup reading "beaner."
