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Starbucks to Take Mobile Payments Via Square

It's the first big chain to use new system

(Newser) - Starbucks will soon be the first national chain to let customers pay with Square's mobile payment application. Square was founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter. Users of the Square mobile payments app are currently mostly small businesses and individuals, meaning the partnership with Starbucks could...

Tomorrow: Gay Rights Backers Flock to Starbucks

Gay marriage magazine reacts to 'Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day'

(Newser) - After gay marriage opponents went to Chick-Fil-A last week, supporters are fighting back—by heading to Starbucks tomorrow. Same-sex wedding magazine Equally Wed thought up the idea, which has 28,000 people committed on Facebook so far. The event's original name was National Starbucks Day, but other holidays have...

SC Funeral Home Adds ... Starbucks

Would you like a mocha to go with your mourning?

(Newser) - Think of the last funeral you attended. Wouldn't it have been so much better if you had a fresh cup of Starbucks brew in your hand? That's apparently the idea at South Carolina's Robinson Funeral Home, where mourners will find an outpost of the coffee chain beginning...

Starbucks Touts Energy Drink 'Breakthrough'

New Starbucks Refreshers to hit stores tomorrow

(Newser) - Need a gentle pick-me-up for that 3pm slump? Starbucks says its new line of energy drinks, due out in company stores tomorrow, offers a safe energy boost with just a fraction of the caffeine found in coffee, Huffington Post reports. The so-called Starbucks Refreshers will come in three formats: ready...

Prefer Dunkin Donuts? You Might Be a Republican
 Prefer Dunkin Donuts? 
 You Might Be a Republican 
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Jun 23, 2012 7:35 AM CDT

Prefer Dunkin Donuts? You Might Be a Republican

Are you Team Subway or Team Wendy's?

(Newser) - If you love BMWs, Dunkin' Donuts, and Subway, you just might be a Republican. Democrats, meanwhile, prefer Jeeps, Starbucks, and Wendy's, a study finds. Researchers clocked 4,000 people's reactions to various brands to the millisecond, and found a divide between left and right, ABC News reports. "...

Starbucks to Open Tea-Only Shop

Tazo tea store comes just 3 months after Starbucks opens juice bar

(Newser) - No wonder Starbucks ditched the words on its logo last year. The coffee behemoth is continuing to move beyond java with the opening of its first tea-only shop this fall in Seattle, reports the Seattle Times . The announcement comes just three months after it opened its first juice bar , called...

Starbucks Saves Small-Town Factory

 Starbucks Saves 
 Small-Town Factory 
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Jun 16, 2012 7:00 PM CDT

Starbucks Saves Small-Town Factory

Places giant order with Ohio potter

(Newser) - In an era of disappearing manufacturing jobs and struggling small towns, a giant corporation has become an unlikely hero in Ohio. East Liverpool, by the Ohio River, has been called country's "Pottery Capital," but lately just a few factories remain. Among them is American Mug and Stein,...

Irish Furious After Starbucks Calls Them Brits

Twitter post was intended for UK only: coffee giant

(Newser) - Starbucks' Irish Twitter account has just 2,000 followers, but an awkward tweet it directed to them has managed to piss off an entire nation: "Show us what makes you proud to be British," the company tweeted during the Diamond Jubilee. The coffee giant says it intended the...

Starbucks Is Coming to Disneyland

Cafes will open in California, Florida theme parks

(Newser) - Starbucks is about to perk up "the happiest place on Earth." The Seattle-based coffee chain is today announcing a partnership to open a store inside each of the six Disney properties in California and Florida. The first will open this summer at Disneyland California Adventure in Anaheim. The...

Starbucks to Stop Using Bugs in Drinks

Extract from crushed insects colored several products

(Newser) - Some 6,500 customers were bugged by Starbucks' insect-based food coloring , and the company is responding: It won't be using cochineal extract in its treats anymore, at least in the US. The dye, made from crushed insects, prompted a Change.org petition that sent an email to Starbucks HQ...

