OK, I may need someone to explain to me the point of this one. Starbucks is apparently testing a 10 ounce Frappuccino in some markets.  Besides only being 2 ounces …

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STARBUCKS is once again collaborating with Stacey Bendet, CEO and Creative Director of top fashion house alice + olivia to offer a stylish designer merchandise collection, available for a limited time at select Starbucks stores across Malaysia.

With Stacey’s fun and sophisticated eye for design, the highly anticipated Starbucks X alice + olivia collection showcases two whimsical designs, including the iconic Stace Face, and a modern interpretation of the Stace Face with a colourful twist.

“Starbucks and Stacey Bendet are united by their aspiration to create unique and delightful experiences,” said Erin Silvoy, vice president, Product and Marketing, Starbucks Asia Pacific.

“Since our very first collaboration with alice + olivia, our customers have kept asking for more. Now, we’re excited to launch a new Starbucks X alice + olivia collection with bold, yet chic designs fit for everyday occasions, to encourage our customers to embrace self-expression and give them the confidence to live a life in style.”

Bendet herself added: “Both Starbucks and alice + olivia love creating unique and empowering experiences.

“With our rainbow Stace Face designs we hope to bring some colourful fun to the world!”

The exclusive collection will bring fashion and style to life once more, with a unique lineup that includes mugs and waterbottles, such as:

► Small Tote – The timeless look of the humble tote bag is reimagined with a modern interpretation of the ‘Stace Face’ with a colorful and stunning twist. Featuring an interior pocket that is lightweight, this bag is great for on the go.

► Bearista Bear – A soft and fluffy reinterpretation of the Bearista Bear wearing a custom sweater designed in the renowned alice + olivia style, which is matched only by the embroidered alice + olivia shoes.

► 12oz Ceramic Mug – The glossy clear-glazed stoneware gives this mug its special character. The handle is painted by hand with the mug body available in two different designs, one with the colorful spectrum of the Rainbow Stace Squad, and one of the Iconic Stace Face.

► 16oz Stainless Steel Tumbler – This tumbler is sure to keep your beverage at a perfect temperature whether it’s hot or cold with the innovative thermo 3D Double Wall vacuum insulation technology, as well as the medical-grade stainless steel so that there is not transfer of flavours or metal after taste. Available in two designs, the Rainbow Stace Squad and Iconic Stace Face.

► 16oz Ceramic Double Wall Traveler – Insulated with a double-wall construction with flat-white paint and an opaque black lid, which uses a slide open/close function for convenient use. Available in two designs, the Rainbow Stace Squad and Iconic Stace Face.

The limited-edition designer collaboration will be available beginning Sept 28, and priced from RM98 onwards, at select Starbucks stores across Malaysia, while supplies last.

Shoppers complain that Starbucks isn’t fancy enough — but they also say it’s too expensive. The new CEO, Brian Niccol, is ordering up big changes.

On March 8, McDonald's fast food restaurant chain announced a temporary closure of all of its restaurants in Russia. It goes about 850 outlets that employ 62,000 employees. McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said that employees would still be paid their salaries during this period, but did not specify for how long and in what amount. McDonalds' decided to suspend its activities in Russia due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine as the company cannot ignore the human suffering. Starbucks coffee chain made a similar decision the same day. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said that all activities in Russia were suspended, including all shipments of all products.

Seattle-based Starbucks announced that Brian Niccol has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer (CEO). Niccol will start in his new role Sept. 9.

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The opportunely timed sale gives Luckin a war chest to survive the hit to consumption from the epidemic.

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TikTok food influencer @caughtsnackin, from London, revealed all you need to do is blend up ice cubes, espresso, cup of milk, chocolate syrup and granulated sugar to recreate a mocha frappe.

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Best-selling author, speaker, and marketing consultant David Meerman Scott offers insights from his latest book (co-authored with daughter Reiko Scott), Fanocracy: Turning Fans Into Customers and Customers Into Fans.

