The Starbucks app 'traps' customers into a 'vicious' spending cycle, consumer advocate says

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Atlanta, Georgia, Starbucks Coffee, customer using mobile app to pay in 2023
Starbucks customers earn twice as many loyalty points if they pay for their orders on the app.

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Stores closed on New Year's Day 2024: Aldi, Costco, Trader Joe's, and more

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New Year's Eve costume eyeglasses for sale at a souvenir shop in Times Square.
Some consumers may have to start off the new year without visiting their favorite stores. Several retailers will be closed on New Year's Day or will operate on limited hours.

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American fast-food companies find China's 1.4 billion population too delicious to resist

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A man carries his take way McDonald's foods as people take order at a machine at a newly opened McDonald's restaurant on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023.
A man carries his take way McDonald's foods as people take order at a machine at a newly opened McDonald's restaurant on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023.

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The latest Starbucks backlash includes a new app that helps customers find alternative coffee shops and a trade-in program for the company's gift cards

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Red Cup Rebellion from November 2022
Starbucks workers have encouraged coffee lovers to boycott the chain.

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Starbucks CEO says people on social media misrepresented what the coffee chain stands for and led to stores being vandalized

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Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan addressed incidents of vandalism on Starbucks buildings in his post. In this instance, someone spray-painted the walls of a Starbucks in Spring, Texas.

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Here are 11 things our family of 4 has stopped doing to save money in this economy and what we do instead

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The author and his better half.
The author and his wife.

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Starbucks says it's now committed to reaching a deal with workers union — in a major reversal after 2 years of fighting

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Advocates for a union for Starbucks employees watch as company founder Howard Schultz leaves a hearing after testifying to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the Capitol in Washington
Starbucks says its "ambition" is to finish bargaining and have a contract ratified in 2024.

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Saw's Darren Lynn Bousman on His Latest Horror Movie, The Cello

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Darren Lynn Bousman has directed four Saw movies—parts 2-4, and the Chris Rock-starring

I'm a Nespresso guy, and I'm trying to make a latte that's as good as Starbucks. It's not going well.

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I'm learning to make coffee. This is my new pour-over rig.

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Fast food isn't cheap anymore

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McDonald's prices have jumped 10% each year since 2022.
McDonald's prices have jumped 10% each year since 2022.

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