Starbucks has scrambled out a press release announcing new veterans perks as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility programme, in an obvious bid to quell right-wing anger over its controversial, anti-Christmas “Red Cups”. The news, first broken by Breitbart
Starbucks certainly didn’t seem to anticipate this furor when it released its holiday-themed cups last week — cups that, as the company made clear in a press release, are not really Christmas cups.
Donald Trump has suggested a boycott of Starbucks over the coffee giant’s un-festive red cups. Social media seized on the story this weekend after Breitbart London‘s editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam broke the story on the ‘War on Christmas’. Now Donald Trump
On Monday’s CBS Minnesota, Kim Johnson, Matt Brickman and Jason DeRusha all reacted to the report that a former pastor has spoken out against Starbucks’ removal of Christmas ornaments on its cups. The pastor, Joshua Feuerstein, made a video that went viral
Christians can and should successfully trump the marketplace tactics that gay activist groups have used to win concessions and benefits from retailers, airlines and hotels chains, says Chris Stone, the founder of Faith Driven Consumer.
Social media has seized on the year-on-year stripping of Christmas-themed symbols from Starbucks’ famous ‘Red Cups’, with angry users tweeting #MerryChristmasStarbucks following a Breitbart London report on the company’s “War on Christmas”. When the coffee chain launched their 2015 seasonal cup
An MP has called Starbucks’ new Christmas red cups “political correctness gone mad” and called for the person who dreamt up the design to be sacked. Sir David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West, expressed his despair at the coffee
Starbucks faces criticism from politicians and campaign groups today after it decided to remove all references to the festive season from its Christmas red cups, as revealed earlier on Breitbart London. The coffee chain revealed this year’s version of its
The Red Cups are now an anti-Christmas symbol, with Starbucks declaring their formerly Christmassy cups to be “holiday beverages” and shedding any sign of Christmas from them.
The European Commission (EC) has ruled that a deal between Starbucks and Dutch tax officials five years ago is unlawful state aid, effectively over-ruling a sovereign nation’s legal jurisdiction in favour of its own decree. A separate agreement between Fiat Chrysler
A Starbucks in downtown Philadelphia was at the center of controversy on Tuesday when a story was posted to Facebook revealing that a “liberal” clerk recently refused to let a city police officer use the restroom.
A man armed with a BB gun stole money out of the tip jar of a Starbucks in Sacramento–and then shot and wounded a customer who tried to stop him.
Huffington Post recently reported a list of 7 companies “that don’t want guns in their stores.” However, three of those companies allow concealed carry, and one of these three allows open carry as well.
On July 9, a five-year-old boy accompanying his mother to a Starbucks women’s restroom found a hidden cell phone under the sink with its camera pointed toward the toilet.
In an official statement, Starbucks has announced that it will stop bottling water in drought-stricken California and will move production–and jobs–to Pennsylvania to produce the Ethos brand of water that it sells in thousands of coffee shops.
Joining a list of fresh ideas, Seattle, Wa-based Starbucks announced a partnership with Dannon on Tuesday that will offer a new healthy line of beverages, including a version of the now-trending kale smoothie.
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked Starbucks’ “Race Together” campaign and George Zimmerman during its “Weekend Update” segment. Host Michael Che reported on George Zimmerman’s criticisms of President Obama for inflaming racial tensions before remarking “at least he [Zimmerman] thinks it
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” devised a sequel to the Starbucks “Race Together” campaign with a different idea for a company attempting to discuss complex issues. In the sketch, Pep Boys decides to do its own campaign, where its mechanics discuss sexual
Tweet your latest selfie from a #BlackLivesMatter protest. Go to Starbucks and order a “tall blonde, black” and engage your barista in a serious conversation about race. Once you’re feeling suitably guilty–or adequately entitled–head over to your local movie theater, and go see Get Hard, the new comedy out Mar. 27 featuring Will Farrell and Kevin Hart–preferably after midnight, when the audience will be (ahem) more inclined to talk back to the screen. And laugh the P.C. police away.
