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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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Labor Violations Alleged in Starbucks and Nestlé Supply Chains in China

Independent field investigations in China’s Yunnan Province found labor violations at coffee farms that supply coffees purchased and certified as sustainable by coffee giants Starbucks and Nestlé, according to a...

2024.12.05

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Starbucks Expands Research-Focused Coffee Farm Operations

Starbucks today announced an expansion of its in-house coffee farming and sustainability research activities, including new coffee farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala, plus planned investments for farms in Africa...

2024.10.04

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Starbucks North America CEO Michael Conway Retiring After Five Months

Starbucks announced that North American CEO Michael Conway is retiring. The move comes just five months after Conway’s appointment to the position, which was part of a broader corporate leadership...

2024.09.17

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Former ‘Balmuccino’ Lip Balm Heads Sue Starbucks Again

Representatives of a former Los Angeles company called Balmuccino are suing Starbucks for a third time, claiming that the coffee giant stole confidential product development details for coffee-themed lip balms....

2024.08.20

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A Citywide Reusable Cup Scheme is Coming to California

Coffee retailers big and small are joining in a new city-wide reusable cup program in Petaluma, California, as the industry continues to produce daily mountains of single-use-product waste. The organizing...

2024.07.10

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Ohio Woman Sues Biggby Coffee Over Non-Dairy Milk Pricing

Attorneys representing an Ohio woman have filed a class action lawsuit against Michigan-based Biggby Coffee, alleging discrimination by up-charging for non-dairy milks. The complaint echoes similar class action complaints —...

2024.06.21

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Starbucks Sues Small Louisiana Business in Mermaid-Siren Dispute

Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks is suing a mother-and-daughter-owned small business called Mountains & Mermaids, alleging trademark violations related to its siren-mermaid logo and branding. Starbucks filed suit in United States...

2024.05.20

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SF’s Sightglass Coffee Names New CEO as Founders Step Down

San Francisco-born roaster and retailer Sightglass Coffee has named former Starbucks national sales executive Sharon Healy as CEO. Healy, who most recently held multiple sales executive positions with ready-to-eat meal...

2024.04.18

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