STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY
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2025-05-01 (techstory.in)
Starbucks Shifts Strategy to Revive Growth: More Baristas, Fewer Machines, and Focus on Customer Experience –
In an effort to reconnect with its customers and reverse a troubling sales slump, Starbucks is making a dramatic pivot away from automation and back toward the human touch that once defined its brand. With a new CEO at the helm, the coffee giant is focusing on more baristas, warmer service, and a simpler, more personal café experience.
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2025-04-30 (labor411.org)
Starbucks Plans To Hire More Baristas As It Concedes Automation Move Backfired
Starbucks is putting humans over robots, for the meantime, at least. The Guardian reports: "Starbucks is planning to hire more baristas, get them to work more…
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2025-04-30 (devdiscourse.com)
Starbucks Shifts Focus to Staffing Over Automation | Technology
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced a strategic shift, prioritizing increased staffing over automation systems, aiming to enhance customer experience. This decision deviates from the industry trend of tech reliance. The move aims to reverse sliding sales and shrinking margins, with staffing adjustments beginning in select stores by year-end.
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2025-04-24 (hcamag.com)
Starbucks launches new parental leave benefits for Canadian workers | HRD Canada
Why is offering parental benefits important for employers?
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2025-04-05 (forbesargentina.com)
"Forced joy", the new corporate mandate that disturbs employees - Forbes Argentina
Companies impose a good humor as part of the daily work, in an era where to show enthusiasm is no longer an option, but a condition to sustain employment.
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2025-03-28 (retailwire.com)
Starbucks Implements New Speed Goals To Reduce Order Wait Times -
After past issues with long wait times, Starbucks is aiming to get orders out faster.
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2024-12-13 (yahoo.com)
Chipotle's new CEO wants to overhaul its kitchen with robots
How new CEO Scott Boatwright plans to take Chipotle into the next generation.
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2024-10-29 (seattletimes.com)
Starbucks tells HQ workers to return to office, or else. Here's what other big Seattle-area employers are doing
Starbucks' ultimatum to corporate employees comes more than a month after Amazon tightened its in-person work policy.
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2024-08-19 (inc.com)
New Starbucks CEO Must Move on Mobile Orders Surge
The reason? Mobile orders now make up over a third of Starbucks's sales, according to CNBC. They've also allowed the chain to successfully navigate shifts in...
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2024-08-18 (cnbc.com)
To fix Starbucks, incoming CEO Brian Niccol will have to tackle its mobile app problem
When Brian Niccol steps in as CEO of Starbucks, he'll be tasked with fixing the chain's operational issues.
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2024-07-03 (qsrmagazine.com)
Starbucks is Trying to Get Faster and Easier to Work For -
A new "Siren Craft System" has already rolled to more than 1,100 locations, with the full system on the way before July's end.
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(diginomica.com)
Brewing resilience - how early digital vision is paying off for Starbucks
Starbucks early digital spend has paid off during COVID-19.
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