According to a recently released internal memo, Starbucks baristas will no longer write “Race Together” on customers’ cups starting Sunday.
This was a few years ago when my wife and I were still living in Los Angeles. I was at church. This had been our beloved church for years, and one morning during regular Sunday service I was startled to
After taking heavy criticism for directing employees to begin hectoring customers about racism, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defended his “Race Together” program, saying “we must do more” to discuss racism in America.
The Starbucks coffee chain announces a “race relations initiative” to allow employees to opine about race, whether customers like it or not. Perhaps some quick-thinking restaurant chains will begin advertising themselves as peaceful politics-free zones where people can enjoy meals and beverages without being proselytized from every angle.
Seventy-five groups and 46,000 ordinary citizens have asked McDonalds and Starbucks to begin blocking pornography from the free WiFi service each chain allows its customers to access.
The minds behind a global marijuana product found its ideal spokesman. The fact that he’s been dead since 1981 didn’t enter their thinking, apparently. Marley Natural hits the market bearing the support and legacy of Bob Marley’s family. The Hollywood
In a story that would make anyone go “ewe,” a 23-year-old Fresno State computer engineering student has been accused of copulating with a sheep in order to “relieve stress” resulting from his final exams. The student, whose identity has not
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military veterans and active-duty service members were among the swarm of music fans who packed the National Mall on Tuesday for a free Veterans Day concert, bouncing to Rihanna, head-banging to Metallica and cheering protest anthems from
Now that most of the votes have been counted and Carl DeMaio has conceded to incumbent San Diego-area Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) in what was one of the most contentious and highly targeted congressional races in the country, newly released
Democratic congressman Scott Peters, 56, looking like the likely winner in California’s 52nd congressional district over GOP candidate Carl DeMaio, claims that he won the close race partly because he put daylight between himself and Barack Obama. Peters noted that he
Government snooping on personal communications in the United Kingdom has more than doubled under the present government, with the Home Office alone accessing 6,056 communications in 2013. The security minister when answering questions at the home affairs select committee insisted
Famed coffee purveyor Starbucks is making a few changes to its employee policies, one of which allows workers to have visible tattoos. Its workers will also receive a pay bump. The coffee giant said it was increasing its pay scale
President Obama has a history of pointing out the restrictive lifestyle behind the tight security of the Secret Service, frequently explaining how much he misses his personal freedom. “Shortly after I had been elected — Bill can relate to this
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ireland appears to be granting Apple illegal rebates that may have to be recouped, the European Union’s competition watchdog said Tuesday as it pressed forward with an inquiry into Apple’s overseas tax practices. If the EU’s preliminary
Columbian coffee growers have been using a fictional character, Juan Valdez, to hawk coffee in the U.S. since 1958. In October, 2013, the Washington Post pointed out that Starbucks would be taking on Juan in his own country. But now
People who are dedicated to “saving the planet” have a lot of interesting ideas about how to go about doing so, and it usually involves other people giving things up. Hundreds of thousands of such people took to the streets
Parents don’t need an army of economists to tell them college is too expensive and too many students will default on their education loans. An economy that creates too few good paying jobs is part of the problem, but colleges
A professor for American University in Washington D.C. has been placed on leave after being arrested for allegedly breaking into several shops and setting several fires. David W. Pitts, who chairs the school’s Department of Public Administration and Policy, was
Despite Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America’s ongoing push to shame businesses into banning guns in their stores, 57,000 businesses have posted “guns welcome” or similar signs on their front doors. Moms Demand has persuaded just five businesses
MIAMI (AP) — Burger King says it struck a deal to buy Tim Hortons Inc. for about $11 billion, a move that would give the fast-food company a stronger foothold in the coffee and breakfast market. The corporate headquarters of
On August 18 Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America launched its latest shame campaign to pressure Kroger – which owns Fred Meyer Grocery and QFC – to ban open carry of guns in its stores. On the same day, August
