California Court Awards Starbucks Baristas $105 Million in Tip Dispute

A judge has given some Starbucks baristas an extraordinary tip of his own"A court in California awarded baristas at Starbucks cafes in California $105 million on Thursday, ruling that the company had wrongly...

Starbucks Baristas owed more than $100 million

I'm not sure how the judge thinks this is going to happen.  How do you find "as many as 1000,000 former and current baristas?"  If there are 500,000 current baristas in employment, the cost and logistics...

Starbucks pledges perfect coffee day after nationwide espresso refresher

A day after shutting down most of its US shops for a refresher course, Starbucks is pledging that it's turned over a new leaf in terms of quality.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage...

Bikini-ed Baristas in Sacramento Coffee Shop

Cue all the "hot" puns! Sacramento, Ca's Hott Coffee has their servers wearing bikini tops (they give them free tanning sessions too). Actually this sounds more weird than sexy, especially since it seems like they...

NYC Starbucks overrun with rats and roaches?

"Current and former employees of the gourmet coffee chain filed a federal complaint yesterday claiming their corporate bosses have refused to heed repeated warnings about inadequate training and chronic...