The popular coffee chain Starbucks is putting the kibosh on its open-door policy and will now only welcome paying customers to hang out and utilize the restrooms at its stores. In a letter ...

A journalist who moonlit as a Starbucks barista for a day recently shared everything she learned while working at the world's largest coffee chain — reeling off a list of what she "found out ...

Starbucks is planning to trim its menu in a significant way. On Jan. 28, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol spoke during the company’s first quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings call, revealing that the ...

communities connect. What happens when your neighborhood coffee shop tightens its doors? Starbucks, long synonymous with the idea of a “third place” between home and work, has reversed its ...

Starbucks under newly installed CEO Brian Niccol plans to close down its stores for three hours later this month in order to run a workshop for baristas that will further train them to make their ...

The chain's previous policy let people stay at shops without buying anything. Starbucks is officially changing its code of conduct and ending a longtime policy that permitted people to sit and ...

Starbucks doesn’t want to be America’s public bathroom anymore. Starbucks is scrapping a policy that had let anyone hang out at its cafes or use the restrooms without making a purchase.

Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy after almost seven years, now requiring that people make a purchase if they want to hang out at its coffee shops or use its restrooms. The coffee giant ...

If you have ever passed time between meetings at a Starbucks, or run into one to use the bathroom, take heed: Starting this month, only paying customers will be allowed to use Starbucks facilities ...

On Monday, Starbucks announced that—after almost seven years—it was rolling back its open-door policy. It’s a reversal of a change made in 2018 after two black men were arrested simply for ...

If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores.