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Starbucks to Pour Freebies

Execs hope new 'everyday' blend will boost soft sales

Apr 7, 08 8:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks will pour a new blend for free tomorrow (Tuesday) in an effort to rekindle customer love, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The company is keeping the blend's ingredients—“subtle, rich flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts"—under wraps, and hopes it will boost sales as Starbucks faces fresh... More »

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Howard Schultz • Starbucks • coffee • coffee roasting • gourmet coffee • barista

A Coffee a Day May Keep Dementia Away: Study

Daily caffeine helps protect the brain from damaging cholesterol

Apr 3, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A daily fix of caffeine helps shield the brain from the damaging effects of cholesterol, which is apparently the way coffee helps reduce the risk of dementia, new research suggests. The "blood-brain barrier" protects the brain from toxins in the bloodstream, but scientists have discovered that cholesterol makes it... More »

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dementia • coffee • cholesterol • caffeine • brain • medical research • Alzheimer's Disease

'White People' Is Model of Right Time, Right Place

Offensive site points up how blogs can serve as book proposals

Mar 24, 08 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The skyrocket success of blog “Stuff White People Like” has shown anew how quickly (and lucratively) a zeitgeist-capturing blog can become a mass-market success story. Only three months young, the site—which skewers the posturing of liberal bourgeois Caucasians—has earned its creator a massive readership and a six-figure... More »

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coffee • publishing • blog • farmers markets • Stuff White People Like

Starbucks
Owes Baristas
$100M in Tips 

Court says supervisors shouldn't be taking a cut out of  tip jar

Mar 21, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Starbucks will have to shell out more than $100 million to its baristas in California because they had to share the tip jar with supervisors, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A judge ruled that the coffee giant violated the state's labor code and ordered it to make amends to 120,000... More »

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California • Starbucks • coffee • lawsuit • class action • labor code

UPDATED

 Starbucks Rolls Out  
 Customer-Focused Changes 

Loyalty card, new machines headline plans to jolt coffee giant

Mar 19, 08 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A customer-loyalty card, a new website and upgraded brewing machines highlighted changes in store at Starbucks, the Wall Street Journal reports, with CEO Howard Schultz using today's annual meeting to re-focus the firm on quality of customer experience. The card will offer rewards for regulars at the coffee giant, which... More »

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social networking • Howard Schultz • Starbucks • McDonald's • iPhone • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • gourmet coffee • espresso • Clover • Coffee Equipment Co.

OPINION

Why Fork Over $11,000 for a Coffee Machine?

'Clover addict' thinks it could change how we think about our joe

Mar 13, 08 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cup of coffee brewed with 16 ounces of water at 203 degrees for 44 seconds? Coming right up. The brouhaha over the $11,000 Clover 1s—the ultra-high-tech machine that brews one cup at a time—makes sense, Paul Adams writes in Slate. After two hours test-driving the built-to-order... More »

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coffee • caffeine • luxury goods • coffee roasting • gourmet coffee • barista • Clover

Stay Heart Healthy at Work

Forbes suggests ways to keep workplace calm, healthy

Mar 1, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Stressing out at work can negate the effects of that heart-healthy oatmeal you had for breakfast, Forbes reports. To avoid being that one of every three Americans with cardiovascular disease, adopt these work-day habits:
  1. Drink water instead of cola, coffee, or tea.
  2. Take the stairs; walk a few
... More »

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cardiovascular disease • water • work • coffee • list • fruits and vegetables • soda • donut • vending machine • heart health • health tips • stretch

Rivals Earn as Starbucks Learns

Rival coffee chains target customers as Starbucks takes training break

Feb 27, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks customers and competition alike got to know each other yesterday as the java giant closed for a 3-hour training break for all employee, reports the AP. "Free-market economy, baby! You've got to take advantage of what the competition throws at you," said one former Starbucks devotee swilling... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • espresso

Starbucks to Close 7,100 US Stores Today

Relax: It's just for 3 hours, and Dunkin' Donuts has 99¢ coffee

Feb 26, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Get your afternoon latte early today, because Starbucks—all 7,100 US locations—is closing at 5:30pm for 3 hours of staff training, CNNMoney reports. The company says it hopes baristas will  “deepen their passion for coffee” and even “transform the customer experience,” not to speak... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • training • Dunkin' Donuts • espresso

Mickey D's Risks Big
in Java War

New coffee line is risky business for Golden Arches, Tribune says

Feb 24, 08 5:58 AM CST
(Newser) - McDonald’s may have Egg McMuffin on its face if it can't out-grind Starbucks with a new line of premium coffees, the Chicago Tribune reports. The new coffee rollout, threatened by a shaky economy, marks one of the company’s riskiest launches ever, according to analysts. As food and labor... More »