Starbucks' China Problem: People Love It Too Much

Customers linger for hours, and don't always buy anything

(Newser) - It's a good problem to have ... maybe? Starbucks is making huge inroads in China, and expects it to become its second-biggest market, booting Canada to No. 3, by 2014. But a lot of the customers who are pouring in these days don't seem to want to leave. Or,...

Starbucks' Frap in a Flap Over Dye With Insects

Crushed cochineal bugs make it pink, angering vegans

(Newser) - Note to vegans—and those grossed out by bugs: Starbucks' Strawberries and Creme Frappuccino is colored with insects. It gets its pink color from cochineal extract, which comes from ground-up cochineal bugs native to Mexico and South America. The coloring is nothing new: It's been used since the 15th...

Next for Starbucks: Energy Drinks

'Refreshers' goes after booming market

(Newser) - First alcohol , then juice , and now Starbucks is getting into yet another non-coffee beverage: energy drinks. The Seattle company told shareholders yesterday it will be coming out with a line of "Refreshers" drinks, which are already available at some grocery locations. The 12-ounce, 60-calorie beverages will include such flavors...

Starbucks Launches Juice Bar Chain

Opens Evolution Fresh near Seattle

(Newser) - Instead of venti cappuccinos, veggie juices: Starbucks has opened its first juice bar, called Evolution Fresh, in Bellevue, Washington. Customers can purchase smoothies or bottled fruit and vegetable juices (sample: the Spiced Carrot, made with carrots, blueberries, and cinnamon); calorie-conscious food options include vegan options. It's not clear yet...

Starbucks Plans Single-Serve Home Espresso Machines

Get ready for homemade lattes

(Newser) - Starbucks is expanding its venture into your home. First it offered instant coffee, then it launched K-cups of brewed coffee that work with Green Mountain Coffee's single-serving Keurig machines. Now the coffee chain is taking it up a notch: It's readying a single-serve espresso machine, enabling the chain'...

Brits Perk Up as Starbucks Doubles Espresso Shots

Tea-drinkers will get strongest Starbucks drinks in the world

(Newser) - Get ready to get your buzz on, Britain. Starbucks is planning to double espresso shots in all its lattes and cappuccinos served in the UK. The move has been brewing since customer requests for extra shots started skyrocketing two years ago, say company officials. The new shots boosting caffeine and...

Man Tries to Order Priciest Starbucks Drink Ever


 Man Tries to 
 Order Priciest 
 Starbucks 
 Drink Ever 
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Feb 19, 2012 8:21 AM CST

Man Tries to Order Priciest Starbucks Drink Ever

Total cost: $23.60

(Newser) - Ahh, Starbucks. Land of the $4 cappuccino ... and $23.60 Frappuccino? That's the final tally one man managed to ring up on his quest to order the most expensive Starbucks drink ever. Logan Warren started by requesting the largest size beverage, the 31-ounce Trenta. Into it went a Java...

New Way to Get Starbucks: on Skis

Squaw Valley ski resort opens first ski-thru Starbucks

(Newser) - Tired of having to take off your skis, trudge inside, and peel off your snow gear just to get a tall half-caff mocha with skim milk? Well, those days are over for skiers at California's Squaw Valley resort. Now they have access to the world's first ski-thru Starbucks...

Why Supporting Gay Marriage Is Smart Business
Why Supporting Gay Marriage Is Smart Business
OPINION
Feb 7, 2012 2:21 PM CST

Why Supporting Gay Marriage Is Smart Business

Frank Bruni on why Starbucks, Microsoft, and others are backing change

(Newser) - If you support gay marriage, maybe you should grab a latte at Starbucks sometime soon, because the company is under fire for its support of a same-sex marriage law in its native Washington state. One pastor even called the company " haters of God ," and demanded a boycott. So...

Pastor: Boycott Starbucks Over Gay Marriage

Company is following Satan, says USA Christian Ministries chief

(Newser) - A pastor is calling on Christians to shun Starbucks because of its support of gay marriage in Washington state , reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . "Starbucks is no longer fashionable," says USA Christian Ministries head Steven Andrew in a statement. He makes the case that the chain would lose 80%...

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