Starbucks barista has meltdown over Unicorn Frappuccino
SEATTLE -- A Starbucks barista has taken to social media hoping to make orders for the coffee chain's much buzzed about Unicorn Frappuccino disappear.Starbucks' entry into the unicorn food craze was released Wednesday and its popularity was too much for Colorado barista Braden Burson.
Starbucks launching magical color and flavor-changing 'Unicorn Frappuccino'
SEATTLE -- Starbucks is calling a limited-time beverage that changes colors and flavors with a stir of the straw a "Unicorn Frappuccino."The chain says the drink was inspired by the trend of unicorn-themed food online and starts out purple with a sweet and fruity taste.
Starbucks to add 240,000 jobs worldwide by 2021
SEATTLE -- Starbucks plans to hire 240,000 more people globally by the year 2021.
Meet the homeless families benefiting from Starbucks' multi-million dollar donation
Starbucks wants to be a part of the solution. The Seattle-based coffee giant is joining the “No Child Sleeps Outside” campaign by raising more than $3 million while matching customer contributions.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to step down
SEATTLE -- Howard Schultz, the visionary leader of Starbucks, will be stepping down next year as CEO of the iconic coffee giant.Schultz's surprise decision to step aside as the leader of Starbucks sent the stock sinking 3% in after-hours trading on Thursday.Starbucks said Schultz isn't going away completely.
Starbucks red holiday cups return – check out the 13 new designs
Starbucks is giving a sneak preview of the 13 new designs set to adorn their red holiday cups, starting Thursday.
Starbucks launches new holiday cups ... and they're green?
SEATTLE -- Maybe Starbucks will find it easier being green.A holiday cup design that showed up in stores Tuesday features a mosaic of more than 100 people drawn in a single stroke -- art meant to convey "connections" the company shares between employees and customers.What's more striking than the image, however, is the color.
Starbucks recalling straws after children injured
Starbucks is recalling millions of stainless steel straws due to reports of children being injured.Starbucks sold the straws on their own, and as part of a set with Cold-to-Go stainless steel cups.The straws can poke children in the mouth.
Seattle Starbucks customers change names to 'Black Lives Matter'
SEATTLE (AP) — Some Starbucks customers have been giving their name to baristas as "Black Lives Matter" in an effort to help spread awareness of the movement.Lex Cross posted a picture of his Starbucks receipt with the name "#blacklivesmatter" on Facebook last week .
Nike releases Starbucks coffee-inspired sneakers
It's a trenta-sized collaboration that no doubt is causing buzz.Though not an official collaboration between some of the biggest food and fashion companies in the world, it seems Nike has created a Starbucks-inspired line of sneakers.Dubbed the "Nike SB Dunk Low Premiere Starbucks Edition," the sneakers are brown-colored with streaky swirls of khaki, which of course looks like the steam from a fresh cup of joe.The Nike swoosh is the same green and white colors as the Starbucks logo, and the green is also featured on the outline, along the heel, tongue and base of the shoes.The sneakers are available now for a limited time at select Nike retailers.And like many in the SB Premium line, these have a grande price, of about $100 a pop, or about the cost of 20 venti-sized lattes.