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Starbucks • Chicago • McDonald's • coffee • franchise • same-store sales • Big Mac

Starbucks Testing $2.50 Cup of Brew

Slumping company looks to both high-end and low-end products

Feb 15, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Struggling with its first major sales slump, Starbucks hopes to lure back customers with a $2.50 cup of luxury coffee. The company hopes to find a high-end niche among serious coffee aficionados with the new brew, made in an $11,000 gizmo similar to a French press, Bloomberg reports.... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • Dunkin' Donuts • gourmet coffee • breakfast sandwiches • sales slump

Starbucks Cuts Stores, Skips Breakfast

Faltering biz drops egg-and-cheese fare to
focus on cuppa Joe

Jan 31, 08 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The founder and returning head of Starbucks has announced plans to turn the flagging operation around by taking it back to its intimate coffee-house roots, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. CEO Howard Schultz is ditching the chain's profitable morning sandwich line after listening to advice from baristas who complained that the... More »

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Howard Schultz • Starbucks • coffee • breakfast sandwiches • baristas

Caffeine May Worsen Diabetes

In small sample, patients with type 2 show increased blood sugar levels

Jan 28, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Diabetics may want to consider kicking the coffee habit after a new study showed caffeine consumption increased blood sugar levels, Reuters reports. Type 2 diabetics given caffeine pills equivalent to four cups of coffee experienced an 8% rise in average blood glucose levels relative to days when they were given... More »

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Duke University • coffee • caffeine • type 2 diabetes • blood glucose

Starbucks Tries Out $1 Coffee

Java giant also trying free refills in Seattle experiment

Jan 23, 08 2:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks is offering a low-cost option as it experiments with new approaches in the face of fresh competition from McDonald's, the Wall Street Journal reports. While Starbucks made its fortune on extravagantly named $4 offerings, an 8-ounce “short” cup is now available for $1 in the Seattle area, and... More »

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Howard Schultz • Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • Dunkin' Donuts • free refills

Coffee May Lower Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Benefit increases as amount of caffeine consumed rises

Jan 22, 08 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - One day after the release of a study linking caffeine and miscarriages, female coffee addicts got some good news today: Caffeine appears to lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a new study shows. What's more, the benefit appears to increase with the amount of caffeine consumed. The risk is... More »

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cancer • coffee • ovarian cancer • caffeine • cancer research

Caffeine May Double Miscarriage Risk: Study

25% of women who drank 2 cups a day miscarried: study

Jan 21, 08 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Pregnant women who drink two cups of coffee a day may double their risk of miscarriage,  a new study concludes. Almost one-quarter of women in the study who consumed 200 milligrams of caffeine a day—the amount in 10 ounces of coffee or 25 ounces of tea—miscarried, reports... More »

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pregnancy • coffee • caffeine • tea • miscarriage • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • American Society for Reproductive Medicine • March of Dimes • Columbia University Medical Center • Kaiser Permanente

Starbucks' Union-Busting Campaign Before Judge

Brewhaha over coffee bosses' plot to stop baristas from organizing

Jan 10, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks bosses trying to stop baristas from union organizing did some internet sleuthing to discover who had graduated from a university labor program—and even had Halloween partygoers snooped on, the Wall Street Journal reports. Starbucks' own emails detailing "our attempts to thwart a potential union situation" by identifying... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • unions • labor • union busting

Starbucks Founder Back
in CEO Saddle

Will pare back coffee giant after sales stall and stocks tumble

Jan 7, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks reacted to slow sales and new competition today by bringing back founder Howard Schultz as CEO, replacing folksy chief exec Jim Donald. "We must address the challenges we face and we know what has to be done," Schultz said. Schultz vows to reignite sales by trimming back... More »

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Howard Schultz • Starbucks • coffee • CEO • stocks • US economy • Jim Donald

New McD's Menu Muscles
In on Starbucks

Fast-food giant
adds baristas, fancy coffee, $1B in sales

Jan 7, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - You’ll be able to get cappuccinos, lattes, and frappes from a certified barista beneath the Golden Arches this fall, reports the Wall Street Journal, as McDonald's takes on Starbucks. It’s the fast-food behemoth's biggest menu addition in 30 years, and the company expects it to bring in $1... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • fast food • gourmet coffee • specialty drinks • frappes • lattes • menu • barista • cappuccino

Starbucks Reports First
Dip in Customers

Customer traffic down at coffee-shop giant's US stores for the first time

Nov 15, 07 9:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks reported its first-ever decline in US customer visits today, reports Bloomberg. The coffee juggernaut lowered its profit and sales forecast, and shares of its stock fell 8.3%. The profit revision suggests that Starbucks is losing customers to McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts, where a cup of coffee may cost... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • US economy • gourmet coffee • breakfast sandwiches

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