Moore, the author of The Passion Conversation: Understanding, Sparking, and Sustaining Word of Mouth Marketing, will speak during the first day of the conference, February 25.

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks.

NextGen Cup, led by Starbucks and McDonald’s, launched a pilot program to create a green alternative to the 250 billion discard paper coffee cups.

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In the U.S., Starbucks has temporarily closed half its 8,000 company-owned stores. It's planning to reopen 90% of those with modifications by early June.

Starbucks this week started reopening stores in Seattle that had been closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Pilot programs this week will introduce two types of "smart" reusable cups in independent coffee shops in San Francisco and Palo Alto. The models, made mostly from plastic and outfitted with RFID chips or QR codes for tracking, are the fruit of a two-year "moon shot" project known as the NextGen Cup Challenge.

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks customers in Canada will soon be able to down fake meat with their Frappuccinos. The coffee chain said Wednesday that it will soon start selling a sandwich featuring a meat-free patty from Beyond Meat, the El Segundo, California, company whose products are being put on the menue at other fast […]

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The Seattle-based coffee chain, which sees itself as a “third place” between work and home, is trying to reassure customers and employees about its response to the outbreak.

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Some cafes close to hospitals or health care sites will remain open, according to the statement, as part of the company’s “efforts to serve first responders and health care workers.” And Starbucks will continue to pay all employees for 30 days, whether they come to work or stay home.

The fallout from Luckin Coffee’s accounting scandal is spreading far beyond the high-flying Starbucks challenger, with renewed concerns about Chinese corporate governance dragging down stocks across industries and threatening to bring a halt to the country’s overseas initial public offerings. The Xiamen-based coffee chain said on Thursday that its chief operating officer and some underlings […]

Starbucks' U.S. experience is similar to that of McDonald's, which Wednesday announced a dramatic contraction in March after what had been a healthy pace of sales.

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Starbucks this week started reopening stores in Seattle that had been closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - In a class action brought by three former baristas at Starbucks, challenging defendant's practice of withholding state and federal taxes from baristas' paychecks based on cash tips received, the district court's dismissal with prejudice is reversed and the case remanded to state court where: 1) the Tax Injunction Act and the Anti-Injunction Act deprives the district court of subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs' claims for declaratory and injunctive relief; and 2) the federal-state comity doctrine bars the district court from awarding statutory damages on the state-tax component of the plaintiffs' claims.

Hello everyone hope you're all okOur first night of hostel living was interesting quite a noisy and interrupted night so didn't get a lot of sleep no chance of getting over the jet lag there I really don't understand people who have showers at 4am

The Reserve Roastery Chicago opens Friday, transforming the former Crate & Barrel space into five floors of coffee wonderland.

Caribbean Coffee Traders Limited, CCTL, is moving ahead with plans for a US$30-million bond placement, the proceeds from which it will likely use to expand the Starbucks chain it operates in three regional markets. The initial franchise agreement...

Starbucks Corp. is boosting its investments in clean power.

Seattle, WA-based LevelTen Energy helps corporate buyers of renewable energy find and purchase energy from solar and wind projects within North America through its procurement platform. The company says its solution reduces the cost, complexity, and risk of renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs), by incorporating analytics, aggregation, and process best practices.

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Seattle, WA-based LevelTen Energy helps corporate buyers of renewable energy find and purchase energy from solar and wind projects within North America through its procurement platform. The company says its solution reduces the cost, complexity, and risk of renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs), by incorporating analytics, aggregation, and process best practices.

Seattle, WA-based LevelTen Energy helps corporate buyers of renewable energy find and purchase energy from solar and wind projects within North America through its procurement platform. The company says its solution reduces the cost, complexity, and risk of renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs), by incorporating analytics, aggregation, and process best practices.

OYO has appointed former Starbucks Corporation chief operating officer Troy Alstead as an independent director.

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