AP Spotlight Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Feb 24, 2025 Feb 24, 2025 Updated Dec 20, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally as new Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol streamlines operations.kAmx? 2 =6EE6C E@ 6>A=@J66D C6=62D65 |@?52J[ }:44@= D2:5 E96 4@>A2?J H:== :?7@C> 6>A=@J66D H9@ 2C6 36:?8 =2:5 @77 3J >:5\52J %F6D52J] }:44@= D2:5 $E2C3F4<D :D 2=D@ 6=:>:?2E:?8 D6G6C2= 9F?5C65 @A6? 2?5 F?7:==65 A@D:E:@?D]k^AmkAm“~FC :?E6?E :D E@ @A6C2E6 >@C6 677:4:6?E=J[ :?4C62D6 244@F?E23:=:EJ[ C65F46 4@>A=6I:EJ 2?5 5C:G6 36EE6C :?E68C2E:@?[” }:44@= HC@E6 :? E96 =6EE6C]k^Am kAm$E2C3F4<D 92D `e[___ 4@CA@C2E6 DFAA@CE 6>A=@J66D H@C=5H:56[ 3FE E92E :?4=F56D D@>6 6>A=@J66D H9@ 2C6?VE :>A24E65[ =:<6 C@2DE:?8 2?5 H2C69@FD6 DE277] q2C:DE2D :? E96 4@>A2?JVD DE@C6D 2C6 ?@E :?4=F565 :? 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Business Starbucks' policy change flushes out a debate over public restroom access DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press
Business Breakfast is booming at US restaurants. Is it also contributing to high egg prices? DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer
Fabric and craft retailer Joann to go out of business and close all of its stores The announcement comes after Joann filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, the second time in a year. At the time it vowed it w…
Starbucks is cutting some 'less popular' drinks from its menu. Here's what will be removed next week Starbucks is making cuts to its menu, with some of the coffee giant’s “less popular beverages” set to take their final bow next week.
Starbucks' new drive-thru in Texas is the coffee giant's first 3D-printed store in the US The Seattle-based coffee giant with more than 17,000 locations nationwide has never had a store quite like the one opening this week.
More than 2,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code Starbucks Workers United, the union that represents workers at 570 of Starbucks' 10,000 company-owned U.S. stores, said the dress code should …
CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared At half the companies in AP's annual survey, it would take workers at the middle of the company's pay scale 192 years to make what the CEO did in one.